Gallery Text For many French artists during the 1860s, the floral still life persisted as a test of pure painterly...

Beautiful Picassos Mother and Child Gallery Text they unite contemporary social concerns with an iconic Christian theme. The mother’s attenuated...

1951.54 Claude Monet Red Boats, Argenteuil The Gare Saint-Lazare: Arrival of a Train This is the largest in Monet’s series...

Who wouldn't want to read in a reading room like this! The main building of the Cambridge Public Library is...

Bibi ka Maqbara was built by Aurangzeb for his wife Dilras Begum in 1660. It was repaired by his son...

go zarā sī baat par barsoñ ke yaarāne gaye lekin itnā to huā kuchh log pahchāne gaye garmi-e-mahfil faqat ik...

SPEAKING STONES : HISTORY & CULTURE Rana Safvi The 84-ft tower has a 73-step spiral staircase leading to the top...

SPEAKING STONES | COLUMNS A unique blending of ideas, art and architecture created the Saracenic forms Rana Safvi MARCH 16,...

The monument today is the crumbling remains of an imperious Mughal paradise waiting to be conserved SAPTAK CHOUDHURY March 15,...

Humayun's Mosque in Kachpura ( Agra) was constructed in 1530 ( as per inscription), when Humayun ascended the throne. it's...

While wandering in the lanes of Leh, I came across Datun Sahib. It  is the name of a tree in...

Many beautiful Jain temples were made under the later Mughals in the 19th century in Delhi. The Jains held important...

The word 'asar' here stands for holy relics. The Asar Mahal was built within the Bijapur citadel by Muhammad Shah...

After a false start at the Einta Minarets which are also on one end of the Ahmedabad railway station we...

There are many Lord Jagannath temples all over the world but as per the priest here this and the one...

Men & women Mughal empire wore beautiful & expensive clothes made from finest materials & adorned themselves with jewellery from...

Kya aap iske guzare zamane ki dastan sun rahe hain?

The tomb of Gori Bibi (Boulone Lise) favourite companion of Claude Martin, grandaughter of Aurangzeb's Vezir Gori Bibi (daughter of...

Chanderi is an ancient town, famous today for its sarees. I fell in love with it and it's monuments. It...

Ingredients 1/2 kg mutton (trimmed of fat) 8-9 big cubes of Lauki : deseeded &peeled grind together 1 tomato 1/2...

Abu'l Faaiz Qutb-ud-Din Muhammad Azam (28 June 1653 – 8 June 1707), commonly known as Azam Shah reigned from 14...

Dargah of Hazrat Syed Shah Yusuf Hussaini, popularly known as Hazrat Shah Raju Qattal. Shah Raja Qattal is father of...

‪is se achchhii baat koii aur ho saktii nahin‬ ‪yaar kaa afsaana chheDe'n yaar kii baate'n kare'n‬ ‪Qaisar Siddiqi‬ #DargahHazratNizamuddin

‪The neglected and now mostly forgotten Graves of The noted Sufi Maulana Nasiruddin Kale Sahib of Delhi and his father...

As per my surmise, the cenotaph stone of Sultan Balban survives and is thrown haphazardly on one side outside his...

I was invited by Kashif ul Huda the founder of Two Circles dot net for a series of lectures and...

Doesn't she speak to you? Applying Alta on her feet #Khajuraho #khajurahosculptures These gorgeous ladies adorn the Khajuraho temples and...

Chausath Yogini temples The first group to be built in early 10th c Establishes tantric connection according to guides #Khajuraho

Finding treasure in the Neelkanth temple in Bundelkhand  One whose Throat is Blue  I bow to Nilakantha ten...

Finding treasure in the Neelkanth temple in Bundelkhand  One whose Throat is Blue  I bow to Nilakantha ten...