Paandan Mahal is an interestingly shaped monument, one that is currently in a ruinous state in Burhanpur. I was told...

2013 Embroidered Quran e Pak from Syria 18th century : Mehmal that carried the Kiswah to Kaaba 13 th century,...

January 2017 Bara Lao ka gumbad Till 2010 was apparently occupied by three generations of a family of refugees who...

Taj ul masajid, Bhopal Photo 1. Thus is a wooden model of the mosque as envisaged by Shah Jahan Begum....

journey through one of the largest rock-cut temples in the world Rana Safvi 05 AUGUST 2018 https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/in-cave-16-the-kailasa-temple/article24604281.ece/amp/ According to a...

OPINION Why I cried while watching ‘Mulk’: I finally know what it means to be a Muslim in India Anubhav...

FGM was banned by the UN in 2012. It is still practiced in at least 30 countries in Africa, the...

During a period of uneasy détente with Shah Abbas, the Safavid king of Iran, Jahangir dreamed the two rulers embraced—but...

Mandu is full of waterways many of which are now broken. This hauz and chute next to Jahaz Mahal must...

Rana Safvi attempts to bring people closer to the city and its history. The Delhi we know today is mostly...

The colored stones in the Jal Mahal in Mandu are an ASI addition Nur Jahan and Roopmati both stayed here...

The lone surviving #bastion of #Siri second of the seven cities of medieval #Delhi built around 1303 by #Alauddin Khilji...

‪ The Shahi Mahal built by Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din Shah 1469–1500 is normally eclipsed by Jahaz Mahal but worth a visit...

As we climbed #ShahiMahal steps I could see the glimpse of a tantalizing ceiling with sun and stars cut in...

Oh what is this life, so full of care We have no time to stand and stare! I was constantly...

Word for today zamii.n-doz ज़मीं-दोज़ زمیں دوز underground This was also a style of cooking where fish/ fowl would be...

Shah e Mardaan in Jorbagh More details in my book The Forgotten Cities of Delhi https://amzn.to/2uczskp The dargah where Qadam...

At the badly encroached tomb of Shamsuddin Atgha Khan. Akbar's foster brother and senior minister. It was built next to...

The grave of Mirza Jahangir brother of Bahadur Shah Zafar in Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Built by his mother...

What Does Quran Say About Nikah Halala? Will Banning it Help? I speak to @TheQuint https://www.thequint.com/voices/women/so-what-does-the-quran-say-about-nikah-halala-triple-talaq-polygamy

POORNIMA NARAYANAN 22 July, 2018 In The Print India Forgotten Cities of Delhi blends the historical facts behind each ‘hidden-in-plain-sight’...

Anand Vivek Taneja JULY 21, 2018 The Hindu A historian brings alive the landscape of old Delhi by recounting oral...

https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/lest-we-forget/article24463034.ece JULY 20, 2018 11:13 IST UPDATED: JULY 19, 2018 20:18 IST MORE-IN Sprinkled with engrossing details, Rana Safvi’s “The...

‪‪So let's escape the summer heat into a slice of heaven. #NishatBagh in #Srinagar built by Asaf Khan ( Shah...

The erstwhile residence

ShahJahanabad 's iconic Digambar Jain Mandir started as Urdu Mandir in a soldier's tent in Shah Jahan 's reign, with...