http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hindtrospectives/2015/04/top-muslim-women-twitterati/ Top Muslim Women Twitterati A 2015 list made by Hind Makki @libyaliberty In which I featured under Cultural Curators...

A wonderful session in AMU on interpreting 19th century Delhi Co panelist Prof Ali Nadeem Rezavi Moderator - Lubna Irfan

Book Launch at the Qutub Complex

William Carpenter (1818–1899) Grave of Mughal Emeperor,Aurangzeb at Khuldabad, Aurangabad, 1850s. "He desired in his will that not more than...

Excerpt from various books on monuments of Delhi and Agra how they were destroyed and stripped during British era with...

This post from November 2014 was published on my old blog Rana's Space. I've brought to my new site Kuchh...

It was my honour and privelege to address the students of La Martiniere Boys College Lucknow on the occasion of...

The Tehsildari qorma is a part of the Mughlai cuisine. It was introduced by a gentleman who was a Tehsildar...

Qutub Minar was not named after Qutbuddin Aibak It was originally called Mazina ( muezzin ' s tower ). First...

By Rana Safvi & Subuhi Safvi   “And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to...

Posted on May 17, 2011 | 17th May #shairoftheday Nazeer Akbarabadi (real name “Wali Muhammad”) was an Indian poet of...

Posted on May 12, 2011 | 12th May #shairoftheday Jan Nisar Akhtar Jan Nisar Akhtar was an important 20th century...

(From internet) The back of the mosque is the temple of Krishna Janm Bhoomi. (From internet) Heavy police presence and...

By Daniells late 18th c In 1858 One of the tourist attractions is Kans Qila in Mathura which is believed...

By Daniells in 18th century By Edwin Lord Weeks The Persian couplet on top reads "God lives within a heart...

Prawns deveined and deshelled - 400 gm Coconut milk - I packet (if using powder or fresh one cup) Kokum...

On 6th October 2015, I gave a presentation to the History Society of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh College on Lost...

"Baad-e-fanaa fuzool hai naam-o-nishaan ki fikr Jab hum nahin rahe, to rahega mazaar kya?" #Chakbast Lodi kings were Afghans and...

(This post was written by me on 28/07/2013 It has been viewd by thousands and commented upon by many. I...

  Ghalib himself always confessed to his weakness for wine and mocked himself for it. “Yeh Masail-e-Tasawwuf..Yeh tera bayaan Ghalib,...