Explaining some Moharrum terminology for those who may not know First of all many people wonder why Shias self flagellate...

Emperor Jehangir was interested in nature and under him the laying of gardens, paintings of nature flourished. The most famous...

INTACH Delhi chapter has undertaken restoration work in Mehrauli Archeological Park. Kudos to them for some excellent work. I have...

  Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar was born on 24th October, 1775. He was the eldest son...

Diwali was known as the Jashn e Chiragha'n under the Mughals and was celebrated with great enthusiasm. The Rang Mahal...

Phir ek saal ki taariik* raah tai karke Mata-e-nur^ lutaati yeh raat aayi hai Ufaq se ta-ba-ufaq° raushni ki arzaani☆...

Diwali ki Shubh Kaamnayein Poem by Nazeer Akbarabadi( 18thc) the People's poet har aik makaaN meiN jalaa phir diyaa diwaali...

Diwali By Aale Ahmed 'Suroor' Yeh baam o dar, yeh charaagh, yeh qumqumo'n ki qataar Sipaahe nur siyaahi se barsar...

"Khalqullah kyun khrosha'n hain.. Aaj kya Sair e Gulfaronshan hain? "Baheliyo'n yaqqo'n ka ek taanta hai... Jisko dekho wo Qutub...

A trip to Urdu Bazar to hunt for old cookery books resulted in finding two absolute gold mines. One was...

On the road from Chawri bazar Metro Station to Jama Masjid there is one of the prettiest mosques in Delhi....

Momin Khan Momin is one of the greats of Urdu poetry. A contemporary of Ghalib it is said that Ghalib...

"Meri Tehzeeb ke sab rang bhi Kya le gayiN daadi LaboN par paan Ki surkhi, na hathoN me "sarauta" hai!!"...

Shaami Kebab is one of the many local variants of the Kebab from Afghanistan and India. Shami Kebab has its...

First Coronation of Aurangzeb As astrologers indicated Wednesday the 21st July / l s t Z i l Q. ,...

shamaa ki maanind ham is bazm men chashm-nam aaye the daaman-tar chale Like a candle to this gathering I came...

Street vendors Gaushaala in the middle of Delhi The sacrificial lamb/goat ( literally as it is 2 days to Eid...

Hauz Khas, a posh residential area today famous for its fashionable Village, was once part of Delhi's second city, Siri...

Not much is known about Bibi Fatima Sam except that she was the adopted sister of Baba Farid and her...

Photograph by Arpita Sen The enthusiastic participation of the Muslims in the Hindu religious festivities celebrated under the patronage of...

“Those who cannot benefit from my silence will never benefit from my words.” -Khwaja Baqi Billah I had set out...

This is a painting made by Keshav Venkataraghavan In 1840 a small Kali Temple was established in Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat...

In the midst of posh bungalows In Delhi's Hauz Khas area there is a very strange monument which resembles a...

Who can determine The cost of dying in love? Every such matryrdom Is an obligation on me. For it is...

  ( I'm wearing my grandmother 's antique farshi gharara - over a hundred years old and a karchob dupatta...

I have visited Humayun's tomb many a times but never ventured into the Sunder Nursery. Thanks to Sanjeev Singh who...

If its Thursday night it has to be qawwali sessions at the Dargah of Hazrat Qutub Sahab or Hazrat Nizamuddin...

Near the Pragati Maidan metro overbridge entrance is a monument which though structurally nondescript is the resting place of one...

The word angarkha is supposed to be taken from the Sanskrit Angrakshak which means to protect the limbs. It is ...

  Who would have thought that these rocks   hid a secret from 3rd century BC? Had it not been...