Colonel James Skinner,(1784-1841) or Sikander sahab was an Anglo-Indian military adventurer who is known for raising 2 cavalry regiments for...

Mughal painting refers to a particular style of painting, generally confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single...

Purana Qila is one of the oldest Forts in India. The second Mughal emperor Humayun began the construction work in...

The art of writing sehra or prothalamion is now a vanishing genre nowadays. I remember while I was growing up...

In the reign of Bahadur Shah II ( 1837 to 1857) while the flame of thr Mughal dynasty was flickering,...

Jahanpanah the fourth medieval city of Delhi was built in 1326–1327 by Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1321–51) to address the constant...

After reading Shamsur Rahman Farooqi's " Mirror of Beauty" I was very intrigued by a description in it of a...

We have all heard of "Patli gali se nikal lo" But have you seen Delhi's patli gali? I went there...

Today is the urs of Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Masood Ganjshakar or Baba Farid as he was called. He was born...

I have been coming to Mohalla Garhayya in Bareilly for years now but never knew of this lovely place. Many...

You will find the Indian countryside and many cities dotted with crumbling havelis which use the thin burnt clay bricks...

Though chances are you have heard of Matka Peer for its famous biryani which is supplied in marriages and functions....

The Mehrauli flower market or phoolon ki mandi was a city landmark. It is opposite the Qutub Minar metro station...

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...