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A baby was born in Sijistan (modern-day Sistan) in Iran around 536 AH or 1141/42 AD. His parents named him ...

Not many of our history books describe the cities of Delhi. This, along with the fact that many of their ...

It is a delicious coincidence that International Women’s day coincides with Sahir Ludhianvi’s birthday (March 8, 1921). Here was a ...

Musical traditions in India are so varied that one keeps discovering new aspects to them every day. At the recently ...

This is Shish Mahal in Katra Kushal Rai of ShahJahanabad. St Stephens school in 1853-54 and then St Stephens College ...

Sab thaath pada rah jaayega Jab laad chalega banjara #DarwaazeofShahjahabad darvaaze chup saadhenge aahaT sii rah jaaegii Mughni Tabassum #DarwaazeOfShahjahabad ...

I have walked down the pathway to Taj Mahal so many times. This time I found hundreds of marks made ...

Ingredients : 1 cup soya qeema : soaked and drained 1/2 cup chopped bhindi 1 tsp each of ginger garlic ...

Ingredients : Mutton 1/2 kg 2 large onions sliced 1/2 tsp each diced garlic and ginger Whole red Chilli to ...

If there was a common refrain in our textbooks while we were growing up it was "unity in diversity". So ...

India gained Independence in 1947 after a long struggle for freedom from British imperialism. Perhaps because of this, and the ...

One of my favourite PG Wodehouse novels is Damsel in Distress. Wodehouse's heroines were usually grande dames who could evoke fear ...

"Mir Khusrau, the king of the kingdom of words (poetry), the ocean of accomplishment and sea of perfection; His prose ...

We watch TV debates with hashtags that are openly anti-Muslim; we see ordinary Indian citizens with Muslim names being dubbed ...

If you were old enough to watch movies in 1981 and were fond of Hindi cinema, there’s every bit of ...

More often than not, one would associate the word "resist" with a form of protest, but on a recent trip to ...

When my friend and travel companion Alka Kaushik, a travel writer, and I decided to visit Hyderabad, we both did ...

The beloved of the Urdu ghazal is a cold-hearted, indifferent being who has no time for the overtures of the ...

Harleen Vij (@VeiledDesires_ on Twitter) is a crazy fan of Irfan Pathan and sends him messages everyday. I once remember ...

We owe much to Altaf Husain Hali for writing a beautiful biography of the famous poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. ...

Jodha Bai, the queen who wasn't Depending on your age, you would associate Jodha Bai with Durga Khote or Aishwarya ...

The recent controversy about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati led to me read up on the Padmavat or Padumavat by Malik Muhammad Jayasi. ...

Last year, a kind of morbid curiosity drew me to Malcha Mahal, the 14th century shikargah or hunting palace of ...

A few years ago I had read an essay titled "Composite Culture, Community and Identity: Interface with Social Change in ...

In the 17th century, the Mughals and their grandeur had seized European imagination, with many travellers coming to visit India. ...

"Ye main nahi nigaah e tawaareekh keh rahi Pathhar ka ik bahisht yaheen Aagra mein hai. It's not me but ...

Once upon a time, Dilli as Delhi was called was the most sought after city in the world and attracted ...

A few days ago Indian media reported that women over 45 years of age maybe allowed to go on haj ...

Shahjahanabad — the walled city — has always fascinated me and I love spending time there, trying to recreate its ...

I sat by these cenotaphs on the banks of the Betwa river and watched the sun go down. They are ...