History

Let’s start with the question, who is the Zoroastrian community in India? According to some different sources Parsis and Irani communities are popularly known as...

Ganga and Yamuna in Indian Mythology Sacred rivers in Indian culture are revered as goddesses in Hindu mythology, a depiction that has been carefully preserved...

Birla House Birla House, now known as Gandhi Smriti, is a historically significant residence in New Delhi. Originally owned by the prominent industrialist Ghanshyamdas Birla,...

Urdu Cultural history of Urdu can be traced back to the confluence of Persian, Arabic, and local dialects in India, evolving into a rich literary...

With the 78th Indian Independence Day this year, the history of Indian independence was a long struggle faced with many hardships. From its nascent stage...

Delhi University The name Delhi University today is associated either with high cut offs or radical student movements. Spread across the city, the University of...

It’s the morning of August 15, you decide to have a tour of Old Delhi but you notice an unusual sight; more people are on...

Famously referred to as Bulbul-i-hind, or the “Nightingale of India,” Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) was an extraordinary person who skillfully combined her positions as a nationalist...

While addressing a mushaira, poet and Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar defined the relationship between Hindi and Urdu as “ What is the grammar of Urdu?...

Dara Shikoh Library The memories of Partition emerge in scattered fragments, a chaotic mosaic of disrupted lives and broken histories. These memories are never whole—how...