The city of Delhi as we knew it in 1947, has fundamentally changed. Pre-1947, Delhi was the city of Shahjahanabad mainly and after the...

Around 26kms from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, near the Jhelum river is a monumental jigsaw puzzle in stone. The place with an array of...

The Jama Masjid was completed in 1656, which was 16 years after the formal inauguration of the city of Shahjahanabad. The Jama Masjid,...

Built-in the 17th century, the Qila-e-Moalla (Red Fort) is credited as one of the most marvelous creations of the Mughals. Commissioned...

The Safdar Jang tomb was built for Mirza Muqin Abul Mansur Khan, whom we today know as Safdar Jang. The tomb was built by his son Nawab...

On 20th September 1857, the British consolidated their control over Delhi and it was the end for many sepoys that were fighting the...

Delhi, the capital of India is known for its vibrancy, culture, and illustrious past. Delhi is built up of 8 cities, with the first one...

Our initial view of the traditional Kalighat paintings that emerged along the Kali Temple in South Calcutta comes from the early 19th...

Bibi Zuleikha Saheba, the mother of Sultan ul-Mashaikh (chief of the saints), Mehboob e Illahi Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is today known as...

As the later Mughals ascended on the throne and got coronated as emperors, the was a massive decline in the atmosphere of the court, as...

Shaikh Mohammad Ibrahim was born in a low-income household in Delhi, in 1789. He came from a family with obscure backgrounds and was the...

The Bahurupis are the nomadic people that once traveled through the length and breadth of India whilst performing in public spaces and...

Sharifuddin Husain Mirza was the brother in law of Akbar, married to his elder sister, Bakshi Bano, who was the daughter of Humayun and...

Situated just opposite to the Purana Qila, and adjacent to the Sher Shah Suri gate is the lesser-known Khair-ul Manzil Masjid, also known...

A chronicler, author, activist, food connoisseur, storyteller, filmmaker, and a true blue Dilliwali; Sadia Dehlvi was a devout Sufi who...

I’m glad you stumbled upon this article, because now we’re taking you onto a mystical coffee journey into the misty forests of...

A writer, film critic, journalist, and a socialist a most importantly a versatile personality. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Sahab has much more to...

In the recent times, a huge controversy has sparked up regarding the chronology of sculptures and sandstone pillars. This controversy has...

Mohammad Bin Tughlaq died in 1351, handing over the empire to his cousin brother Feroz Shah Tughlaq, who had no plans of controlling the...

On 14th and 15th August, as the British left India handing it over to the Indian elitists and capitalists, India also underwent partition...