Indian Folk Art
• Warli paintings Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribes or adivasis living in the mountainous as well as coastal areas on the Maharastra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas. They have […]
Beauty of Bhangarh Fort
Located at the border of the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, Bhangarh Fort is a 17th-century fort, famous all over India for being the ‘Most haunted site in India’. Because of […]
Anniversaries (as of 2020)
•75th anniversary of end of World War 2 (1st September 1939 – 2nd September 1945 ) It involved vast majority of the world’s countries forming two different military forces – […]
WATSON HOTEL
Watson’s Hotel, currently acknowledged as the Esplanade Mansion, is India’s oldest sustaining cast-iron building. It is located in the Kala Ghoda area of Mumbai (Bombay). Named after its original owner, […]
Evolution
When you think of evolution the first name that comes to one’s mind is that of Charles Darwin. However, the fact is that he was not the first person to […]
Anniversaries (as of 2019)
150th birth anniversary •Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation is an inspiring person, who shaped world history. Gandhiji stands out among the great men of the world as a […]
Book Review- A Rainbow in the Night. Author: Dominique Lapierre
Nelson Mandela is no stranger to Indians. India was in the forefront of support to the freedom struggle led by Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC). This struggle and the history of South Africa since the Dutch landed in 1652 has been vividly brought out by renowned author and […]
How Indian culture proves that Old is gold?
“If any individual is judged by his character and morality, society is judged by its culture and tradition” said Dr S. Radhakrishnan. Culture means the way of life followed by a community that consists of custom, tradition, religious practices and the human values. Every culture has its distinct positive features. The culture of […]
Book Review- The Image of Man
The Image of Man is written by George Mosses. He was an eminent German-American historian, who specialised in the history of Germany, the rise of Nazism and Fascism and Jewish History along with the relationship between the Jewish and non-Jewish sections of German society through history. In this book, Mosse […]
Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan was an Indian independence activist and political leader. Popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak which means “The People’s Hero”. He was born on October 11, 1902 in rural Bihar. He moved to United States in 1922 to pursue higher studies. He did several odd jobs there […]
Chocolate and its Evolution
Chocolate is a sweet brown food preparation of roasted and ground cacaoseeds that is made in the form of liquid, paste or in a block or used as a flavoring […]
Beverages from scratch…
• Wine Wine is as old as civilization itself and it has a significant place in many ancient cultures. Many experts agree that wine probably dates to 6000 B.C., to […]
Food from scratch…
• Noodles A 4000 year old bowl of noodles unearthed in China is the earliest example ever found of one of the world’s most popular foods. Noodles have been a […]
The Curse of The Wodeyars
The Wodeyar dynasty is an Indian Hindu dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1761 and from 1799 to 1947. They were a feudatory under the Vijayanagara […]
MUMBAI – A SENSATIONAL CITY
I will always cherish my visit to Mumbai, the city of dreams, and a city after my heart. Known for beautiful places and some UNESCO heritage sites like Gateway of […]
Kailasa Temple: A Golden Inscription on the Pages of Indian History
Rock cut architectures, especially from the bygone eras, are awe inspiring pieces of excellent craftsmanship and structural engineering. The sheer amount of details and size of some of the best […]
Schools of Historiography
The study and writing of history is a dynamic process which changes as time goes by, and over time there are many methods historians have developed to study history.
Before you vanish off the face of earth read these books.
If you are a regular know-all-the-famous-books voracious reader you have already read most of these so you may skip I won’t mind. But for those of you who want to […]
Hunger Games of the government…
The government holds too much power. This is very well portrayed in the Hunger Games a book trilogy written by American author Suzanne Collins later made into a science fiction dystopian film series. The story is basically how the government has too much power over the lives of common man, […]
Mahabharata: A Myth or Reality
Some stories are at the heart of Indian history. The mythological stories of Mahabharata are one of these. This epic of Maharishi Ved Vyasa was written by Lord Shri Ganesh. The characters in these amazing stories of the epic have many amazing powers. Even Narayana himself, through his wisdom, diplomacy […]
The Apatani
Arunachal Pradesh is the land of lofty mountains, pristine landscape, and a large tribal population. Surrounded by blue rolling hills, tucked in foothills of Himalayas, and nestled in the lap […]
Queen Suriratna of Korea
Heo Hwang-Ok, also known as Suriratna was the queen of a Korean dynasty known as Karak Dynasty during 48AD. A popular South Korean book of fables and historical stories, ‘Samguk […]
A brief history of India’s NAM
While looking at India’s foreign policy [IFP], one of the foremost aspects that one studies is the Non-Alignment Movement. This is because it invariably shaped India’s vision and international behavior for long periods of time. Primarily, there were three kinds of factors that contributed to the choice of IFP. These […]
