NADIR SHAH AND THE MUGHAL EMPIRE (Insaniyat Excerpts)
Since Nader’s inception of the throne, he had a desire for the riches of the Mughal Empire as it was…
THE ICONIC PHOOL WALON KI SAIR (Insaniyat Excerpts)
The Phool Walon Ki Sair or the procession of the florists is one of the oldest and most prominent festivals…
WHEN NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA CURSED THE TUGHLAQABAD FORT
After the death of Allaudin Khalji, his son Mubarak Shah Khalji ascended the throne. But it was not in his…
THE MUSIC OF NORTH-EAST INDIA
As a musician, traveler and a lover of history and anthropology, North East India always becomes a subject fascination under…
BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR’S LAST DAY AS THE MUGHAL EMPEROR
On 20th September 1857, the British consolidated their control over Delhi and it was the end for many sepoys that…
CHOTA IMAMBARA: THE NAWABI PALACE OF LIGHTS
The city of Lucknow is home to monuments and architectural wonders that maintain their magnificence while telling tails of the…
AN ODE TO SAADAT HASAN MANTO
In these times of CAA and NRC, these times of fascism, separation, fear, Islamophobia and most importantly conjugal love that…
REMEMBERING HAMIDA BANU BEGUM
A woman who held immense political power, someone who held herself through all the grief, survived the clutches of conquerors,…
MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ’S NAI-KA-KOT
After the death of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in 1325, the throne of Delhi was taken over by his son; Jaunah Khan…
MUGHALS, CULINARY ARTS, AND CULTURE
The Ain-i-Akbari written by Abul Fazl, the court chronicler of Mughal emperor Akbar, mentions that Akbar’s court had a Minister…