Holi and Islam may seem unrelated today, but during the Mughal era, emperors embraced the festival as Eid-e-Gulabi or ...

Kalasthali’s prestige and its unwavering dedication to theatre got another validation with renowned theatre ...

In his book ‘Discovery of India’, Nehru called Aurangzeb ‘a bigot and an austere puritan… He infuriated the great majority of ...

The alleged chopping of centuries-old chinar trees in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked outrage, with locals and photos ...

The curious case of literary censorship in Urdu with special emphasis on the oeuvre of Mir Taqi Mir, one of the greatest ...

Utpal Kumar’s book challenges the ideological conditioning that views India’s historical trajectory as one of feudal ...

Thus it is clear that from its first appearances in the Mughal literature around 1637, khayal was considered an integral part of the repertoire of the qawwals of Delhi.” The lineage of Qawwal ...

The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation’s literary ...

Situated in Mumbai, the Hindi film industry took over a century to celebrate the life and martyrdom of one of the tallest ...

Chhaava’, the film starring Vicky Kaushal, has landed in a soup over its portrayal of the historic Shirke family. The movie shows that Maratha commanders, Ganoji and Kanhoji Shirke, betrayed ...

From ancient structures to medieval temples and Mughal-period marvels to modern era buildings, an exhibition celebrating the ...

Indian Muslims have already been celebrating Holi and other Hindu festivals on social media. Why not make this virtual trend ...