Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan ISBT Chowk renamed after Birsa Munda: Who was he?
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Friday (Nov 15) that the chowk near the Inter-State Bus ...
As Bangladesh Debates 'Secularism', A Constitutional Principle Under Threat
A more modern definition was moving the state away from religion-- separating religion from government institutions, so that no particular sphere of thought or religion dominates others. The grounds ...
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The World’s Richest Man in the First Half of the 19th Century Was a Chinese Merchant Who Lent Money to American Millionaires
If we asked who the wealthiest person in the world was in the first half of the 19th century, many would likely think of ...
A new showcase revisits the legacy of Kalighat painter Becharam Das Dutta
Becharam Das Dutta, one of the few ‘pat’ artists known by name, was one of the earliest known Kalighat painters to combine ...
Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t
Morton was a physician and naturalist who lived in Philadelphia from 1799 until the end of his life in 1851. A lecture he delivered to aspiring doctors at the Philadelphia Association for Medical ...
How Marigolds Became a Flower for Weddings and Funerals
A basket of rose garlands on the bank of the Ganges. Devotees, who make annual pilgrimages to the shrines and temples of ...
How Chhatrapati Shivaji binds the diverse history of the Marathas
The Maratha Empire under Chhatrapati Shivaji may have ended in the early 1800s but in Maharashtra, the Marathas continue to ...
India vs South Africa Score Highlights: IND beat SA by 11 runs in run fest
Laxman walked back holding up 10 fingers to the dressing room, indicating that play will resume in 10 minutes. Corpses of ...
United States had a Monroe Doctrine, India needs a Modi Doctrine
As India becomes a global power, it should build on its anti-colonial ideology to counter 21st century imperialism in ...
Ramachandra Guha, a patchy history of environmentalism in India & visions of making Indore more attractive than Delhi, Mumbai
From Rabindranath Tagore's engagement with nature at Santiniketan to JC Kumarappa's rural renewal, and from Patrick Geddes' ...
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A Début Novel Captures the Start of India’s Modi Era
In “Quarterlife,” Devika Rege uses three very different protagonists to explore the country’s ideological ferment—setting ...
7 birds that are extinct
Great Auk: A flightless bird that lived in the North Atlantic, the great auk was hunted for its feathers and meat. It became extinct in the mid-19th century, with the last known individuals killed in ...