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HISTORY

Goa’s UNESCO Churches: Faith, Art, and Colonial Legacy

The traveller who arrives in Old Goa expecting a quiet backwater finds something quite different. The air is still, the streets nearly empty, and...

Santiniketan: Tagore’s Dream Campus

There is a university in rural Bengal where, for more than a century, students have sat beneath trees to study poetry, paint murals on...

Daastangoi- India’s Cultural Soul

Every city has a story. Some stories disappear with time, while others live on for centuries because of the...

Padma Shri Bhiklya Ladkya Dhinda- The Man Who Kept a 400-Year-Old Sound Alive

A 92-year-old farmer from Palghar never set foot on a concert stage, never recorded an album, and never asked...

Padma Shri Mir Haji Kasam: The Dholak Player Who Performed 30,000 Charity Shows 

Mir Haji Kasam, popularly known as “Haji Ramakdu”, is not known through television fame, corporate sponsorships, or viral recordings....

Ghazal Maestro Bashir Badr Leaves Enduring Literary Legacy

The mushaira has lost the man who kept it alive in living rooms, on dusty maidans, and in the...

Mayo College: The School That Made Princes

The title is not a boast. Mayo College, Ajmer, was designed for royalty, and for nearly a century and...

Assam’s Ahom Moidams Join UNESCO World Heritage List

The kingdom that outlasted the Mughals was buried under Assam's grass for centuries. In 2024, the world finally looked...