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HISTORY

Ellora Caves: Carved out of a Mountain 

The mountain was carved, cut away piece by piece until a temple stood where solid rock had existed once. On the basalt cliffs of...

Bihar’s Sujani Embroidery Stitches Women’s Stories, Dreams and Identity Into Fabric

In the villages of Bihar, the birth of a child was traditionally welcomed with something handmade and deeply personal. Mothers, sisters, and other women...

The Woman Who Sold Her Jewellery to Build India’s First Film

She sold every piece of gold she owned, and what she bought with it was a nation's cinema. In 1913,...

Libia Lobo:102-Year-Old Lawyer Who Ran Secret Jungle Radio During Goa’s Liberation

Goa's secret radio refused to die, and so did the woman who ran it. For six years she lived...

11th-Century Karnataka Stepwell’s Rare Naga Carvings Shine After Remarkable Revival

In the town of Sudi, tucked into Karnataka's Gadag district, a buried stepwell carved with sacred serpents has revealed...

Why Every Handwoven Thread in India Still Carries a Livelihood

Why does a single strand of handwoven cotton still matter in an age of factories and fast fashion? The...

The Return of Saraswati: 11th-Century Goddess Idol in the British Museum

The Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board has accelerated efforts to bring back an ancient idol of Goddess Saraswati from...

Makhfi: The Mughal Hidden Princess

Zeb-un-Nissa, Aurangzeb’s Eldest Daughter, and Twenty Years Behind the Walls of Salimgarh There is a peculiar irony at the heart...