Chandni Chowk was once the kind of neighborhood that people spoke about with awe. Built in the 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan, it reflected the wealth of the once mighty Mughal empire, quickly ...

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated September 25, 2023) Reconciling irreconcilables is a great Indian virtue. When the Constituent Assembly was divided over ...

New Delhi: On January 8, 2025, during the book launch of Early North India and its Coins in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath made a statement which was not quite ordinary cultural ...

Mahatma Gandhi (right) and M.A. Jinnah in Bombay, September 1944. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In his classic 1965 book, Nirad Chaudhuri called India “The Continent of Circe.” (In Greek mythology, Circe ...