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Cover Story
Cover Story
The Marathas in the ‘Land of Five Rivers’
The saga of how the Marathas reached the North-West Frontier of the Indian subcontinent and the twists and turns that shaped the history of the period
Cover Story
Ledo: The Road that Raised a Storm
A unique road connecting India, China and Myanmar was the largest, costliest and most controversial engineering project of the Second World War
Cover Story
The Sufi Heart of Delhi
The capital of India and the seat of power, Delhi hides many secrets. Here is why so many kings and empire builders headed here, through the centuries
Tales & Trails
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Once the sentinels that protected the islands of Bombay, the forts of the city are in a bad shape. Worst off is the oldest & most historic, the Mahim fort, swallowed by slums. How can we save them? FInd out in our ground report
Snapshort Histories
Snapshort Histories
Tamralipti - The Ancient Copper Port
Almost forgotten today, the port of Tamralipti played a very important role in spreading Buddhism to South and South East Asia.
Snapshort Histories
Nanak Singh: Power of the Pen
The story of a writer who proved that the pen is mightier than the sword and went on to become one of the greatest literary giants of Punjab!
Snapshort Histories
Kumaon: Echoes of the Past
Akshay Chavan reviews Manju Kak’s In The Shadow of The Devi: Kumaon of a Land, a People, a Craft by Niyogi Books
Stories that Make India
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Do you know where to find the 1600-year-old terracotta sculptures of Ganga and Yamuna?
Amazing India
Amazing India
Kalinjar Fort & its Tryst with Time
The Kalinjar fort boasts a rich past that spans over 1,500 years.
Amazing India
Ratnagiri: The Seat of Tantric Buddhism
A short distance away from Bhubaneswar in Odisha, is a site that is considered to be the seat of the unique Vajrayana or Tantric form of Buddhism which spread across the sub-continent from here
Amazing India
Inamgaon’s Mysterious Burial
Till the 1960s, farmlands around Inamgaon, a village near Pune, had huge mysterious mounds which flummoxed locals for generations. When archaeologists began digging, what they found, made history.
Road to Enterprise
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Find out what makes the Marwaris one of the most successful business communities in India
