In a remote part of West Midnapore in West Bengal is an oddity of history. Was it a temple, a mosque or is it a fort? A barely legible inscription, local folklore and a 19th-century report by a British officer are all we have to solve this intriguing riddle
A young wrestler from Maharashtra won free India’s first solo Olympic medal in Helsinki, in 1952. He died in anonymity. In what should be Olympic season, his is a name that deserves its place in history
It was the Arab traders who first brought Islam to India. Go to Kerala and you will find India’s oldest mosque, built by an Arab merchant in 629 CE. With the faith came the Holy Book, The Quran
On 12th August 1602 CE, Abul Fazl, the author of Akbarnama - the chronicle of Akbar’s reign and one of his dear friends was murdered on the orders of Akbar’s son Prince Salim
It was not only Swami Vivekananda who captivated the audience at the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago. There was yet another Indian scholar representing Jainism about whom the international newspapers couldn’t stop talking about. Here is the story of this forgotten hero -
