History

” The statuettes popularized by the names of ‘Dancing Girl’ and ‘Mother Goddess’ suggest the existence of a scantily dressed people with elaborate headdresses, hairstyles and jewellery.”

All our political leaders dreamed of a united India, which was rightfully executed and planned by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel—a man who was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi but not afraid of diverging from Gandhi’s ideals and morals when it came to India’s immediate political, economic, and social problems. While not a revolutionary, Patel did emphasise the fact that India needed to be self-reliant and self-confident

“An entry in the Bengal District Gazetteers: 24 Parganas, affirms that Tong Ah Chew was granted a portion of land by Governor-General Warren Hastings of the East India Company, where he established a sugar manufacturing mill. Even though the sugar mill was closed down after his demise, many Chinese workers relocated to Kolkata and were later accompanied by others from their homeland.

Comics revolutionized the journey of reading for kids and adults alike. Also known as “Chitrakatha” in India, they have catered to a vastly different kind of experience for most of the bookworms out there. Let us have a look at how things are evolving for them amidst the ongoing pandemic and rapid digitalization.

The graphic novel is neither the conventional novel, ranging across various chapters and numerous pages, nor the conventional comic book, which includes comic strips along a story line, typically that of a superhero. Graphic novels draw elementally from the aforementioned, however, they emerge as a genre in and of themselves.

In a masculine world of powerful clans, dynasties, kingdoms and kings, Prabhavati Devi Gupta is an unconventional name in the history of queens. Read more about her subversive life and position that betray the fallacy of rule and history.

India is celebrating 73 years of Independence today commemorating its successful overthrow of the colonial rulers in 1947. A lot of promises were made to the citizens of our country post independence. The question is - Who lived upto it?

Sci-fi allows us to tweak our imagination in ways which are unseen to the present world, and yet it’s something that also allows us a sneak peek into the possible future. A possibility that can very well become an unwavering reality. And even if none of that happens, it tickles our anticipation and at least gives us a free time-machine ride!

“The Indian English language as we know it today, as Professor Anand Prakash writes…‘is no more what the British meant it to be, but has become Indian in its many local ‘vulgar’ forms that it has attained in the country’.”

India in the late 18th century and early 19th century was characterized by the existence and oppression of British imperialism. One of the many atrocities committed by the East India Company was operating the largest drug cartel, which not only destroyed India but ruined China as well. Read more to find out how there was a Bombay connection too, in this trade of opium.