Pohela Boishakh: A brief history of the Bengali calendar
A brief history of the Bengali Calendar and why India and Bangladesh celebrate the Bengali New Year on different days.Continue Reading →
On International Mother Language Day, a note by a Sylheti from Shillong
At a time when an anglicised creole is the new lingua franca and I am identified and counted as a…
Did Vivekananda say ‘Sisters and Brothers of America’? Fact checking a fact check
Also a list of the other participants from India at the 1893 Parliament of World's Religions at Chicago. There were…
Watch: Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Maino’s wedding video
Whenever I have a little time on my hand (which is actually very little these days), I like to browse through archives (both physical and digital) in search for hidden…Continue Reading →
Watch: High excitement on the streets of New Delhi on August 15, 1947
This edition of the Movietone News from August 1947 captures the high excitement on the streets of New Delhi (complete…
Listen: Indira Gandhi announcing the Emergency on All India Radio, June 26, 1975
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the ‘Proclamation of Emergency‘ on the night of June 25, 1975, but it was in…
40th anniversary of Emergency: The unofficial Google doodle
(This post is a part of a series on the 40th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency in India) This unofficial Google doodle pays tribute to the Indians who put…Continue Reading →
Proclamation of Emergency, as published in The Gazette of India 40 years ago
(This is the first in a series of posts on 40 years of Emergency) 40 years ago on June 25,…
Telangana statehood: Unofficial Google doodle
Even though creation of new states is not a very uncommon event in India, but the last time this happened…
Adieu Hindustan Ambassador. An unofficial (and animated) Google doodle
The good ol’ Amby has finally shuddered to a halt. And here’s an unofficial Google doodle (albeit a little late) honking in honour of the grand old lady of Indian…Continue Reading →
Indian political party election symbols from 1951: When Congress had bullocks and the hand was Forward Bloc’s
I just can’t seem to get over my fascination over Indian election symbols. And there are more posts to follow…
Gory Kali-inspired 1940s poster salutes Subhash Chandra Bose
The art of poster art is slowly fading away. What we have now are mostly half-funny memes, that for most…