This edition of the Movietone News from August 1947 captures the high excitement on the streets of New Delhi (complete with the obligatory cows) and the Parliament of India as…Continue Reading →
The ‘People’s President’ Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam died of a heart attack in my hometown Shillong. He was 83.…
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the ‘Proclamation of Emergency‘ on the night of June 25, 1975, but it was in…
(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 →
(This is the first in a series of posts on 40 years of Emergency) 40 years ago on June 25,…
Noticed some people lamenting on social media about the absence of a Google doodle to mark the first International Day…
Goodbye! Charles Correa (1930-2015), one of India’s finest architects and urban planners. Some of his best works captured within an animated GIF. Images from here.Continue Reading →
While it is true that Delhi does get more attention than it actually deserves, but then many astounding things happen…
The Parsis are an incredible people, but their numbers of fast dwindling. To counter this alarming fall in population, the…
(On the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s India visit)Continue Reading →
There are fewer than 2,000 tigers in India and it is not only because of poachers or environmental factors. When…
Even though creation of new states is not a very uncommon event in India, but the last time this happened…
