Princess Jahanara, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's daughter, was a paragon of virtues: well-educated, well-versed in statecraft, even-tempered, beautiful. Although she was on the side of Dara Shikoh in......
Image: The Taj Mahal, seen through barbed wires in Agra.Photograph: Adeel Halim/Reuters Everyone wants a piece of the Taj Mahal, but do they care about the deteriorating condition of......
How much do you know about Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal and the Taj Mahal? Setting off a controversy comes naturally to Sangeet Som, the Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh.......
Saeed Mirza's first book is a multi-layered reflection on the forces acting on the world today, and the importance of looking back. Filmmaker-scriptwriter Saeed Mirza is speaking with a friend......
One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 today, May 2. We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week, starting with this beautiful excerpt......
Satyajit Ray's wife Bijoya passed away into the ages on June 2, following a prolonged illness. She had provided a lot of support to her legendary husband, and had penned an autobiography of their......