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Irish who served British in India were rejected at home. An exhibition looks at their history

The exhibition, ‘Looking East’, highlights the lives of soldiers, colonial administrators, and civil bureaucrats from Ireland who sought their futures in India during British colonialism.

Pony boy Rasool Galwan braved Himalayas. British named Ladakh valley after him

Rasool Galwan’s incredible life was the subject of a lecture by Brigadier Ashok Abbey at the India International Center. The audience included Galwan’s great-grandson, Amin Galwan.

Kasturba and Gandhi’s marriage put to a feminist audit on Delhi stage

Directed by Shilpi Marwaha, 'Kasturba versus Gandhi' was performed at a packed theatre at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre.

Rajput gardens are not studied as much as Mughal gardens. Saheliyon ki bari to Jal Mahal

Priyaleen Singh's lecture ‘Evoking the Sounds and Scents of Monsoon in the Gardens of Rajasthan’ at Delhi’s India International Centre was about how they captured the spirit of the monsoon.

Roses, dava khana—artist Seema Kohli rebuilds her ‘Pind’ in Pakistan through new exhibition

The exhibition, Khula Aasman, is a visceral journey through the fault lines of memory and migration, tied to the cataclysmic rupture of Partition.

India’s pathshalas were inclusive institutions. Dalits, Brahmins studied together

Presenting rich archival evidence and data on 16,000 indigenous schools in British India, historian Parimala V Rao asserted that education in traditional Indian schools was not oral, informal, and Brahmin-centric.

Nehru saw scientific temper as inextricably linked to freedom

Jawaharlal Nehru attended the Indian Science Congress each year, set up the IITs alongside the cultural academies, and managed to locate scientific temper in Indian culture.

Mir Taqi Mir sidelined for too long. His manuscripts being archived now

Urdu Ghar brought home rare texts including Masnavi, Dariya-e-Ishq, Diwan-e-Haftum, Kulliyat-e-Mir from different parts of the world, including Pakistan, Iran and Malaysia.

When Faiz Ahmad Faiz signed his ghazal for Shubha Mudgal — ‘now this is dedicated to you’

With a career spanning over three decades, Shubha Mudgal’s voice resonates across generations, defined by a rare fusion of tradition and innovation.

Pushpa Sundar held All India Rank 7 in 1963. She was still not allowed to join IFS

The launch of Pushpa Sundar's book Beyond the Heaven-Born Service began with an introduction by Mani Shankar Aiyar.

On Camera

Afzalgunj to Begum Bazar—Hyderabad’s markets don’t look ‘nawabi’. Marwaris, Gujjus built them

Some of Hyderabad’s oldest jewellery and perfume stores—many dating back to the Nizam era—are run by Marwari, Gujrati, and Jain families.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?