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The strange history of ice cream flavours – from brown bread to Parmesan and paté

Lindsay Middleton - August 13, 2023

Whether it is a '99', an 'oyster' enjoyed at the beach, or the nearing jingle of an ice cream truck, ice cream has clear cultural and emotional links to recreation.

As ‘Biparjoy’ approaches Gujarat coast, here’s a look at some of India’s deadliest cyclones

Sakshi Dayal - June 13, 2023

Cyclones that have hit India recently has led to an increased focus on disaster preparedness in the country.

This ancient Mayan ‘ball-game’ has lessons for modern-day educators

Sara Rye - June 3, 2023

Recently, a stone scoreboard was found by archaeologists in Mexico’s Chichén Itzá. Mayans appeared to have used it to play a ritualistic game with a heavy ball.

Bengal’s Ram Brahma Sanyal was Indian zoo pioneer in 1800s. Wrote handbook on care, breeding

Krishnokoli Hazra - June 1, 2023

Swami Vivekanand, Sister Nivedita, the son of the Russian czar and Nawab Wajid Ali Shah visited R B Sanyal’s zoo in Alipore.

Amritsar’s Rambagh Palace — a tragic tale of lost glory and systemic apathy

Chitleen K Sethi - May 6, 2023

Chandigarh: In December 1838 — just a few months before his death — Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire, escorted Lord...

Guru Granth Sahib manuscripts & state records to phulkari designs — how a digital library is ‘preserving’ Punjab

Chitleen K Sethi - April 21, 2023

Panjab Digital Library, started in 2003 by 2 people with 'pure passion for history', is archiving undivided Punjab and has also digitised over 22 lakh pages of Himachal govt archives.

Modi govt erasing more than just Mughals from textbooks. It’s also deleting agency of Indians

Abhinandita Dayal Mathur - April 16, 2023

Selectively erasing history and imposing a single narrative undermines the very foundations of Hindu philosophy.

As if you need another reason to visit Shimla: Droupadi Murmu to open President’s summer home to public soon

Saurabh Chauhan - April 12, 2023

Although the 173-year-old building will be accessible to the public from 20 April, President Murmu will open its sprawling gardens, including a small tulip garden, on 18 April.

Unlike Hinduism, Buddhism promoted trade. Rich merchants and sea traders were mediators

Sonal Matharu - March 7, 2023

Sri Lankan academic Bopearachchi delivered the first in a series of lectures aimed at highlighting new discoveries, methodologies in history & archaeology.

Mughals to Sikhs to British — how the Koh-i-Noor diamond became so controversial

Arun Kumar - March 5, 2023

Never sold or bought, the diamond has been a gemstone of victors in India, Persia, Afghanistan, and, since the mid-19th century, in the UK.

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