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From a modest hunting lodge built by Louis XIII to the seat of the French monarchy under Louis XIV, the Palace of Versailles has witnessed wars, revolutions, diplomatic triumphs, and national humiliations.

On June 18, 1946, Ram Manohar Lohia’s satyagraha at Margao became a landmark in the Goa liberation movement. Yet, Portuguese rule would only end in 1961.

Historian Upinder Singh notes in her work that archaeologist John Marshall named her the “Dancing Girl” because he thought she had the air of a semi-impudent “nautch girl.”

The first successful animal-to-animal transfusion in 1665 proved blood could be transferred between living organisms, laying the foundation for centuries of research.

Clubs were not a familiar feature of South Asian life before British rule. Yet the largely imported institution became deeply woven into the social life of the subcontinent.

From a palm print in colonial Bengal to Aadhaar-era biometrics, discover how fingerprinting evolved into a global system for identity verification.

The history of the Delhi Gymkhana Club spans over a century, with events such as the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Jinnah’s farewell party, and Begum Liaquat Ali Khan’s bridge games taking place on its premises.

In Dalit Women and the Fullness of Life, author Christina Dhanuja explores the interior lives and everyday experiences of Dalit women, moving beyond dominant narratives centred on violence, labour, and survival.

Historian Jean Arzoumanov’s discovery of an 18th-century Jain text in Persian reveals a forgotten era where Hindu scholars used the ‘Islamic’ lingua franca to help British officers survey India’s faiths.

PM Modi’s recent appeal for austerity amid rising geopolitical tensions has revived memories of Lal Bahadur Shastri’s calls for sacrifice during India’s food crisis in the 1960s.

How politician, educationist, and social reformer Syama Prasad Mookerjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the BJP’s precursor, and reshaped India’s political discourse

The Rekhta Foundation began as a digital archive. It has now evolved into a larger ecosystem, using technology and programming to expand access to Urdu and other Indic languages

Had the French monarchy’s diplomatic and military strategy prevailed in the Pennsylvania backcountry, the map and even the linguistic landscape of the modern US might have looked very different.

The India Pavilion will mark its comeback at the Venice Biennale, anchored by five contemporary artists addressing questions of home through traditional Indian materials and techniques.

Folklore, folk songs, and historical sources highlight the enduring reverence for fish in Bengal. It also features in rituals associated with birth, marriage, and death. Today, it has acquired political significance, emerging as a symbol

Drawing on ancient texts, regional literature, fieldwork, and interviews, Priyadarshini Chatterjee’s 'First Bite' maps the distinct breakfast traditions of ten Indian cities.

Persian once functioned as the dominant language of public administration, revenue accounting, and courtly communication in Bengal

Indian traders stood at the heart of a global maritime story, with the Strait of Hormuz gaining prominence from the 13th century until it became a crucial strategic centre under the Safavids.

Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar films, supported by Shashwat Sachdev’s soundtracks, try to resurrect the sounds of 1990s Bombay to awaken a deeply conditioned collective memory.

A group of highly educated Jesuits once championed Indian languages, classical texts, and philosophical traditions, asserting that one could be a culturally rooted Indian nationalist while remaining within the Catholic faith.

Maharashtra has repealed 80 obsolete Acts and buried in them is a history of opium dens, flogging courts, leprosy asylums and wartime grain control

Drawing from rare documents, Wajid Ali Shah: A Cultural and Literary Legacy reconstructs the life of Wajid Ali Shah, who was not only a patron of music and the arts but also a poet, dramatist,

Persian has deeply influenced India’s language and literature for centuries, and everyday speech, shaping administration, poetry, and vocabulary in Hindi, Urdu, and regional cultures.

With the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election underway, campaigns spill across walls, WhatsApp, and social media. From painted slogans to viral memes, Bengal’s politics has simply changed its canvas, not its creativity or bite.

The Indo‑Iranian connection did not end with the Indus Valley civilisation; it carried forward through language, philosophy, and poetry.