If you’ve ever taken the Coromandel Express from Howrah to Chennai, dealt with Cholamandalam Finance, or heard about the Sengol that made headlines during the new Parliament’s inauguration, you’ve seen echoes of the Chola legacy. These are not just names—they…
Qutub Minar Delhi has been center of many dynasties and been capital of Independent India. Qutub minar is a famous monument and I guess every Indian would know about it. This time I got a chance to see it and…
Dutch the Colonizers There is a lot of noise about British rule and history being written and read about them. But have you heard about the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) or the Dutch East India Company, one of the first joint…
Sahib, Sindh and Sultan: Steam Engines of the First Passenger Train Its 3:35PM on April 16th, 1853 and Sahib, Sindh and Sultan, three steam engines of India’s first passenger train were ready, all spick and span new, between then Bombay…
Mughals and Daudnagar Recently I had a chance travel through a small town of Daudnagar in Bihar, about 100 kms from Patna. I was not planning to visit that place but found out that it had a fort built between…
Mother Tongue There must be a reason why we call the language that one speaks as a kid as mother tongue. In ancient times women folks were generally no that mobile and were not migrating as much as men. So…
Zero: The Backdrop Zero is a unique number. Technically every number is unique but Zero as a number and concept was considered dangerous by many for millenniums and we will delve little more looking at its history and its rise…
The Battle Battle of Buxar fought in October 1764 that set out, a greedy private enterprise East India Company headquartered in London, on a path that changed the South Asia forever and the after shocks are even felt today including…
“He diagnosed the disease as Influenza. But he has never seen Influenza like this. This was violent, rapid in its progress through the body, sometimes lethal. This Influenza killed. Soon dozens of his patients – the strongest, the healthiest, the…
The Beginnings Indian history has many stories and that of the Jagat Seth one of the most interesting with many twists and turns. Hiranand Sahu was a jeweller turned money lender from Nagaur, Rajasthan from the Gailarha family of the…
Why was the knowledge was lost? Indian subcontinent has had a civilization for thousands of years and when we look at the remains of Indus Valley civilization there seems to be existence metropolis and intercontinental trade. There were cities like…
1918 Pandemic Great Influenza 1918 was the year of the great influenza which spread all over the world leading to estimated death of 50 million people worldwide and of this the country that was most affected was India that had…
I was heading out to a place called Aurangabad in Bihar and nearest Airport was Bodh Gaya. Now I had about 2-3 hours in my hand as this trip was a real quick one. But I knew that I can’t…
Disclaimer: I am no expert in the subject and idea is to share a point of view. Any errors & omissions will be graciously accepted and updated swiftly If you want to read up Part 1, I wrote about the…
I remember, in the year of 1998 while going to Miao to visit some family friends while passing Margherita there was a board calling out Stilwell Road. From that point of time it remained on the back of my mind.…
