In India, history has always been a battleground of ideas and interpretations. It transcends the confines of academia, engaging...

*This is a transcript of the Karwaan Distinguished Lecture delivered by Professor Thomas R. Metcalf on 03 March 2024. I have been asked...

I have been among those fortunate few who have known about/to Dr. B.N. Goswamy all my life, even though my discovery of him being an art...

Most rulers, throughout the course of history, regardless of affiliation, were capable of being sophisticated and cultured, and yet equally

Renowned for his diverse talents that transcended various fields, Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath — a gift that never stopped...

The title of my work draws inspiration from Vergangenheitsbewältigung, a German term that translates to "coming to terms with the past."...

Gulbadan Banu Begum wrote the first female-authored account of life at the Mughal Court, the Humayun-nama.

Information about the book: Conversations: India’s Leading Art Historian Engages With 101 Themes And More. By Brijinder Nath Goswamy,...

During 1560-1561 the faction supporting Maham Anaga remained dominant. Vincent Smith calls this period the ignoble interval when Akbar...

INTRODUCTION Babur named all three of his daughters by Dildar Begum after the word Gul ‘rose’; (Gulrang: ‘rose colored’, Gulchihra:...

Many of us probably remember the first chapter of our history textbooks in 12th grade- Bricks, Beads, and Bones, about the Indus Valley...

Gour or Gauda used to be the capital of Ancient Bengal, located in the banks of the Ganges; this is one of the oldest residential...

Pedagogies of educational transitions reflect stages of social evolution; they also help to analyze the relationship between...

PART 2: POLITICS AND LATER LIFE Politics was not all that Swarup had on her mind. Her husband had already found an ideal match for their...

During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal major changes were coming in, inspired by indigenization as the soul force impacting all spheres...

Every year in the month of June-July (Ashadha), the Rath Yatra (Chariot festival) is observed in the temple town of Puri, Odisha....

"This beautiful building is in itself a school of design"- Lockwood Kipling The historical sites can be conceptualized as mirrors of...

PART 1: EARLY LIFE Motilal Nehru’s natural shrewdness, persuasive manners and sense of humour had enlivened many a courtroom. But his...

The ancient imperial citadel of Odisha, the fortress of Barabati, also a masterpiece that stands ruined and dilapidated today, is a...

Mughal paintings developed around the 16th century. Mughal paintings are the kind of paintings that the Mughals brought in with them....