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The writer is the author of 'Where Stones Speak' and other books.
VARIETY
| 9-minute read
India's Great Dharma Chakra: What Bodh Gaya's Buddhist relics and Ashokan edicts taught me about us today
The Buddha advocated the middle path. Sufi saints advocated love. Ashoka advocated compassion. Today, this is no longer history for India. These are lessons we need to live.
ART & CULTURE
| 6-minute read
Allahabad becomes Prayagraj: No, Akbar did not rename Prayag. He built a new city called Ilahbas
The 16th century monarch chose a name that respected secular values. What is a 21st century chief minister doing?
VOICES
| 6-minute read
On Hazrat Amir Khusrau's urs, the greatest love story ever told
Neither life nor death could separate him from his beloved, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya.
ART & CULTURE
| 10-minute read
ART & CULTURE
| 10-minute read
Why troll for a Lord Krishna painting with 'Eid moon' — and a show of harmony?
It should worry anyone who loves India.
ART & CULTURE
| 3-minute read
Brief history of Delhi's Bagh-e-Bedil — and a beloved Afghan poet
[Book excerpt] Abdul Qadir Bedil was considered a Sufi saint by many.
VARIETY
| 7-minute read
How, led by Mughals, Hindus and Muslims together fought the war of 1857
They battled as a united force against the might of the British Raj.
LIFE
| 6-minute read
VARIETY
| 6-minute read
Why Muslims fast on Ramzan (and how it should be done)
It is also a month of detox, something we otherwise spend a lot of money on.
VOICES
| 10-minute read