Destination Insight
Early in January 1857, at the Dumdum cantonment near Calcutta, a Brahmin sepoy was walking down to his post to prepare his food with a lotah or brass water-pot, when
Where with right pomp the stately domes arise: In yon dark tower an aged monarch lies, Forlorn, dejected, blind, replete with woes: In tears his venerable aspect shews; As
In the heyday of her unusual sway over the Mughal empire, Qudsia Begum — wife of the emperor Muhammad Shah, and mother of his successor-son, Ahmed Shah — laid out
The now-disappeared city of Siri has a somewhat grim and frightful legend behind it: its name ‘Siri’ is believed to have come from the word ‘Sir’ or head, since the
After the crushing of the 1857 rebellion, Her Britannic Majesty, Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was declared Queen of India on 2 August 1858.
Who can forget Prithviraj Chauhan, the romantic king of India ruling from the twin capitals of Delhi and Ajmer, who whisked away the daughter of his contemporary king Jaichand of
For centuries, the Indian peninsula was somewhat protected from invaders and conquerors who were constantly marching between Manchuria and Arabia: it was protected by unfathomable seas on two sides and
The City and the Citadel: Imagine some 650 years back on a Friday, a stream of people arriving at the main western gateway – flanked by a bastion on either
The Past is another country. Warmed by the kindly sunshine, we explored Chandni Chowk of Old Delhi.. the city of the majestic Qila Mubarak, the Jama Masjid, the moon-lit avenue
We walked along a small patch of the ‘Sadak-e-Azam’ or ‘UttaraPatha’ road from Mauryan times, rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri, and considerably upgraded by the British.. and explored few interesting
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