It is considered impolite to begin a sentence with I, me, myself and thereby hangs a tale. The tale of two cities, two cultures. India and Bharat. Modern and ancient. Yesterday and today. I, me, myself is a new malaise effecting us Indians. A new virus. Another virus is calling anyone up anytime just because […]Read More
Tags : Partition of India
Team L&M The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is all set to begin excavation at Delhi’s Purana Qila for the third time now. The two excavations were done in 2013-14 and 2017-18. The objective of the latest excavation is the exposure and preservation of the trenches that were excavated in the previous years. During the […]Read More
Sukriti Tankha Delhi Power, Politics and Premonitions Before Independence In the months leading up to Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel engage in hectic deliberations with British Viceroy Louis Mountbatten over the fate of the country. Lady Edwina Mountbatten, on the other hand, is disturbed by the unseasonal blooming of laburnums—something she associates with impending […]Read More