Culture and History

The Portuguese managed to conquer the island of Hormuz two times and erected a fortress there to solidify their control.

Congress began to resist the decision to alter the name, labeling it a stunt and asserting that the action was unjustified.

The Ram Mandir paid taxes to the government of about ₹400 crore between 5th February of 2020 and 2025.

From Vedic hymns to Puranic legends, Bhavnath Mahadev at Girnar stands as a living symbol of India’s eternal Shaiva tradition.

Pakistan’s relationship with its pre-Islamic past has always been uneasy. Hindu temples are neglected, Indian history is marginalised in textbooks, and ancient cultural continuities are treated as ideological liabilities. Yet Basant poses a problem: it is too deeply embedded in Punjabi social life to be discarded altogether.

The theft of ancient Indian artefacts, including ancient sculptures, temple idols, coins, paintings, has been a long-standing and complex problem.

When the national debate on Babur resurfaced following NCERT changes, I was among the very few historians, apart from RC Majumdar and Sir Jadunath Sarkar, who were publicly referenced as part of the so-called “Nationalist-wing” scholarly tradition. When people now claim that the Right produces no scholars, it is precisely because individuals occupying decorated offices lend credibility to such lazy generalisations.

The 1500-year-old Ganesh idol found in Jamui is holding a dessert called 'Pedakiya', which is believed to be the original version of the 'Modak'.