Abode of the Virgin Goddess

It is impossible to write a simple and straightforward account of any place in India. ...You have mythology rubbing shoulders with history. You have to consider politics, religion, culture, science and economics, each with its attendant brood of issues and points of contention. The past and the present are inseparably intertwined. You step back and view this lively patchwork, this teeming tapestry. And you say, wow. More

A matter of heritage

Mysoreans can't picture the historic clock tower without the sight-n-sound effects generated by hawkers. They figure in picture postcards of the clock tower scene sent back home, at Manhattan, by visiting yoga guys, to the city that has produced the likes of Pattabhi Jois...More...

Taking Schools on Heritage Walks

Today, we had to host yet another group of students of Abacus school in Perungudi ( on the Old Mahab Road - OMR fashionably!) on a heritage walk through Mylapore.This is the second time we are hosting Abacus.The 'we' refers to 'Namma Mylapore', a small NGO which works on civic and heritage issues in the Mylapore area. . .More. . .

Firaq: Poet of the totality of love

Some days before his death, an interviewer asked what he thought of the statement that many considered him the greatest Urdu poet after Ghalib.” His reply was, “How can I say anything different from what others say about me?” . . .More. . .

Was Md.Thuglaq really a fool ?

The Sultan was infuriated by his subjects of Delhi, who used to write abuses on a piece of paper and managed to throw the same in his palace. They were in fact annoyed by some of his policies. . . . The Sultan came to the conclusion to punish the ‘guilty’ people and he invented such a novel idea for the same. . .More. . .