When commuters in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) step aboard India’s first underwater train later this year, a Bengal-born British engineer who conceived an unrealised underground...
History
In the crowded east Indian city of Kolkata, a small community of Hakka Chinese have been living quietly for more than a century now. When Janice Lee went on...
The sword of the former king of South India, Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, was sold at an auction for US$ 17 million or the equivalent , It is said that the sword was...
In December 1829, Lord William Bentinck, the first governor general of British-ruled India, banned sati, the ancient Hindu practice of a widow immolating...
Ash, soot-stained walls, burnt furniture and charred pages: that’s all that remains of a 113-year-old madrassa library in India that once housed more...
