Culture & Books

Ghalib has been called back to the court!

Ghalib has been called back to the court!

Courtrooms and judicial proceedings have always been a nightmare for the legend of Urdu literature in his lifetime. Mirza Ghalib,…

August 27, 2022

Indian National Flag hoisted at 150 ASI monuments to flutter permanently

The national flag was hoisted at 150 heritage sites across India on the 76th Independence Day on Monday to mark…

August 17, 2022

A thousand flights in the Delhi sky

A folk sport, that continues its legacy since the Mughal times, still fascinates the national capital. Despite changing circumstances, the…

September 17, 2022

Heritage walks: Pathways to a lost past

Delhi is rich in its history and the multitude of mysteries that come with it. The memories of the city…

July 7, 2022

Keeping up the ancestral traditions

As the country is posing to be normal amid the rising Covid-19 cases, Patriot takes a deep dive into the…

August 22, 2022

Ghalib ki Haveli: Where poetic memories linger

Fascinated by the Mughal era? At this museum, you can soak in the atmosphere of Mughal architecture, admire Urdu calligraphy…

June 25, 2022

Zeenat Mahal: Where once a queen lived, girls are being groomed for the future

Walking through the congested Lal Kuan Bazaar in the Walled City, one can easily ignore the remnants of  Mughal grandeur.…

September 24, 2022

Exhibition: Ecstatic realm of truth and beauty

Lokayat Art Gallery presents solo exhibition titled ‘Ecstatic World’ which will display 45 paintings of Sultana Marium, a Bangladeshi Canada-based…

August 22, 2022

Doha Movement – Resurrecting a lost art

With its first event titled ‘Ba-Yaad e Ijteba Rizvi’ and held on 2 October 2021, started what is arguably the…

September 17, 2022

Silent sentinels of a heritage of respectability

Members of the intersex and trans communities, called khwajsaras in the Mughal era, made huge contributions to Delhi’s history. The…

June 12, 2022