History

Friendship in gardens of diplomacy

Friendship in gardens of diplomacy

BRICS, Africa and ASEAN Gardens offer a variety of roses, peace and tranquility in the heart of the capital

August 21, 2023

Taking refuge in prayer, business and education

The Partition refugees settled in different places on arrival, and started gurudwaras, markets and schools. Some of the establishments even…

August 15, 2023

The forgotten refugees who landed in Delhi after Partition

Buddhist refugees from Chittagong and Namdharis from Punjab have helped make Delhi diverse, but few know about them

August 15, 2023

When Connaught Place showrooms were set on fire

Connaught Place witnessed carnage in British-owned showrooms in 1942 before seeing similar havoc in 1984, during the anti-Sikh riots

August 14, 2023

When Premchand penned Kafan in Delhi

The celebrated writer wrote the famous story in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia campus

August 9, 2023

The Prithviraj ‘JRD Tata’ Road

Prithviraj Road, which hosts several bigwigs in the Capital, was also the abode of India's business icon, JRD Tata, who…

July 29, 2023

End of an era: Authors’ space shuts down

The 'South Indian Restaurant' in Karol Bagh was the meeting point of renowned Hindi and Punjabi writers, including one Sampuran…

July 15, 2023

Architect of Capital’s fortune

Rana Man Singh, who built landmarks such as the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, which has now been renamed, seems…

July 11, 2023

This Master’s Voice

Ravi Chaturvedi, a former Zoology teacher in DU, cannot give up on his love for cricket which he has commentated…

June 19, 2023

Icons on the road

Delhi has statues of many historical personalities that may interest world leaders like Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and Rishi Sunak…

June 11, 2023