History

Remembering the person behind the first Republic Day of India

Remembering the person behind the first Republic Day of India

Badruddin Tyabji, the grandson of freedom fighter and third Congress President by the same name, was entrusted with arrangements for…

January 26, 2024

The familial ties that bond Mauritius PM and Karol Bagh’s Arya Samaj Road

Pravind Jugnauth’s sister is married to a Punjabi family based out of West Delhi's Karol Bagh; it is said that…

September 8, 2023

Why Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina fled to Delhi twice in 50 years

The city had given her refuge and provided her with support after the assassination of her father, mother and several…

August 5, 2024

The grave top G20 leaders must visit

A small symbolic grave in Royal Cemetery, laid for the victims of Japan Airlines, which crashed in Delhi in 1972,…

August 27, 2023

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