The Hidden Heritage column in TOI Bhopal yesterday. While volumes can be written about Vidisha, I tried to touch upon a few highlights.

While the 'Surya Tilak' at Ayodhya was relatively simple, ancient temples have always innovated using astronomy. My latest story captures a few examples.

The town of Bansberia in the Hooghly district of West Bengal is home to the Hanseswari Temple dedicated to goddess Hanseswari (a form of Kali). Construction of the Hanseswari temple was started by Raja Nrisimhadeva Ray in 1799, the great grandson of Rameshwar Ray, who built the…

This foolish story underlines how disconnected most of India's English journalists and columnists are from the country.

No better time to explore stepwells than the beginning of summer. And few better examples than the stepwells of #Gujarat . My latest story for Firstpost

On #WorldHeritageDay , sharing pics of four structures explored in the last year which gave me joy.
Temples in Rajnagar (north of #Darbhanga , #Bihar ) & inside #Chitradurga Fort, #Karnataka ; Tomb in Aonla, nr #Bareilly , Uttar Pradesh; Tagore family house, #Kolkata , #Bengal

By 35, I firmly believed that everything I had been taught in Organizational Behaviour during my management course was pure fiction and _________(expletive beeped out).

Move over 'excellence' - mediocrity reigns supreme when affirmative action is the political play.

Glad someone said this. Most Punjabi singers are pretty sleazy on their lyrics. Some get shot and martyred.

Pax China!

Will April 14th, 2024 be a re-run of Sep 1st, 1939? Time will tell.

Mahadeva Temple, Mandi Bhamora, pic taken in late 2021.

Mainstreaming a murderer and whitewashing a crime - never seen something as brazen as this lady's PR machinery.

More recent shots of #Gingee fort. It was one heck of a climb in the heat of April 2019. Sharing to and from shots of the Raja Fort hilltop.

The real history of #Ghazipur , beyond the tainted legacy of Mukhtar Ansari. My latest on Firstpost firstpost.com/opinion/how-gh…

When the US does it to a Qasem Soleimani it is right, when India attempts it all the fake morality comes out?

By far, one of the most educative threads in a long time. Including a very interesting comparison of cavalry style evolution of the Comanche warrior with the Mongols.

As Badaun continues to make news for the worst possible reasons, I write on Firstpost on its historic past.