Pohela Boishakh: A brief history of the Bengali calendar
A brief history of the Bengali Calendar and why India and Bangladesh celebrate the Bengali New Year on different days.Continue Reading →
When India became a republic: Front page of The Indian Express (January 28, 1950)
There’s a difference in knowing from a history book and learning via a historical source. Accounts from a time when…
Blast from the Past: Men’s Hairstyle in 200 BC
The neighbourhood saloons (Indian salons) have those charts with hairstyles that I wouldn’t want to be seen dead in. Ever…
