Mughal women | Madras Courier

Secrets of the Konark Temple

One of India’s exquisite architectural marvels, symbolic of Vedic astronomy, chronicles the mythology of celestials.

Britain’s royal baby has Gujarati ancestry; India’s diversity is the product of shared genetics of much of the world.

At what point does the artificial simulation of sex go too far?

Why is a Medieval legend being used to justify murder?

When the South Indian sultanates of the Deccan were threatened by Mughal annexation, a warrior queen united the South.

Dadabhai Naoroji gave the Indian freedom struggle its ‘Aha!’ moment. The Indian Brexit was a product of his theories.

“India has been in the Godman business longer and continues to produce more of them than anywhere in the world.”

Indar Sabha: an illustrated Urdu play of love in Indra’s court was made into a successful production by Parsi’s & Jews.

Under the practice of Sati, widows were burned alive after their husbands died. It was a ritual sacrifice – condoned by society.

In 1834, the wife of an East India Company Writer decided to chart her own adventures through the subcontinent.

For 157 years, Bhopal was ruled by its ‘Begum’ queens. How was woman’s rule different in pre-modern India?

Dakhniī poetry challenges the notion of poetry being for the elite. Scholar Sajjad Shahid curates a selection.