India History News
Ajanta Caves: The secret stories behind the paintings
The World Heritage Site of Ajanta, through its famous murals, tells the hidden history of an ancient world on the cusp of revolutionary change
12 min read12 Mar 2023Opinion | Shifting loyalties in the peninsula
The decline of great empires in Indian history were often accompanied by the rise of new political formations Tirumala Nayaka, who emerged out of such a system, went on to scale lofty heights as the ruler of Madurai
5 min read16 Aug 2019Opinion | Shifting loyalties in the peninsula
The decline of great empires in Indian history were often accompanied by the rise of new political formations Tirumala Nayaka, who emerged out of such a system, went on to scale lofty heights as the ruler of Madurai
5 min read16 Aug 2019Opinion | An unapologetic woman of power
Sethu Parvathi Bayi was an interesting, complicated woman, who combined phenomenal confidence with an unapologetic quest for power
4 min read30 Nov 2018Opinion | Jahangir: the endearing eccentric
Of all the Mughal emperors, Jahangir led the most comfortable life, free from problems that afflicted those who ruled before or after him
4 min read26 Oct 2018Opinion | The beautiful evil of Yuval Noah Harari
What if many things that people consider virtuous are in reality evil? What if evil lurks in the very things that give many of us meaning?
6 min read15 Sep 2018Opinion | An unsentimental man of action
Engineer, scholar and statesman, M Visvesvaraya crossed several significant milestones in his 101 years
5 min read14 Sep 2018Opinion| The Mapilla rebellion of Malabar
The Mappilla community of Kerala went through several violent uprisings before their long history of alienation came to an end
5 min read7 Sep 2018The way we lived then
A review of Amitabha Bagchi's new novel, 'Half The Night Is Gone', which draws on Tulsidas' 'Ramcharitmanas' to tell a compelling story of the India that was
5 min read9 Jul 2018When there is too much Indian history to remember
Discrete regional and cultural histories are invaluable and equally inevitable in such a large country
4 min read5 Jul 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared