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The Story of Mahabharata – Part Five
In the earlier episode of The Story of Mahabharata, we learnt that the Pandavas lost the gamble and had to leave at once for the wilds for a period of thirteen years. Kunti, the mother, was too weak to face the hardships of the exile, therefore, she stayed back. The brothers, along with their wife, Read more
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The Story of Mahabharata – Part Four
While we are discussing the story of Mahabharata, let’s take a pause and talk about an important character: Karna. Just like Kunti gave birth to Yudhishthira, Bheem and Arjuna by summoning three gods, she had also done the same previously, before she got married to Pandu. Thus, Karna, the son of Sun, the god, was born. Read more
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The Story of Mahabharata – Part Three
Five Pandava boys and one hundred Kaurava boys were growing up in royal settings, as we learnt in the previous episode of Mahabharata series. Let’s find out what happens next. The jealousy of Duryodhana, the eldest of the Kaurava brothers, began to grow at the sight of the skills, strength and dexterity of the five Read more
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Baolis of Delhi: A Lost Heritage
Since the beginning of civilisation, humans have tried to hold water for their consumption. In India, techniques to store and source water have evolved from the Great Bath of Mohenjodaro to modern dams and reservoirs. In the last 1500 years, people in South Asia have refined their ways of accessing subterranean water by extending the Read more
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Book Excerpts: Caveman’s Secret Sauce
Maybe you are stressing about what’s going to happen at work. Or there is something going on in your relationship that requires immediate attention. Maybe you have been a little vulnerable on the health front and are trying to recover. Maybe you are distracted, struggling to focus here. Whatever the struggle, let’s just take a Read more
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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on Hindus and Muslims
Syed Ahmad Khan was perhaps the most eminent Muslim reformist and philosopher of the 19th century. He was born in Delhi in 1817. The family was not orthodox in any sense — they patronised musicians and mystics. There was a tradition of scholarship too: among Syed Ahmad Khan’s forebears were some keen mathematicians. He continued along Read more
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