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- Photo Essay: Beit el Suhaymi – A Restored Ottoman Era House in Cairo
How the Ottomans lived in the 17th century city of Cairo
- That Day, 2001
I've witnessed eight anniversaries in the U.S. since and the memories are still as vivid, the pain still as fresh.
- Photo Essay: St. Botolph without Bishopsgate Church in London
A photo essay on a church in the middle of the city of London
- Photo Essay: Swansea Castle
A photo essay on Swansea Castle.
- Photo Essay: Westminster School Russian & Indian War Memorial
An extraordinary monument to Westminster School Alumni who died for King and Country
- Photo Essay: The Ruins of the Winchester Palace
The ruins of an old Palace in London
- Independence Day - Just Another 24 Hours
Are we valuing our independence? For that matter, did we ever value it to begin with?
- Saza-e-Kalapani - Can We Bring Back The Andaman Experience?
Are we trying to pay homage to all those who suffered for our better tomorrow or are we just revisiting the horror without thinking much
- Photo Essay: Thomas Cook in Leicester
Where Thomas Cook came from
- Photo Essay: The Midland Bank VaultWhat the inside of a bank vault looks like
- Photo Essay: Church of St. Stephens, Rochester Row
A curious little church tucked away into one of the small lanes of London
- Photo Essay: The Statues of Waterloo Place, London
The statues of Waterloo Place, remembering old hero's
- Photo Essay: Third Church of Christ, ScientistA church with an extraordinary history of its adherents
- Photo Essay: Roman Walls in London
The Roman Walls still stand in London, 2000 years later...
- Photo Essay: London Monument to the Great Fire of 1666
A monument to the great fire of 1666 in London
- Has Shivaji Finally Lost To His Followers?For once, let Shivaji be at peace in his grave and build a nation which he has envisioned years back
- Poetry: Beaten But Not Bruised, For Black Stars in 2010
I am here to say what score-lines, statistics will not show, not say
- Photo Essay: Westminster Square - The Heart of British Democracy
A photo essay on the palace of Westminster in London
- Archaeology and The Bible - Keep Them Separate
How do archaeology and the Bible fit together?
- An Evening With Aurangzeb
What drives us to be so judgemental and conclusive without knowing the facts?
- Travel Review: Trip to Saladin's Citadel in Cairo
Saladin's Citadel is a structure that bears great importance to the history of Cairo.
- Book Launch: Angel of Death - The Story of Smallpox
A Photo Essay on a book launch and other bits and bobs at the Wellcome Centre, London
- Travel Review: Andrew Jackson's Hermitage Plantation
There were few iconic figures in the mid-nineteenth century in post-Revolutionary America quite like General Andrew Jackson.
- Intercourse with the Natives
The biggest part, I believe, of any healing between cultures that have been at odds with each other is a dialogue.
- Photo Essay: Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards
A story on the worshipful company of Makers of Playing Cards
- Book Review : The Hadrian Enigma - A Forbidden History
Did Antinous - the Lover/Favorite of Caesar Hadrian - drown or was he murdered?
- Photo Essay: British Museum: Part 5f The Elgin / Parthenon Marbles
The infamous Elgin / Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 5e, Misc Greek Statues
A review of some of the Grecian statues in the British Museum
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 5D Nereid Monument
The Nereid Monument in the British Museum
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 5c Mausoleum of Halikarnassos
The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos at the British Museum
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 5b: Greek Gods and GoddessesThe Greek Gods and Goddesses in the British Museum
- Poem- Remembering Iqbal - Storm from the East
This man Iqbal, the old Sufi from mystifying corners of Kashmir
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 5a, The Famous Greek Men
The Famous Greek Men as exhibited in one of the world's best museums
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 3: The Assyrian ExhibitA review of the Assyrian galleries in the British Museum
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 2 The Egyptian Galleries
A series of photo essays on one of the most fascinating museums in the world.
- Photo Essay: British Museum Part 1: The Building and its environs
A series of photo essays on one of the most fascinating museums in the world.
- Poem: The Human LandscapeToday is the day we will find, Our voices, our hearts in one place
- Book Review: Cuckold
Its a wonder Bollywood has not yet seized this book. It would be a far more gripping story than Jodhaa Akbar.
- Book Review: 10 Easy Walks in Old Delhi
The best way to know and say Hello to a city is walking around.
- Book Review: Bhagwata Purana, Skandha Two, Part One
A review of the Bhagwata Purana, Skhandha two, first of three parts
- Bhagvata Purana, Skandha 1
I have to admit that I did not even know about this book till somebody told me that the Bhagvata Purana is also known as
- India's Influence on The World History and Economy.
Kings Sandrocuttus and Piodasses influenced the world history. What was the GDP of India since 300 B.C.?
- Photo Essay: Saint George and the Dragon
The story of St. George and the Dragon, in carbonite!!
- Book Review: In an Antique Land
A peek into Rural Egypt and a Coastal town in India in the 12th Century.
- Travel Review: Louisville, Kentucky - Bourbon, Ali, & Sluggers
There is much more ground to be covered and bourbons to be drunk.
- The Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes
A review of an Egyptian book on science, astronomy, astrology and geography
- Photo Essay: Hotel Russell in London
A photo essay on Hotel Russell in London
- Hindu Nationalism in UK and the VHP
Looking for hindutva under every bed can lead to concussed occipital injuries.
- Book Review: Victoria And Abdul
To be fair to the Queen as well, her love for Abdul Karim was that of a mother and her childlike dependence on him was
- Poem: The Dance of Solitude
The solitude and its silence Stands there, the grand empires Built from dreams of the past
- The 1818 Battle of Koregaon - The Beginning of a Casteist War?
Was the battle of Koregaon really the first shot of the Hindu Caste War?
- Book Review: Delhi by Khushwant Singh
Delhi by someone who has spent his life in Delhi but has only a bedside view of it.
- The White Male Effect
White males are less risk averse than others, that has implications on all of us
- The Auschwitz Album
Old photographs of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
- Travel: Hike on Eastern Simatai, Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China at Simatai is the steepest and one of the most beautiful sections of wall. The last time it was renovated
- Alexander The Great And Diogenes
"If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes."
- Photo Essay: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A Photo Essay on the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
- The Tree of Wishes
A book review of a book on the search for a book
- Photo Essay: Baker Street Underground Station
A photo essay on Barker Street, perhaps one of the oldest underground railway stations in the world.
- The Splendour of Tibet
The game we played was simple but really an exercise in the development of travel plans that ‘may never happen.
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