History

Ramya Sriram digs out the fascinating account of a well funded by the Maharaja of Benaras in a village in England.

In an age when most Indian women didn’t even try getting into foreign service, C. B. Muthamma didn’t just choose IFS on qualifying UPSC, she fought gender bias, stood her ground and went on to become India’s first female ambassador.

From annual K-pop contests to academies that teach Hanku Muyong, the Korean national dance, the bustling city of Chennai is no stranger to Korean culture.

While most Indians have heard about NASA's Voyager 1 and its famous Golden record, few know that the album also includes a a hauntingly beautiful Hindustani classical music composition – ‘Jaat Kahan Ho.’

At a time when the rest of the world believed that Indian women rarely ventured outside their kitchens, 19-year-old Arati Saha overcame obstacles, both physical and mental, to carve her way to success.

One of India's earliest action stars, Mary Anne Evans – or Fearless Nadia, as she was more famously known – swashbuckled her way through gender and cultural barriers in the late 1930s.

The Dewan of Mysore for a span of 18 years, Sheshadri Iyer's able administration laid the foundation for much of modern Bengaluru's infrastructure and many of the city's landmarks.

The sound of moving water—be it the waves of a sea hitting the shore, or the gentle flow of a river—has always enthralled the best of us. To commemorate the essence of life, Nazariya brings you Jalatarangam, a percussion instrument that is tuned with water, not strings!

This is the story of how an aerospace engineer from Odisha developed India's first homegrown LCA against heavy odds.

A local historian and passionate naturalist, Vijay Thiruvady traces the fascinating arboreal history of Bengaluru over the last few centuries.