History

Getting the nation’s attention during the semi-finals of hockey against Argentina at Tokyo Olympics over the Indian cricket team would seem unfathomable for Neha Goyal from Haryana who started playing the sport to escape her dark reality.

A member of Netaji Bose's Indian National Army, Captain Ram Singh Thakuri created the tune of India's national anthem and gave us iconic songs like 'Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja'. Yet few know his story.

Bela Mitra, also known as Bela Bose, was born in Kodalia in British-ruled India and grew up with a singular goal of freeing her country.

Indian pakoras go by many names across different states — tele bhajas, begunis or vengayam pakoras, but they are an emotion wrapped in layers of spiced besan and fried till golden brown.

In Patharkatti village in Bihar, artisans have been making decorative, household and prayer items from black granite for generations. There's an interesting folklore behind how this came to be, thanks to Maharani Ahilyabai.

At 90, Mumbai's Mary D'souza Sequeira narrates the enthralling tale of how she scripted her own destiny through hard work and became one of India's first female Olympians at the 1952 Olympics.

Dr Luis Dias recalls the life and struggles of his great-grandfather, Dr Miguel Caetano Dias, who came from a small village of okra farmers. He fought all odds to become the first and only Goan General, the highest rank in the Portuguese medical cadre.

Every region in India has its own special spices that can make the most mundane dish taste heavenly. So we decided to celebrate this culinary heritage by making a Spice Map of India, with some GI-tagged varieties on it!

Quitting her job during the Covid-19 lockdown, Bengaluru's Karen Martin built a food business out of her great-grandmother's century-old Anglo-Indian recipes that have been passed down the generations.

Ambaji Shinde from Goa had no experience in jewellery making, but went on to become one of the most renowned designers of all time, and created intricate pieces worn by Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Taylor, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, the Maharaja of Baroda, Nizam of Hyderabad, and many other notable names across the world.