Kolkata is often called the city of ‘bhadralok’, or ‘noble people’ – a city that has been home to educational elites for more than a century. Remarkably, it is also the city that has bred five Nobel laureates. Sir Ronald Ross, an Indian-born British doctor, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902. While working …
India is a land of religious diversity. Though majority of the citizens are Hindus, religions like Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, and Bahá’í faith are also followed here. India is the birthplace of four religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Of these, Hinduism is considered as the ‘oldest living religion’ of the world. …
Lammasingi, also known as Lambasingi, is a small village in the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. In 2012, due to an unexpected change in the climate, the temperature of the village plummeted to zero degree Celsius. Since then, every December and January every year has been witnessing zero-degree chills. It does come as a jaw-dropping surprise to know …
Tales of Indian dairy production will be incomplete without the story of Amul and Operation Flood. Operation Flood was launched in 1970 by the National Dairy Development Board. It was the biggest dairy development program of the world. The project revolutionized dairy farming in India, propelling the country from being dairy-deficient to the world’s largest …
The Mumbai the world knows today is the result of a series of tremendous changes. Whether geographically, politically, or even name-wise, the city has travelled quite a lot! The Portuguese ruled the city, which they referred to as bombaim – Portuguese for ‘good bay’ – from the year 1534 till 1661. However, things changed in the year 1662, …
The Uparkot fort in Junagadh, Gujarat, is one of the most unique forts in India. And it has its reasons. The Uparkot fort was built by Chandragupta Maurya in the year 319 BCE. The Mauryan Empire declined in 184 BCE, and the fort changed hands. It remained under possession till 6th century CE, and was lost into oblivion for the next …
