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Delhi Lost and Found: Echoes of Empire, Poetry, and the Sacred

Once through this ruined city did I pass I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked What knowest thou of this wilderness? It replied: 'I can sum it up…

Sep 22 • 

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August 2025

Independence Day Special: Resilience of a Great Nation

Indian Independence is a reminder of the resilience of a Great Nation - a civilisation carrying its stories across Countless millennia

Aug 15 • 

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July 2025

Folktale #1 The Barber’s Secret & Its Modern Retelling

A Tamil folktale that explores the illusion of perfection.

Jul 15 • 

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June 2025

Mir, Dastangoi, and the Forgotten Delhi

Dil-o-Dilli donon agar hain kharaab, Pa kuchh lutf is ujde ghar mein bhi hain ― Mir Taqi Mir

Jun 22 • 

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May 2025

Dialogue #3 The Lost Stories in Ruins

When old collapses, times change, and new life blossoms in the ruins. - Friedrich Schiller.

May 25 • 

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November 2024

Dialogue #2 Winters in Delhi: Ruins and Resilience

I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and agitation increases. ― Khushwant Singh…

Nov 18, 2024 • 

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Dialogue #1: The Legacy of Nalanda

I would rather die going to the west than live by staying in the east- Xuanzang

Nov 1, 2024 • 

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October 2024

📜Ek Mehfooz Manzil Kahaniyon Ki: Kathasaritsagara: Tales of Legendary King Vikrama (An Analysis of Nested Narratives)

I can give you a mantra to charm Vetalas, but why would I need that?" the Brahmin laughed. "Haven't you heard what happened to King Vikrama when he…

Oct 13, 2024 • 

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September 2024

📜Ek Mehfooz Manzil Kahaniyon Ki – Meghadūta by Kalidasa

There was a Yaksha. He became careless in his duties, so the Lord of the Yakshas cursed him to endure the heavy sorrow of separation from his wife for a…

Sep 23, 2024 • 

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📜Ek Mehfooz Manzil Kahaniyon Ki – Shakuntala by Kalidasa

मेघस्यास्मिन्नतिनिपुणता बुद्धिभावः कवीनां नत्वार्यायाश्चरणकमलं कालिदासश्चकार (Now roam wherever you please in your glory, and may you not suffer even a…

Sep 1, 2024 • 

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March 2024

Transience of Thought, Essence of 'Dhi' & Mindfulness

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts - Marcus Aurelius

Mar 16, 2024 • 

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February 2024

White Mughals, 19th Century Soap Opera & Heritage Walk

......of the great cities of the world, only Rome, Istanbul and Cairo can even begin to rival Delhi for the sheer volume and density of historic…

Feb 5, 2024 • 

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