I came upon this very interesting article as I was reading up on the Mughals…. We usually lose interest in the Mughals after the exile and death of Bahadur Shah Zafar after the 1857 revolt and the execution of three of his sons by the British. We usually don’t give a thought as to whether there are any surviving members of the Mughal family still living. Probably we believe the Mughals to be a part of...

Battle of Ain Jalut on September 3, 1260 was a turning point in the history of the Mongol empire and by extension in the history of the world, a war which effectively drew the boundary of a ruthless empire on the roll and from where on, the only place where the empire could go was inward and back, which marked the end of the aura of invincibility of the Mongol warrior, the first time that they were effectively destroyed and...

Read in the telegraph yesterday that the government is planning to build concrete roads in villages affected by Naxalism….so that security forces can move easily and also because its more difficult to mine concrete (pucca) roads than dirt (kuchcha) roads. It’s a strange irony and almost amusing to see the government officials praising this venture because if we just stop and think, the government is building roads not because it...