I’ve lived a fair bit of my life in the city of Pune and it’s a very special place to me. I first moved here in 2012 to study medicine at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), an institution to which I owe a lot. Between adjusting to new life and its rules, studying anatomy […]
An enterprising woman and a feminist icon in the early 1900s essentially created the first version of the game we love today, but lies largely forgotten. Here’s the story of the game’s origin.
This stone marks the official centre of Pune, India. Many cities in the world have monuments marking the same. But what are their stories? And how is this stone connected to one of the greatest exercises in human history?
This mediaeval fort in the heart of Delhi is supposed to be the home of jinns – supernatural mythical shape-shifting creatures.
Many of us are familiar with Le Corbusier and the fact that he planned the city of Chandigarh. But what about the others whose names are relatively forgotten today?
The Mumbai suburb of Bandra, or ‘Queen of the Suburbs’ as it’s often called, is one of the most affluent and well-known parts of Mumbai. It’s home to some of the wealthiest and most popular movie stars and sports stars in the country. Many visit Bandra to shop at Linking Road; to sit on the […]
There are an estimated 200 Jews living in Pune. That’s not many. But Pune is home to two synagogues, and one of them is the largest synagogue in all of Asia, outside Israel.
Contrary to what it sounds like, this isn’t a memorial to Punch or The Economist or any other glossy periodic publication. So what does this memorial really commemorate?
A little bit about the history of the oldest existing church in Delhi and the man who built it.
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