New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- In 1784, two white men joined forces to establish an English school in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. John Sullivan was British representative at the court of the local rajah, while C.F.... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- In 1907, barely a year after the death of the celebrated Raja Ravi Varma, the press in Madras was all praise for another artist with the same last name. As much as "the people of... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- In February 1620, somewhere in the vicinity of Daulatabad, the Mughal emperor Jahangir had his imagination captured by a woman. It wasn't the conventional, lusty type of obsessio... Read More