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HistoriCity | Belgium's Indian footprints extends from Malabar to Bengal

India, Sept. 9 -- From pioneering Jesuits to supplying Indian royalty with exquisite Saint Lambert glassware and chandeliers, Belgium's Indian footprints extended from Malabar to Bengal, and from guns... Read More


HistoriCity: When Gorkha grit clashed with China's Qing might in Rasuwa and Kyirong in Tibet

India, Sept. 1 -- Nearly three centuries ago Rasuwa and the region around it -- the ground zero of the recent disaster to hit Nepal -- was the site of bloody battles between Gorkha-ruled Nepal and Tib... Read More


HistoriCity| The long history of the 'lungi': From ancient India to Parliament

India, Aug. 16 -- Clothing is a language; what we wear defines us. It reveals more than our aesthetics. Our clothes announce who we are, banker or painter, labourer or merchant, local or outsider. Som... Read More


HistoriCity: A 2,000 year old revolt in India

India, Aug. 3 -- More than 2,000 years ago the king of the Magadha dispatched one of his less favoured sons to quell a people's revolt in an extremely important city. The revolt was dealt with not thr... Read More


HistoriCity: How Sialkot's footballs became an indispensable part of every FIFA World Cup

India, July 13 -- The FIFA world cup semi-finals are here. Nearly a month has whizzed past like a well taken free kick from the edge of the 'D'; the world's attention has remained fixed on the ball an... Read More


HistoriCity: Forgotten tales of Indian Football

India, June 29 -- Each football World Cup is a momentous occasion, and, almost like a ritual, it is also when India bemoans its absence from this biggest show on earth. Even Cape Verde, a tiny nation ... Read More


HistoriCity | Evian: The spring, the peace deals, and the weight of history

India, June 19 -- What do the Holocaust, a global brand of bottled water, and the just-signed Iran-US peace deal have in common? The once-small town of Evian-les-Bains, located on the shores of Lake G... Read More