On 6th November 2016, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president Amit Shah offered prayers at Pitambara Peeth temple complex before heading for a
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Dar Ul Kohla Bhopal
Jigar Moradabadi was the nom de plume of Ali Sikandar, one of the most famous Urdu poets of the 20th century and a celebrated Urdu
Bhopal Tribal Museum
Sometime in the year 2011, at a meeting of bureaucrats, archaeologists, anthropologists and sociologists at Bhopal, Bhil painter Bhuribai asked, “Shouldn’t a tribal museum be made
Lost Games of Bhopal
A quarter of a century back, passing through the graveyard behind old Saifia College to take a shortcut to Bhopal Talkies square, we students always
Bhopal The Kerala Connection
The old joke about Malayalis is that when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, he met a Malayali tea seller. Bhopal The Kerala Connection.
Ticket To Bollywood
In his book “In The Afternoon Of Time” Haribansh Rai Bachhcan recalls that on completion of wedding of Amitabh Bacchan and Jaya Bhaduri, Hari Bansh
Hungry Bhopali
At about 7am, though even 8 or 9 will do, head to the Jama Masjid. On the east side of the masjid, just off Itwara
Shikar in Bhopal
Shikar (n. hunting; game; v.i. & t. hunt (animal) as sport. shikaree, shakari, shakary, n. (big game) hunter.) in Bhopal was not a sport nor
Cultural Landscape Of Bhopal
By 1923, 200 years after Dost Mohammad Khan had founded the state, Bhopal presented a picture of settled, well governed, fair and tolerant society. Over
Naya Daur at Bhopal
Director B. R. Chopra’s son Ravi Chopra has converted Naya Daur to a colour film, the Bhopali remembers with nostalgia the era when about 10,000