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Culture / Published 20.11.22

‘The British trained us to appreciate our culture’

Ravindra Singh Bisht, a former joint director-general of the ASI, speaks to The Telegraph about its great significance and urgent need for better protection of Indus Valleysites...

By Prasun Chaudhuri

Culture / Published 09.11.22

Kintsugi: Beauty in imperfection

There are many teachings, practices and philosophies that can help people deal with disappointment, embrace imperfection and remain optimistic...

By Ella Tennant in Newcastle

Culture / Published 03.07.22

Don’t tear me to tears

Heritage structures can be redeveloped this way or that based on certain civic norms and rules. But what really happens? ...

By Anasuya Basu

Culture / Published 29.05.22

A Long Engagement

The Telegraph explores the unequal friendship that Alexander Cunningham and J.D.M. Beglar shared...

By Anasuya Basu

Culture / Published 29.05.22

Once Upon a Reason

Days before Raja Rammohun Roy’s 250th birth anniversary, The Telegraph visits the shambles of his birthplace in Bengal’s Hooghly district...

By Moumita Chaudhuri

Places / Published 02.03.22

Murshidabad: A regal retreat on the banks of river Bhagirathi

Travelling through the bylanes of an old Mughal town, the author steps in history to find the country’s grandest architecture dating back centuries...

By Somini Sen Dua

Heritage / Published 29.01.22

Old wounds

Anya Theatre's 110-minute-long tour de force is among the best Calcutta has produced in recent years...

By Anshuman Bhowmick

Culture / Published 09.01.22

Many splendoured is my provenance

Conceived on the back of a nawab’s victory, laid out with care by the British, lost lovers’ point now, a politician’s dreamscape and birthing ground of PK-Chuni’s football progeny, Maidan's st...

By Prasun Chaudhuri