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Patiala, once a princely state of Punjab, was established as an independent riyasat (principality) that managed to maintain positive relations with the East India Company. Patiala’s maharajas were thus able to provide adequate patronage to social, economic, and modern reforms as well as various…
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Art Deco emerged in the early decades of the twentieth-century within a world recalibrating itself after rupture. Across Europe and the United States of America, architects, designers, and craftsmen turned away from the elaborate historicism of the nineteenth-century, seeking instead a visual…
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It was on a sweltering, humid June afternoon in 2023 that we disembarked from our bus outside the Seaside Guest House in Pondicherry. Our journey from the Chennai airport to the majestic, sand-scrubbed forms of the Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram felt akin to time travel. Driving along the East…
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Lucknow’s built heritage reflects a confluence of Indo-Islamic, Persian and colonial influences. Each structure in the city narrates a story—of power, patronage, cultural exchange and artistic evolution.
Painting of Nadan Mahal, 1814. (Picture Credits: British Library/Wikimedia Commons)
The early…
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Lucknow’s historical legacy remains imprinted on its present, with its homes offering a perfect window into the many lives that the city has lived, continues to live and will live. Lucknow’s houses and reha’ish (lifestyle) is the most tangible evidence of how Lucknow has grown and shrunk over the…
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Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, boasts a rich architectural tapestry woven from indigenous building traditions and external influences. The city's historical landscape, dominated by Mughal gardens, dhajji dewari (traditional Kashmiri houses) and religious structures evolved…
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