Chandradasan
The name Ebrahim Alkazi (1925–2020) is often regarded as a synonym of contemporary Indian theatre. His greatest vision was to make the National School of Drama truly ‘national’ by not only assimilating students from across India, but also providing a platform for regional and folk arts. Here, we…
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H.S. Shivaprakash
Girish Karnad represented 'an era of a certain kind of liberal imagination'. With irrepressible creative energy, rare in any age, Karnad had many successes across several spheres of culture: cinema, acting, direction, cultural imagination and, towards the end of his life, politics of protest. We…
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Ramji Narayan
In southern Delhi, on the Badarpur–Mehrauli Road, to the north of Asola greens and Dr Karni Singh Shooting range, rise the ruins of the Tughlaqabad fort. The site still affords a glimpse of a pre-gunpowder era medieval fort and the city it enclosed, since it is still modestly well preserved.
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This series of interviews was conducted while researching for the book, The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Bombay, ed. Shanta Gokhale (Mumbai: Speaking Tiger Books, 2015).
Veteran actor and playwright, Girish Karnad, in this interview with Sahapedia, discusses the…
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Begde, P.V. 1982. Forts and Palaces of India. New Delhi: Sagar Publications.
Brown, Percy. 1942. Indian Architecture (Islamic Period). Bombay: D.B. Taraporewala Sons & Co.
Burton-Page, J. 1960. ‘A Study of Fortification in the Indian Subcontinent from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth…
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Begde, P.V. 1982. Forts and Palaces of India. New Delhi: Sagar Publications.
Brown, Percy. 1942. Indian Architecture (Islamic Period). Bombay: D B Taraporewala Sons & Co.
Burton-Page, J. 1960. ‘A Study of Fortification in the Indian Subcontinent from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth…
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Ayan Ghosh
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The module is an introduction to the history and architecture of Tughlaqabad Fort. The fort stretches across nearly seven kilometres on the Qutab–Badarpur road, covering a vast expanse of rocky terrain. Initially built by Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty, the structure…
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Kanika Singh of Delhi Heritage Walks gives a guided tour of the architectural remains of Tughlaqabad, the first capital of the Tughlaq dynasty, built by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in 1321–25.
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