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Rana Safvi
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The real story of how qorma became the king of Indian curries
Plus an heirloom recipe for Awadhi Murgh Qorma.
Tarana Husain Khan & Rana Safvi
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How are mourners reading and listening to the poetry of Muharram during the pandemic?
Instead of going back home with her family, Rana Safvi had to make do with online video meetings.
Rana Safvi
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India’s culinary heritage has been impoverished by modernity
I still remember the days of my childhood when everyone wasn’t pressed for time, when the breakfast table was bountiful.
Rana Safvi
Trending
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I was on the WHO team that went to Wuhan to study the origins of coronavirus. Here’s what we found
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Bengal is seeing a Sushant Rajput-style moral panic over BJP leader’s arrest with cocaine
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Motera: Time-lapse video shows construction of world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad
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India vs England, 3rd Test, Day 2 Live: Hosts close in on victory after the Axar-Ashwin show
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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Who really wrote the lines ‘If there is Paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this’?
An excerpt from ‘Shahjahanabad’, Rana Safvi’s book on the living city of old Delhi.
Rana Safvi
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How Bahadur Shah Zafar’s daughter had to flee from Delhi after he lost his empire
A translation of one of the many stories collected by Khwaja Hasan Nizami about the survivors of the Mughal emperor’s family.
Khwaja Hasan Nizami & Rana Safvi
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Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s 19th-century books on the pre-1857 monuments of Delhi are now in English
In the two volumes of ‘Asar-us-Sanadid’, Sir Sayyid combined anecdotes with rigorous measurements and descriptions.
Sayyid Ahmad Khan & Rana Safvi
Video
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Watch: Bisons return to this Canadian territory for the first time in over a century
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi enjoys a swim with fishermen of Kerala
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Watch: Comedian Munawar Faruqui is back with a joke after spending over a month in prison
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Watch: Milan Fashion Week 2021 goes digital. Here’s how a fashion brand celebrated ‘normal life’
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Watch: Korean band BTS performs ‘Life Goes On’ on television show
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Why I cried while watching ‘Mulk’: I finally know what it means to be a Muslim in India
Anubhav Sinha’s drama explores the Islamaphobia experienced by a family following a terrorist attack.
Rana Safvi
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Inside the Delhi Golf Club is a wealth of monuments that is anything but par for the course
Historian Rana Safvi takes readers on the guide to the forgotten old cities of Delhi through remaining monuments from the past.
Rana Safvi
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Opinion: Hindutva groups’ assault on AMU was never about Jinnah. It had a more sinister motive
It was intended to demonise a particular community and interfere in educational institutions that support free speech and liberal values.
Rana Safvi
The Reel
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‘The Good Traitor’ trailer: A diplomat turns his back on his country to fight the Nazis
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Watch: Animated film ‘What Is Your Brown Number?’ satirises our obsession with fair skin
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‘Time to Dance’ trailer: Starring Sooraj Pancholi and Isabelle Kaif
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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‘Pagglait’ teaser: Sanya Malhotra-led drama will be streamed on Netflix on March 26
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This is the book that lovers of Urdu literature needed, to understand its history
An anthology of poetry and prose that offers a panoramic view of more than 100 years of writing.
Rana Safvi
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May 16, 1857: How a massacre by rebel sepoys at the Red Fort felled Bahadur Shah Zafar
The Mughal king was tried and convicted for the murder of 56 Europeans taken prisoner by the soldiers.
Rana Safvi
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How Humayun convinced the love of his life to marry him
Hamida Bano grew up to be a feisty queen and loyal wife, but when she first met her husband, she was just an angry teen.
Rana Safvi
The Field
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India vs England: R Ashwin becomes second quickest bowler of all time to pick up 400 Test wickets
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ISL qualification scenarios: Who needs what in the race for semi-final and AFC Champions League spot
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Who would have imagined this: Reactions to India’s batting collapse on day two of third Test
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Lleyton Hewitt named to Tennis Hall of Fame, Original 9 of WTA first group to be inducted
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Pro Kabaddi: Mashal Sports set to invite bids for media rights of next five editions