Visva Bharati university plaques without Rabindranath Tagore’s name triggers row

These have been installed to mark the Santiniketan university town’s inclusion in the World Heritage List.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 23, 2023 · 12:57 pm

Santiniketan included in UNESCO World Heritage List

It was established in 1901 by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore as a residential school. The Visva Bharati university was set up at the site in 1921.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 18, 2023 · 08:45 am

Why hasn’t Nitish Kumar’s new government overturned the decision to demolish Patna’s Sultan Palace?

The century-old building is among the last few standing structures from the region’s rich and multicultural past.

Shivangi Pandey

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Ali Fraz Rezvi

· Sep 22, 2022 · 11:30 am

Architectural history exposes the false claims about Goa’s mosques and temples

In a region where Muslims have lived since well before the 16th century, the real question is why the remains of more ancient mosques have not been found.

Amita Kanekar

· Jul 10, 2022 · 09:00 am

Goa’s world-famous colonial heritage is under assault from planned neglect

Several old buildings have been abandoned, without being repurposed.

Heta Pandit

· Sep 05, 2021 · 09:00 am

In Sudan, shifting sand dunes threaten the world’s largest collection of pyramids

Despite being smaller than the famous Egyptian pyramids of Giza, Nubian pyramids are just as magnificent and culturally valuable.

Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud, The Conversation

· Jun 26, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Why a temple in Vrindavan looks so much like the La Martinière College for Boys in Lucknow

Features from the educational institution, which also serves as the mausoleum of its founder, were replicated in a Vaishnava temple. The question is why.

Aditya Chaturvedi

· Jan 17, 2021 · 11:30 am

IIM Ahmedabad cancels plan to demolish 14 dorms designed by iconic architect Louis Kahn

The decision follows strong protests from architects, designers, historians, alumni and Kahn’s children.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 02, 2021 · 01:28 pm

‘Unlivable’: IIM-Ahmedabad to demolish 14 dorms designed by Louis Kahn

IIM-A Director Errol D’Souza said the structures have suffered structural deterioration over the last few years.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2020 · 12:24 pm

A walk down the heritage lane that was once Karachi’s political hub

A stalwart politician’s house was razed last year to make way for a high-rise. Today, very little remains of Nishtar Park’s former glory.

Tooba Masood

· Jan 24, 2020 · 09:30 pm

A travel writer revisits his hometown in Pakistan and discovers a Bollywood connection

A narrow alley in the Shahwali Qataal’s takes you to Shah Rukh Khan’s ancestral home, where his first cousins still live.

Omar Mukhtar Khan, Dawn.com

· Dec 15, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Explainer: What we know about the plan to renovate or demolish New Delhi's iconic buildings

The Modi government wants to get rid of buildings that represent a ‘colonial ethos’. What does that mean?

Vijayta Lalwani

· Sep 24, 2019 · 09:00 am