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Delhi's 'urban oasis': 90-acre Lodhi Garden turns 90Lodhi Garden, Delhi's cherished green sanctuary, marks 90 years since it was established as Lady Willingdon Park in 1936. This 90-acre expa...- A Macaulay mindset that suited Mrs DMsA colonial-era rule in Uttar Pradesh mandating the District Magistrate's wife as the Zilla Mahila Samiti president for 165 years has been s...
- Why new districts? Examining India’s rapid district expansion and its effectsThe creation of new districts in India, such as Majuli’s elevation in Assam, often garners local attention but rarely answers key questions...
- Rashtrapati Bhavan banquets can be trendsettersThe initial years after independence could have seen India become the trendsetter for a new post-colonial protocol, beginning with the loft...
- View: India vs Bharat an issue for Modi & G20; will the name go the way of Turkey?India's name change to Bharat: India, the host nation of this year's Group of 20, or G20 summit, had sent invitations with the name Bharat....
- With 'Kartavya Path', govt has embarked on the road of cultural transformation of IndiaThe PM's framing of the inauguration of the Kartavya Path as the nation freeing itself of 'ghulami ki mansikta' (slavish mindset) is both c...
- Richa Chadha all-praise for HUL in a 'not fair but lovely' post, says it took her years to start loving her complexionRicha began the post talking about how she had got the shirt printed in 2015.
- At 100, Hardinge Park gets new lease of lifeFlowers are beginning to bloom again in famed gardens of Hardinge Park which had hosted the Prince of Wales in 1921 before being exposed to...
- How the Gun Troops area in Bengaluru became Gowthampura & Bent it like PeleET explains the story behind the names Gun Troops was a British military base in Halasuru and later named Gowthampura after an army officer.
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