heritage

Chandni Chowk Calling

Neelabh Raj

The restoration of neglected havelis in Old Delhi brings new life to the walled city

Manuscripts Don’t Burn

Antara Raghavan

How languages and cultures in Asia transcend boundaries with the written word

Capital Gains

Soumava Haldar

The new museum at Humayun’s Tomb brings the history of Delhi alive

Sands of Time

Manvendra Singh

An enduring desert saga stretching from Mallani to the Maghreb

An Objective Portrait of Mumbai

Shaikh Ayaz

Tasneem Zakaria Mehta tells the cultural history of the city through 101 stories from the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum. The author talks about her aesthetic obsession in a conversation Open

The Good Orientalists

Zareer Masani

India would be a poorer place without the work of British archaeologists

It’s God’s Gold, Sorry

Nanditha Krishna

No government has the right to take away what’s given to the deity

Kanchipuram: The City of a Thousand Temples

Nanditha Krishna

Why Kanchipuram deserves World Heritage status

A Temple Lost and Found

Amita Shah

The discovery last month of a set of ancient ruins in Bhubaneswar and the damage done to it raise questions about how development work is undertaken around heritage sites