ResearchBuzz: FirehoseDeccan Herald: Bengaluru-based researcher duo builds archive of cities in fiction. “A digital archival project called ‘Cities in Fiction’, started about three years ago by Bengaluru-based researchers Divya Ravindranath and Apoorva Saini, documents books rooted in cities, towns and regions across India and other parts of South Asia.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/06/deccan-herald-bengaluru-based-researcher-duo-builds-archive-of-cities-in-fiction/
Preindustrial Public HealthJust published: Prof Farhat Hasan's
𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬: 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚.
Chaar_BaghA set of medieval tombs called Dadi-Poti Gumbads with unknown inhabitants gently brighten up this south Delhi neighbourhood. I must say, am very happy with how Delhi's monuments have been lit up for the night.
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Dilli duur ast...the Nizamuddin Baoli, New Delhi.
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#SouthAsiaHistory #IndiaHeritage #DelhiMonuments #dilli
Resting place for the dead and reflective space for the living. A Mughal era graveyard on a raised platform in the Sunder Nursery Complex, New Delhi.
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Bagh e Sukoon, a Mughal Garden Pavilion in the Sunder Nursery Complex, New Delhi.
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Heard about this ritual for the first time. If you want to build a house, you pray for it like this. Stack up stones/bricks in the temple complex and return to thank the gods once the wish has been fulfilled.
This pic is from the Vakra Kali Amman Kovil in Villupuram, Tamilnadu
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This pic is from the Vakra Kali Amman Kovil in Villupuram, Tamilnadu
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The Airavatesvara temple in Dasasuram.1166 AD. Stunning as it is, one needs to imagine how it would have been with the gopuram and entrance gate, now in ruins, intact.
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#TamilHistory #IndiaHeritage #CholaMonuments #SouthAsiaHistory
