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Partition Museum: Bridging Divides Through Shared Memories

The Partition Museum in Delhi was inaugurated in May 2023 and was meant to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Partition, but got delayed. It is the first museum in the world

February 28, 2024

Culture·LITE BLOGS·Punjab

Beyond History: Voices and Visions at Ivy Lodge

The first thing that hits about author Belinder Dhanoa’s ‘Kasauli Art Centre, 1976-1991’, set up at Ivy Lodge in Kasauli that artists Vivan and Navina Sundaram inherited from their mother, Indira Sher-Gil,

January 9, 2024

Arts & Culture·LITE BLOGS

Let the past be, urge historians

Qutab Minar is a soaring, 73 m high tower, built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din Aibak immediately after the defeat of Delhi’s last Hindu kingdom…reports Mohammad Suaib Khan Be it Delhi’s Qutab Minar

May 29, 2022

Culture·LITE BLOGS

Budget through the history of independent India

The current Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is a woman, but before her another woman leader has presented the budget of India in the Parliament…reports Santosh Kumar Pathak The history of India’s

January 31, 2022

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Pandemic reflection on Literature

Works of literature, spanning from the author of the first modern best-seller to a Nobel Literature laureate and more, offer an insightful record of previous manifestations of life-changing epidemics…reports Vikas Datta An

January 22, 2022

Books·LITE BLOGS

UAE embassy in US launches ’50 Years | 50 Faces’ campaign

The UAE Embassy in Washington, D.C., has launched a new campaign “50 Years | 50 Faces,” honouring the country’s 50th anniversary and telling the story of the UAE’s friendship with the US

November 3, 2021

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A 250-year-old historic building in Istanbul to get a facelift

The historic building originally housed French interests in Constantinople including the French National Bank…reports Asian Lite News A 250-year-old historic building in Istanbul will get an architectural facelift to turn it into

October 20, 2021

News·Pakistan·World

William Dalrymple : ‘Biographically led histories are more interesting’

The author, who has been mostly using mobile phones to photograph, recalls that when he recently met his friend, Don McCullin, considered Britain’s greatest living photographer, he too was bowled over by

October 13, 2021

Arts & Culture·India News·LITE BLOGS