This episode introduces the magnificent world of artisan guilds in ancient India with details of their organisation, functioning and the laws and regulations governing them.
V.N. Narasimha Iyengar proceeds to Tirupati after departing from Arakkonam. The description of his journey and the portrait of the sacred temple town of Tirupati in 1872 is illuminating to say the lea ...
V.N. Narasimha Iyengar departs from Tirupati to Tirumala on 16 December 1872. He gives intricate details of the whole journey, which in itself is a valuable firsthand source of history.
After India's humiliation at China's hands in 1962, Nehru was a broken man. Instead of resigning owing moral responsibility, he stuck to his power and till the end of his life, he feared that a milita ...
