A Royal Hyderabadi Delicacy – ‘Kursi Miyana’: Keema In Stuffed Egg Couch
The Hyderabadi delicacy not only has an evocative name but also a rich history. Let’s hear it from Mullah Nasiruddin. One day, the wit — a popular folktale character —…
The Hyderabadi delicacy not only has an evocative name but also a rich history. Let’s hear it from Mullah Nasiruddin. One day, the wit — a popular folktale character —…
Armed with satellite images of the Musi River in Hyderabad over a period of five years between 2014 and 2019, a social activist wrote to the Chief Justice of Telangana…
The countryside urdu poetry sounds rough, crude and unpolished. Yet, it is lyrical in its own way. It portrays, rustic poetry has a freshness of its own. For urbanites it…
He is the Charlie Chaplin of Urdu humour – suited booted with a no-nonsense look. The only difference is that unlike the iconic comedian, he is not silent. Whenever he…
In Hyderabad, time calculation and importance played a significance role as history reveal ancestors, rulers of Hyderabad built several clocks across the city. Time management and time value was the…
Many people in Hyderabad believe wearing Pagdi or Turban is a symbol of prestige in olden days. And then pagdi became the fashion symbol and remained a groom’s attire on…
Today we have a new state of Telangana. And a new Nizam and his family lord over it. Down in those days. On September 13, 2019, it will be seventy…
An old structure abutting the Moti Darwaza (gateway) of the historic Golconda Fort collapsed due to the heavy downpour over the last few days. The structure, according to the Archaeological…
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone. But then, laughing is not a joke given the present stressed-filled lives. Even if one finds something funny…
At 5 p.m. on 17 September the Nizam’s army surrendered. India then incorporated the state of Hyderabad into the Union of India and ended the rule of the Nizam’s. September…