Hyderabad: Interested in time travel? Let’s go to Koti, from where a time capsule in the form of a majestic old building is all set now to take us back about 200 years, telling us the story of the Hyderabad of yore, the British Residents here, the Nizam and much more. We are talking about […]
New Delhi: As 125-year-old Swami Sivananda walked bare feet inside Rashtrapati Bhavan’s magnificent Darbar Hall to receive the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday, the applause from onlookers rang high and loud. Dressed in a white kurta and dhoti, the yogi was a picture of simplicity and grace as he knelt […]
Hyderabad: The State government is initiating measures for beautification and restoration of the historic Akkanna Sarai in Maheswaram, Ranga Reddy district. Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud along with Education Minister inspected the Sarai on Monday. The Minister held a review meeting on the measures to be taken for restoration and beautification of Sarai with archaeological […]
Hyderabad: The Darbar Hall, which used to be a crucial space for the British residents in Hyderabad during the Raj, and which is a prominent presence in William Dalrymple’s ‘White Mughals’, is gradually regaining lost splendour. The structure, standing tall on the premises of the Osmania University College for Women, popular as the Koti Women’s […]
