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Mumbai Sanskriti Festival, rediscovering the cultural heritage of Mumbai ​ By IANSlife ( IANS) | ​ 4 Views   Mumbai Sanskriti Festival, rediscovering the Cultural Heritage of Mumbai.(Photo:IANSLIFE). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, April 9 : Imagine the imposing interiors of one of the finest Neo Gothic Victorian heritage structures in Mumbai -- The Convocation Hall at the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai, with soulful Indian classical music transporting you to an ethereal world of bliss. If you think that this sublime visual is just a figment of imagination, think again. Musi...

The present owner, Manoj Khedkar, has renamed it as "Radha Cottage" and the 13-bedroom prime holiday resort offers a peek into the glorious history of Sir Pherozeshah's private residential complex in the "forest atop the mountain head", as Matheran means.

How the Bombay plague shut down a human book factory: The life and death of Narayan Hemchandra An extraordinary life of industrial strength writing, cut short by the killer disease. Narayan Hemchandra in the 1880s (left) and in the late 1890s. | Courtesy: Forbes Gujarati Sabha When one stepped out of the Fort of Bombay, well-worn footpaths led to the Washerman’s Tank or Dhobi Talao located at the verge of the Esplanade, an open ground created by forcefully relocating entire neighbourhoods to get a clear line of fire. Created in 1770s, a “Native Town” located “witho...

Dateline -- By The Irrawaddy 12 December 2020 Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! Yangon University has turned 100 years old. Dec. 9—the 10th Waning Day of Tazaungmone on Myanmar’s lunar calendar—also marks the centenary of National Day. We’ll discuss what student unions are planning for the centenary of Yangon University and National Day, which played an important role in Myanmar’s history, and what they will be doing to re-establish the Rangoon [Yangon] University Students Union [RUSU] building, which was dynamited in 1962. Yangon University Student Union [YUSU] chairman Ko Ny...