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An excerpt from ‘Vernacular Architecture of India: Traditional Residential Styles and Spaces’, by Tejinder S Randhawa.

In "The Demolition the Verdict and the Temple," Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay meticulously examines the Ayodhya controversy, spotlighting its transformation into a divisive national issue. Chronicling a century-long saga culminating in the 2019 Supreme Court verdict, Mukhopadhyay dissects the intersection of politics, law, and social psychology. He critiques the privileging of possessory claims over principles of equity, highlighting the BJP's political gains and the erosion of secularism. By unveiling the RSS's strategic manipulation of nationalism and Hindu symbolism, the book un...

British administrator and archaeologist Alexander Cunningham, who served as the first director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), founded in 1861, conducted the first archaeological survey in 1862-1863, followed by the second one in 1889-1891.

January 22 will mark the consecration of a grand Ram temple on the ruins of an imagination of India that has endured many centuries.

All this and more interesting nuggets about photography were revealed by Gayatri Sinha, curator, writer and founder and director of Critical Collective at the The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) in the city recently.