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Diane de Poitiers, Henry II’s mistress, the de facto ruler of France? –

(Part 2 of 4) THE KING’S MISTRESS, DIANE DE POITIERS. WAS SHE ALSO HIS FATHER’S MISTRESS? Diane de Poitiers once owned this picturesque little castle...

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A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

Dozens of personal belongings from the Rosebud Sioux tribe find their way home after spending decades in the Smithsonian collections Source link

a few relief sculptures at Chitradurga Kote

There are a few places which require more than one visit to see the place in detail. For example- Aihole, Badami and Hampi....

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The Queen and the Mistress –

(Part 1 of 4) THE MAN BETWEEN THE TWO WOMEN: KING HENRY II OF FRANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuqgcf-MGGY Twilight lingered over the little clearing in the woods around...

Appomattox Court House, the village. –

We went to the Appomattox Court House National Historic Park by pure chance last summer. It was a lucky set of circumstances—a long...

The Bayeux Tapestry, the scenes, visited and explained. –

THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY, THE SCENES, EXPLAINED. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETmWpJJx5AE When William, the French Duke of Normandy, went across the English Channel in September, 1066 CE, to take...

Was Jodha Bai really Akbar’s wife? –

Part 1 here; Part 2 here We’ve arrived at the stage of our Akbar-Maryam-Jodha saga, where Emperor Akbar has married his fourth and most...

Maryam, the first Hindu princess married into Akbar’s Empire. –

On the first part of this blog post, we tarried our way through the origins of the Mughal Empire until Emperor Akbar had...

The Norman Conquest of England and the Bayeux Tapestry. –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjC45H58sY At the end of September, 1066 CE, William, Duke of Normandy, took a boat across the English Channel to land on the coast...

William the Conqueror, the French usurper to the English throne. –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQ1OONRxFo In 1066 CE, a French usurper, William the Conqueror, came to the English throne.  He was the Duke of Normandy, and his story...

Journeys across Karnataka: Shilpavana, Kannada University

The only visit to Kannada Vishwavidyalaya, Hampi was in December 2013. We had spent a couple of hours at the campus appreciating artworks,...

Journeys across Karnataka: Chachadi Desai Waade

Jan 25, 2026The day started with a stopover at Bokyapur Kere near Garag to see the ancient Veerabhadreshwara Gudi. Bokyapur is a ghost...

Journeys across Karnataka: Madiwala Machayya Aikyasthala, Karimane

The research on Aikyasthalas of Shivasharanas of XII Century commenced more than a decade and half ago but there wasn't much progress. Only...

Journeys across Karnataka: Fern house, Cubbon Park

These pictures were shot on March 21 2020, the day before Covid-19 lockdown. My high school friend Anil and I met at Cubbon...

The Mughal Empire’s ruler, Akbar, and his first three wives. –

(Part 1 of 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJb29f2lGb4 On the night before we leave for Agra, I mention to our driver that we’d like to stop at the...