Jagannath

Published on 29th January, 2022, in Times of India. Five hundred years ago, when the Mughals ruled north India, there was an explosion of Bhakti poetry across India. From north to south, people expressed their devotion to different forms of god using emotionally charged language. One of these forms of God was that of Krishna. The songs dedicated to Krishna are composed in local languages. They are connected to particular temples where Krishna is known by different names. This makes the songs unique. So, although we speak of Krishna Bhakti as a pan Indian phenomena, the reality is he has many local manifestations. People from ..

Published on 29th April, 2018, in Mumbai Mirror. By the end of the 13th century, the Gangetic valley, right down to Bengal’s delta, was under the control of Muslim kings. This, despite fierce resistance put up by the Rajputs. By the end of the 14th century, most of the Deccan was also under Muslim control, despite fierce resistance by the Vijayanagara kings. This history is known to all of us, thanks to textbooks, comic books and Bollywood. However, what is not popularly known is that there was a large pocket of India that remained free of Muslim control during this time — the coast of ..