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Ye Photo Bengal Jayega (Insaniyat Archives)
Delhi-6 is designed in a pattern where there are different settlements for different professions. The washermen, entertainers, and...

Arya Sethi
May 6, 20222 min read
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Momin Khan Momin: The Court Intellectual without a payroll
Momin Khan Momin; often regarded as one of the greats of Urdu poetry and a contemporary of Ghalib was born in 1801 in Delhi. Originally...

Arya Sethi
Jul 21, 20213 min read
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The Eccentric Life of Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib or popularly known as Mirza Nausha was born in Agra in a very respectable family of Mughal servicemen. Mirza...

Arya Sethi
Nov 23, 20205 min read
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Chronicling the Unexplored: Remembering Sadia Dehlvi
A chronicler, author, activist, food connoisseur, storyteller, filmmaker, and a true blue Dilliwali; Sadia Dehlvi was a devout Sufi who...

Arya Sethi
Aug 24, 20204 min read
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The World of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas: A Writer, Filmmaker, and Journalist
A writer, film critic, journalist, and a socialist a most importantly a versatile personality. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Sahab has much more to...

Arya Sethi
Aug 19, 20204 min read
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