Column | Tracing empires on paper

[ad_1] To the East India Company and the British Raj that followed it, mapping was an obsession. The empires that came before them, such as the Mughal and the Marathas, did not engage in cartography in quite the same way. The British needed to study the topography of what was to them very foreign territory…

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Column | Record of a princely wedding

[ad_1] Illustrates The Kasi Yatra or pilgrimage to Benaras. This portion of the cermony is purely symbolic. | Photo Credit: Sarmaya Arts Foundation The photo album opens with a panoramic shot of a majestic palace. Over the next few pages, we witness a wedding ceremony unfold in stunning detail — image after image following the…

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