We have a more detailed description of food in Delhi between 1830 and 1857 in Munshi Faizuddin's Bazm-i Aakhir, published in 1885, almost three decades after the upheaval of 1857. He was a middle ...

As India’s oldest bookstore enters its 180th year, it does so not merely as a relic of the past. Having been in operation since 1844, Chennai’s Higginbothams is reputed to be the oldest surviving ...