Speaking Archaeologically™

THE BHULI BHATYARI KA MAHAL An oddly disproportional and red Hanuman stands sternly, ripping his chest open as Delhi wizzes by his feet. Many seem almost oblivious to this grand and grotesque gesture. There is a meeting to get to, a date, an assignment to submit a week after it was due, or in most cases just an air conditioner to find and set up base   in front of. Behind the statue, a thin, unassuming road slithers past all the chaos, ending at a place strikingly different from where it began. It ends in the 14 th century, at a now decrepit Tughlaq era hunting lodge. The bhuli bhatyari ka mahal is conveniently tucked away behind the hanuman statue in busy Karol Bagh. It is a spot like so many others in the capital, where the ancient and the modern live cheek and jowl, and hopefully will continue to do so for a long time to come. It faces a large DMNC water tank, where on most occasions, the water turns a rancid green. Every few minutes, the silence around gets in...

Our 2017 Research Wing has been out and about since they joined us last September. Watch this short video summarising their activities so far.

Member Anubhav Preet Kuaur Nirankari sums up the forgotten history of the Nirankari Movement In the late 15 th century, Guru Nanak embarked on a road to propagate an  ideology of fruitful living, not another religion of blind faith. He linked the spiritual salvation of man with that of social salvation. It was an ideology, which if followed in its entirety, would not only lead to personal well being but also well being of the society as a whole. Nanak had established a third Panth. Panth does not mean a religious system, but a ‘way’ for the society to prosper. This ideology created a sense of a social responsibility in man which involved that he has to create a society with which he could solve the problems of socio political oppression, aggression, discrimination and conflict. Guru Nanak died in 1539; however his ideology survived him. The three centuries that followed marked an era of prosperity for Sikh ideology. The number of followers increased manifold. Compilation a...