Time Capsule

• Rising sun of Hindi media

  Udant Martand (1st Hindi weekly launched-May 30, 1826)

  Navya Singh

  29 May 2025
• The patriarch of Indian cinema

  Prithviraj Kapoor (Nov 3, 1906-May 29, 1972)

  Ravleen Kaur

  29 May 2025
• A Cold War masterstroke

  Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed (May 26, 1972)

  Radhika Pasrija

  25 May 2025
• Silks in a socialist storm

  Maharani Gayatri Devi (May 23, 1919-July 29, 2009)

  Varun Kaushik

  22 May 2025
• Dared to rethink the sacred

  Raja Ram Mohan Roy (May 22, 1772-Sept 27, 1833)

  Lovneet Bhatt

  21 May 2025
• Not stingy, this pollinator

  World Bee Day (May 20)

  Mahesh Sharma

  19 May 2025
• When India shook the world

  India’s first nuclear test (May 18, 1974)

  Sanjay Khurana

  17 May 2025
• A voice cushioned in velvet

  Pankaj Udhas (May 17, 1951-Feb 26, 2024)

  Archit Watts

  16 May 2025
• A whistling rodent & the American Dream

  First Mickey Mouse film test-screened (May 15, 1928)

  Varun Kaushik

  16 May 2025
• A homeland for Jews

  Birth of State of Israel (May 14, 1948)

  Lovneet Bhatt

  13 May 2025
• Commemorating birth of ‘Lady with the Lamp’

  International Nurses Day (May 12)

  Mahesh Sharma

  11 May 2025
• Mirror of a fractured world

  Saadat Hasan Manto (May 11, 1912-January 18, 1955)

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  11 May 2025
• Victory in Europe Day: Forgotten Indians who fought WWII

  May 8

  Anand Kumar Sethi

  07 May 2025
• The Bard of Bengal

  Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861-Aug 7, 1941)

  Simran Sandhu

  06 May 2025
• Shiv Kumar Batalvi: The phoenix of Punjabi poetry

  July 23, 1936-May 6, 1973

  Ravleen Kaur

  05 May 2025
• 1st woman PM to grace 10 Downing Street

  Margaret Thatcher became UK PM (May 4, 1979)

  Radhika Pasrija

  05 May 2025
• Midwife to the Red Ghost

  Karl Marx (May 5, 1818-March 14, 1883)

  Varun Kaushik

  05 May 2025
• Daffodil of Indian cinema

  Nargis (June 1, 1929-May 3, 1981)

  Ravleen Kaur

  03 May 2025
• Adolf Hitler: A serial blunderer

  April 20, 1889-April 30, 1945

  Lalit Mohan

  29 Apr 2025
• A class act

  Irrfan Khan (Jan 7, 1967-April 29, 2020)

  Varun Kaushik

  28 Apr 2025
• A driving force in Indian industry

  TV Sundaram Iyengar (March 22, 1877-April 28, 1955)

  Sanjay Khurana

  27 Apr 2025
• Bend it like Zohra

  Zohra Sehgal (April 27, 1912-July 10, 2014)

  Vedant Chandel

  26 Apr 2025
• Srinivasa Ramanujan: The self-taught maths genius

  Dec 22, 1887-April 26, 1920

  Simran Sandhu

  25 Apr 2025
• Parkash Singh Badal: Chief Minister of the masses

  Dec 8, 1927-April 25, 2023

  Archit Watts

  24 Apr 2025
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar: A people’s poet

  Sept 23, 1908-April 24, 1974

  Rahul Devesh

  23 Apr 2025
• Master of the frame

  Satyajit Ray (May 2, 1921-April 23, 1992)

  Varun Kaushik

  22 Apr 2025
• Remembering ironies and a lament

  Allama Iqbal (November 9, 1877- April 21, 1938)

  Lovneet Bhatt

  20 Apr 2025
• Breathing life into bamboo

  Pannalal Ghosh (July 24, 1911-April 20, 1960)

  Girinandini Sharma

  19 Apr 2025
• Warding off liver mortality

  World Liver Day (April 19)

  Mahesh Sharma

  18 Apr 2025
• Justice behemoth with dwindling heft

  International Court of Justice (April 18, 1946)

  Mandeep Singh

  17 Apr 2025