Between the 16th and 18th centuries many Europeans arrived in India to do business and set up colonies. But most never learnt any Indian languages. How did they get along?

The modern game of Polo is played in at least 77 countries including India, Argentina, the USA and the UK. It was even part of the Olympics between 1900 and 1936. But where did it all start? The very first Polo tournaments were played in Persia or modern-day Iran by tribal nomads. The warlike tribesmen played the game with as many as 100 players to

Even a schoolboy knows that Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington. But how many of us know that Wellington spent his youth at Fort St. George, Madras (modern Chennai)?

This abandoned building partially hidden away by trees, sits quietly forgotten in a corner in the Fort area of Mumbai. Right opposite The Cathedral & John Connon School, the building with a fading sign-board tells you that this is the Parsi Lying-in hospital. What is its story?