The Alai Minar at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Qutub Minar complex in Delhi has stood unfinished for over 700 years. What’s its story? This video takes you back in history to the time of Alauddin Khilji, the ambitious and ruthless king of Delhi Sultanate who built this tower.  Was Alauddin Khilji really the religious fanatic that he is made out to be?

What connects Yale University in Connecticut with St. Mary’s Church in Chennai, India?  Here’s an interesting story from history… Yale University is named after Elihu Yale, a Governor of Madras, India. But his professional and private lives were scandalous and he was eventually removed from the Governorship for his illegal trading. So why was Yale university named after him? You can read more about the Yale controversy in this blog.

Visit the famous Butterball at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Mahabalipuram, also called Mamallapuram in South India, and listen to stories of how it came to be – the history and more interestingly, the many associated myths. Why is it called Krishna’s Butterball? How does this massive rock miraculously balance on a steep incline? What did the Pallava kings do with it? Here’s a story of one such monument that tells us about the evolution of scripts in these parts.