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Mughal Empire

Heritage Is an Educational Legacy

Bonnie Burnham | Posted 04.19.2013 | World
Read More: Restoration, Garden, Conservation, Delhi, Culture, Mughal, Isa Khan, India, Landscape, Humayun's Tomb, Mughal Empire, Architecture, World News
Bonnie Burnham

The theme of World Heritage Day this year is the "heritage of education." While education has its legacy in buildings such as libraries and universities, and in objects such as manuscripts, every heritage site also carries within it an embedded educational legacy.

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Finding Tolerance In Akbar, The Philosopher-King

Craig Considine | Posted 04.10.2013 | Religion
Read More: Mughal Empire, Pakistan, Religion of God, Religious Tolerance, Interfaith Dialogue, Freedom of Religion, Peace, Akbar the Great, Christianity, Hinduism, Din-E-Ilahi, Islam, Scripture Study, Interfaith, Religious Pluralism, Religion News
Craig Considine

Akbar the Great, ruler of most of South Asia in the 16th and early 17th century, rejected bigotry and made unprecedented moves to help non-Muslims feel at peace in his Mughal empire -- actions antithetical to current violence against vulnerable religious communities around the world.

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Mr. Obama Goes to India

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Hilary Clinton, Outsourcing, Muslim, Unemployment, President Barack Obama, Sikhs, Banks, India, Taj Mahal, Mughal Empire, World News
Parvez Ahmed

On the heels of a bruising election, President Barack Obama is undertaking his longest foreign trip that will take him to several Asian countries incl...

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Indo-American Arts Council Fete Recreates Mughal Court in Manhattan

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Prabhu Dayal, Newark Museum, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, South Asia, Indo-American Arts Council, Cinema Studies, Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, Ira Bhaskar, New York, Mughal Empire, Zette Emmons, Richard Allen, Sumona Chanda, Sunil Kothari, Isabelle Frank, Akbar the Great, NYU Tisch, Consulate General of India, John Lee, Persian Culture, Aroon Shivdasani, Islamicate Cultures of Bombay Cinema, Jodhaa Akbar, Hindustan, New York News
Jim Luce

The Indo-American Arts Council threw a purposefully decadent, fun-filled party last week for the new book Islamicate Cultures of Bombay Cinema by Ira ...

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