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The disappearing Tiipe of the Apatani.For generations, Apatani men and women of Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, wore fac...
16/09/2026

The disappearing Tiipe of the Apatani.

For generations, Apatani men and women of Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, wore facial tattoos known as Tiipe.

Once an important marker of Apatani identity, the tradition was eventually banned in the 1970s and is now rarely practised.

But where did Tiipe come from, and why did the Apatani stop getting their traditional tattoos?

Explore the story with Unxplord India.

Primary Sources:

Sen, T., Mallick, S., & Kipgen, N. (2023). Prohibition on tradition, tattooing, and the Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh. Asian Journal of Social Science

Bharadwaj, S., & Boruah, U. (2020). Inking the identity: A study of the Apatani tradition of tattooing through Bakhtinian chronotope. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

Chanda, A. (2017, October 2). Arunachal's Apatani tribe won't get inked: Dropping traditions in fear of discrimination. The New Indian Express.

Kalita, K. (2022, August 22). Stigma forcing Apatanis to discard nose plugs, face tattoos: IIT-Guwahati study. The Times of India.

Contrary to popular belief, India doesn't actually have a national language.​When the Constitution was being drafted, la...
13/09/2026

Contrary to popular belief, India doesn't actually have a national language.

​When the Constitution was being drafted, language became one of the most heated debates in the Assembly. The compromise? The Munshi-Ayyangar Formula, which made Hindi and English the official languages for central government work but not national ones.

​Swipe through to see how a nation with hundreds of languages built a system of consensus instead of imposing just one.



Here are few of our sources:

> Austin, G. (1966). The Indian constitution: Cornerstone of a nation. Clarendon Press.

> Constituent Assembly of India. (1949, September 13–14). Constituent Assembly debates (Vol. 9). Lok Sabha Secretariat.

> Forrester, D. B. (1966). The Madras anti-Hindi agitation, 1965: Political protest and its effects on language policy in India. Pacific Affairs, 39(1/2), 19–36.

> Government of India. (1963). The Official Languages Act, 1963.

> Official Languages (Amendment) Act, 1967 (Act No. 1 of 1968).

> Government of India. (2011). Census of India 2011: Language. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

> Seervai, H. M. (2008). Constitutional law of India: A critical commentary (4th ed., Vol. 3). Universal Book Trust.

In Ladakh, a man can never inherit a Perak (Perag), it passes strictly from mother to eldest daughter. Sometimes it weig...
10/09/2026

In Ladakh, a man can never inherit a Perak (Perag), it passes strictly from mother to eldest daughter. Sometimes it weighs more than 3 kg, it is more than just family jewellery, it is the legendary turquoise crown of the Ladakhi family.



Here are a few of our Primary Sources:

Ahmed, M. (2021, June). Jewellery in Ladakh. Sahapedia.

Bowers Museum. (2019, July 18). Snakes and stones: Perak headdresses from Ladakh. Bowers Museum Collection Blog.

Fewkes, J. H. (2006). Trade at the crossroads of continents: Northern India's Ladakh region. Expedition Magazine

Rizvi, J. (1996). Ladakh: Crossroads of high Asia (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.

Sharma, P. (2023). Traditional dresses, textile and ornaments of Ladakh: An overview. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR)

Ever been tricked by Magnetic Hill? Turns out, it’s just gravity and a clever optical illusion at play!
07/09/2026

Ever been tricked by Magnetic Hill? Turns out, it’s just gravity and a clever optical illusion at play!

05/09/2026

A sound older than stories. The Ravanhatha is an ancient musical instrument played by the Bhopa community from Rajasthan. It is entirely made from natural elements:
1. Coconut shell resonator
2. Goat hide membrane
3. Buffalo horn bridge
4. Horsetail hair strings

In this video, the famous folk artist Pappu Ram breaks down its organic craftsmanship.

Explore the Unxplord with Unexplored India.

Before monsoon became synonymous with rain, it was a season sailors navigated by. But what is India's relationship with ...
05/09/2026

Before monsoon became synonymous with rain, it was a season sailors navigated by. But what is India's relationship with it? Let’s find out.

Primary Sources:

Beaujard, P. (2019). The worlds of the Indian Ocean: A global history. Cambridge University Press. doi.org/10.1017/9781108341004

Boos, W. R., & Kuang, Z. (2010). Dominant control of the South Asian monsoon by orographic insulation versus plateau heating. Nature, 463(7278), 218–222. doi.org/10.1038/nature08707

Deoras, A., Turner, A. G., Volonté, A., & Menon, A. (2024). The role of midlatitude dry air during the withdrawal of the Indian summer monsoon. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 150(765), 5094–5112. doi.org/10.1002/qj.4859

Geen, R., Bordoni, S., Battisti, D. S., & Hui, K. (2020). Monsoons, ITCZs, and the concept of the global monsoon. Reviews of Geophysics, 58(4), Article e2020RG000700.
doi.org/10.1029/2020RG000700

Hunt, K. M. R. (2026). How weather got its words: A history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery. Weather. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1002/wea.70100

Molnar, P., Boos, W. R., & Battisti, D. S. (2010). Orographic controls on climate and paleoclimate of Asia: Thermal and mechanical roles for the Tibetan Plateau. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 38, 77–102.
doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152456

Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K., Pathak, R., & Rajagopalan, B. (2018). Spatiotemporal variability of seasonality of rainfall over India. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(14), 7140–7147. doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077932

Every other Urdu newspaper switched to type decades ago. This one in Chennai is still handwritten, page by page, every e...
02/09/2026

Every other Urdu newspaper switched to type decades ago. This one in Chennai is still handwritten, page by page, every evening.

Primary Sources:

Amusing Planet. (2020, August 19). The Musalman Daily – The only handwritten newspaper in the world. Amusing Planet.

The Vintage News. (2017, November 14). India's "The Musalman" is the only daily hand-written newspaper in the world — One mistake, and a page must be completely reworked. The Vintage News.

The Vintage News. (2017, December 17). India's 90-year-old "The Musalman" is the only daily hand-written newspaper in the world. The Vintage News.

Atwood, R. A. (2011, July 15). The Musalman (IND, 1927-present). The Handwritten Newspapers Project.

Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). The Musalman. Wikipedia. Retrieved September 2, 2026.

Homegrown. (2021, June 24). The world's last remaining Urdu calligraphy newspaper may soon be lost to us. Homegrown.

Dunya News. (n.d.). 'The Musalman': World's only handwritten newspaper. Dunya News. Retrieved September 2, 2026.

Vietnam.vn. (2025, June 28). The Musalman - The last handwritten newspaper in the world. Vietnam.vn.

The Chundan Vallam, Kerala’s iconic snake boat, was once built for warfare across the backwaters. Long, narrow and remar...
30/08/2026

The Chundan Vallam, Kerala’s iconic snake boat, was once built for warfare across the backwaters. Long, narrow and remarkably flexible, these boats could carry over 100 men while staying balanced on the water. Today, the wars are long gone. But the boats are still moving.

Explore the story of the Chundan Vallam.

Primary Sources -

Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala. (2017). Water festivals and traditional races (Government Publication Report).

District Administration Alappuzha. (2026). Nehru Trophy Boat Race. Government of Kerala, India.

Selvakumar, V. (2012). Archaeological, literary and ethnographic evidence for traditional boat-building in Kerala, South India. Museum of Underwater Archaeology.

Tharammal, I. Z. P., Harigovind, E. J., & Fanah. (2020). Chundan Vallam: A documentation of the indigenous materials and construction techniques. Design for All Institute of India.

Yogesh, M., Anand, S., Akash, R., & Munna Krishna, R. (2024). Computational flow analysis of hull shape of the Aranmula snake boat. International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology.

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Why does North India’s most delicate sweet return every monsoon? No, it wasn’t yet another festival recipe, nor did it h...
27/08/2026

Why does North India’s most delicate sweet return every monsoon?

No, it wasn’t yet another festival recipe, nor did it happen by chance.
Here’s the legend of Ghewar!

Primary Sources:
1. Achaya, K. T. (1998). A historical dictionary of Indian food. Oxford University Press.
2. Batra, V., Kumar, V., Kaur, J., Prasad, R., G*t, Y., & Suria, S. (2020). An overview of preparation, consumption pattern and quality attributes of ghewar: A traditional sweet of Haryana, India. Plant Archives, 20(2), 2769–2780.
3. Dixit, A., Bhayani, H., Hirpara, R. H., Vala, K., Jaipal, M. K., & Ramesh, V. (2024). Optimizing process conditions for ghewar development using response surface methodology. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety, 16(8), 98–109. https://doi.org/10.9734/ejnfs/2024/v16i81498
4. Saxena, A. K., Kulkarni, S. G., Berry, S. K., Sehgal, R. C., & Beerh, O. P. (1996). Studies on preparation, packaging and storage of ghewar—an Indian traditional sweet. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 33(5), 407–409.
5. Someśvara III. (1939). Mānasollāsa of King Someśvara (Vol. 2; G. K. Shrigondekar, Ed.). Oriental Institute.
6. Suśruta. (1907). An English translation of the Sushruta Samhita, based on original Sanskrit text (K. L. Bhishagratna, Trans.; Vol. 1). Author.

(Ghewar etymology, Ghritapura, Sanskrit food history, medieval Indian gastronomy, Rajasthan, jaali honeycomb structure, monsoon food, Haryali Teej, Raksha Bandhan, Sinjara, Malai Ghewar, Mawa Ghewar, Rabri Ghewar, Paneer Ghewar, Indian food anthropology)

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