Serish Nanisetti

FOLLOW AUTHOR ON

EMAIL AUTHOR ON serish.n@thehindu.co.in

Restless story-teller, cynical thinker and biryani eater in love with everything Hyderabad. Heritage chaser and a non fussy, lone traveler. Food is not a necessity but a true love.

Latest from Serish Nanisetti

The project of building a memorial for the people who were killed in the Razakars’ attack and putting the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at Gorta Village in the Basavakalyan taluk of Bidar district as seen on August 13, 2022.

The events before and after Operation Polo in Hyderabad post-Independence

Serish Nanisetti

The tribal communities inside the Similipal Tiger Biosphere Reserve get together at Barehipani village in Odisha. These villagers are continuing their fight against the state government for their forest rights recognition.

Review of Madhav Gadgil’s A Walk Up The Hill — Living with People and Nature: A cautionary tale

Serish Nanisetti

The financier of Razakar — Silent Genocide of Hyderabad is a BJP leader. At the poster-release function, BJP leaders including Bandi Sanjay and former Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao spoke about the Razakar terror. Photo: X/@SamarveerCLLP

Using cinema to stoke communal tensions

Serish Nanisetti

The restored graves of banker William Palmer’s family, after the intervention of conservation architects at the behest of Maxime Knudsen - a fifth-generation scion of the family in Hyderabad.

The tomb restorer from Abu Dhabi

Serish Nanisetti

The quiet reading community gathers at Lodhi Garden every Saturday evening

India’s #SilentReading movement

Serish Nanisetti

New construction to block view of Hyderabad’s Qutb Shahi tombs, officials raise alarm

Serish Nanisetti

The restored insides of the Secunderabad Club.

A year after the blaze, Secunderabad Club reopens its heritage wing

Serish Nanisetti

The all-weather shoe made with Deccani wool.

Telangana’s woollen gongadi shawls refashioned into shoes for farmers

Serish Nanisetti

The 125-feet-tall statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Hyderabad.

The Dalit outreach of the BRS

Serish Nanisetti

Jawaharlal Nehru with Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan and Maj. Gen. J.N. Chaudhuri after the police action.

Fact, fiction, and nomenclature

Serish Nanisetti

The Miyawaki forest in Shamshabad. Photo: Special Arrangement

An effort to go green

Serish Nanisetti

Azmat Ali Khan, son of the Eighth Nizam Late Mukarram Jah Bahadur, at Chowmahalla Palace, in Hyderabad. File

Explained | The claim for the title of the Hyderabad Nizam

Serish Nanisetti

Union Budget 2023: Epigraphy Museum to come up in Hyderabad

Serish Nanisetti

Clockwise from top left: Sam Dalrymple, Sruthin Lal, Aniruddh Kanisetti, Sameera Kazmi, Eshan Sharma, and Eric Chopra

How young Instagrammers in India are using social media to give history context

Serish Nanisetti

Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!

Access 10 free stories every month
Save stories to read later
Access to comment on every story
Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products