Befriending and killing a swindler; catching a thief and seeing him being hanged by the local village people, all this and much more when Amir Ali is in Hyderabad

He stopped suddenly. His vision was getting muddled and he started mumbling the lines from the Quran. Zeenat got up and looked out of the window. She could hear him utter, 'La ilahi illillah.' Dawn was breaking on the horizon. Aurangzeb's soft uttering of the words from the Quran could be heard in the silence of the morning. The rays of the first light spread themselves in the room and reached the bedside. It was much later Zeenat realized the silence in the room. The words had stopped. Sh...

Amir Ali reaches the village where he was born. While he has a strong sense of déjà vu, is he able to find out who he really was? Who is the girl Amir Ali kills to recover the precious pendant? Is it a murder which is going to haunt him for the rest of his life?

The Badshah growled once more. He dismissed the men holding the weapons and indicated to a group of men who wore iron claws. At his glance, two of them came near Sambhaji. One of them behind him and one facing him. From his neck to the spine and from his throat to his stomach, the men pulled his skin down as the trumpets and horns started blowing. The men shouted Deen Deen! Skin peeled off Sambhaji's back, neck, chest and stomach. His whole body was a bloodied mess. But Sambhaji did not al...

Shiva the barber was unperturbed. 'There is no point in showing your anger. Raje is gone. Flown away! I got a chance to wear his clothes and pretend to be him for an hour. What else do I need. This is my reward.' 'Haramzaade!' Siddi shouted again and plunged his sword into Shiva's chest. Shiva's face contorted with pain and he stumbled back. He steadied himself for a bit, holding a pillar inside the tent. He could not afford to show his back to the enemy. Even when he was acting like Shiva...

Badi Saheba addressed the august gathering, 'Usne asmzat-e-shahi ko lalkara hai. 'The very might of Bijapur has been challenged.' We need to take our revenge; put him in his place. It is for the sake of our religion. This kafir needs to be punished. Who is the brave man who can do this? Huh? Come on, I am waiting for one of you to pick up the paan.' Little did Afzal Khan know that Shivaji was well prepared and was going to kill him.

'I did not come here just to receive the royal honour. My son is a panch hazari Mansabdar under the Badshah. He can be made to stand wherever the Badshah wishes him to. But I am not a servant of the Badshah! I am a Raja in my own right!' The three of them returned, unable to convince Shivaji. They explained the situation to the Badshah when Ram Singh said, 'Alijah! It seems the hot Agra weather has not suited Raje. Please pardon him. He will present himself soon.' 'I can understand his fee...

This episode will cover the sad end of the Marathas as a power, a period of nearly 60 years. It was the beginning of the end of the Maratha power, which began with Mahadji's death and ended with the 1857 First War of Independence.

'To harness the ether for those who dwell upon the earth is one of the loveliest services that the modern age can render to humanity-Upward Radio!'-Sarojini Naidu's note in the AIR visitors' bookFor decades, All India Radio or Akashvani, India's national broadcaster, has been 'the sound of India'. Be it Jawaharlal Nehru's iconic 'Tryst with Destiny' speech, shows such as Binaca Geetmala, cricket matches, movies or, more recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mann ki ...

Sambhaji and Kavi Kalash were stunned into silence. Was it really happening or was it a dream? Ikhlas Khan had tied the two. Out of sheer desperation and anger, he slapped Sambhaji. Kaviraj, seeing Ikhlas Khan touching Raje's face, spat at him in disgust. Ikhlas Khan was enraged now and took out a whip tied around his waist. He whipped Sambhaji and Kavi in frustration before tying them on a horse back. Their clothes had been torn apart. They were made to wear a green dress, like the other ...

Even a Thug falls in love. And here is Amir Ali besotted by the Nawab's concubine. Is he able to kidnap her?

Amir Ali's adventures take him to the Bombay, where he sees the sea for the first time and meets another fellow Thug, now retired but turned informer and a middleman. We find out that Thugs too have strong emotions. When Peer Khan wants to adopt a boy, is he able to do so?