This is the complete story of what exactly happened on 26 November 2008 when terrorists attacked Mumbai. Commissioned by Channel 4, UK, award-winning filmmaker Dan Reed gets access to some highly classified never-seen-or-heard-before material. Terror in Mumbai tells the story of what happened when 10 terrorists held one of the world’s busiest cities hostage, killing and wounding hundreds of people while holding India’s crack security forces at bay.

• Truth Behind Mumbai Terrorist Attacks – Part 1
• Truth Behind Mumbai Terrorist Attacks – Part 2
• Truth Behind Mumbai Terrorist Attacks – Part 3

Also watch Australian documentary on Mumbai attacks

• Mumbai: Trapped In Terror – India

Source: Channel 4

Telangana or Telingana or Telengana is a region and proposed new state currently part of Andhra Pradesh in India. The name means “land of Telugus”. It corresponds to the Telugu speaking part of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad. The region lies on the Deccan plateau to the west of the Eastern Ghats range, and includes the northwestern interior districts of Warangal, Adilabad, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak, and the state capital, Hyderabad. Watch the following documentary on Telangana and its History.

• History of Telangana – Part 1
• History of Telangana – Part 2
• History of Telangana – Part 3
• History of Telangana – Part 4

More Reading

• History of Telangana Movement – Timeline – From Google
• Telangana from Wiki
• Gentleman’s Agreement
• Separate Telangana Movement

Source: Youtube

Michael Jackson’s This is It – A rare glimpse into the final days of Michael Jackson. The documentary is compiled from an estimated 80 hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage of the legendary entertainer preparing for his 50 sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena that were scheduled to commence in July 2009 before his untimely death in June at age of 50. Take a look at the exclusive Promos and a must watch dance clippage from This is It movie.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It Featurette

Michael Jackson – This Is It – Human Nature HD Promo

Michael Jackson – This Is It – Smooth Criminal HD Promo

Michael Jackson – This Is It – Exclusive Dance Clippage in HD

Source: MichaelJackson.com

This episode in the story of India takes us to the early centuries CE, the time of the Roman Empire in the west, and to “the happiest time in the history of the world” as the historian Edward Gibbon put it. In this period, located at the “center of world” India became a great player in the first global economy. As the spice routes and the silk roads opened up, Indian civilization grew, enriched by contact and exchange.

The Story of India by Michael Wood – Spice Routes & Silk Roads

This is a six-part series by PBS and the BBC with 60 minutes of each episode. The other episodes will continue in the next posts.

Previous Episodes

The Story of India by Michael Wood – Beginnings

The Story of India by Michael Wood – The Power of Ideas

More information can be found at PBS.Org

Source: BBC, Veoh

Side Note: This is one of the best documentaries ever produced on India. It has a great narration, beautiful visuals and some eye-opening historic facts. Recommended for the parents who want to teach their kids about Indian History, Culture and traditions. Comments are very welcome!

The second episode of Michael Wood’s journey through Indian history covers the last centuries BCE—the age of the Buddha, the coming of the Greeks and the rule of the emperor Ashoka, one of the greatest figures in world history.

The Story of India by Michael Wood – The Power of Ideas (60 Min)

This is a six-part series by PBS and the BBC with 60 minutes of each episode. The other episodes will continue in the next posts.

Previous Episodes

The Story of India by Michael Wood – Beginnings (60 Min)

More information can be found at PBS.Org

Source: BBC, Veoh

Side Note: This is one of the best documentaries ever produced on India. It has a great narration, beautiful visuals and some eye-opening historic facts. Recommended for the parents who want to teach their kids about Indian History, Culture and traditions. Comments are very welcome!

For over two millennia, India has been at the centre of world history. But how did India come to be? What is India? These are the big questions behind this intrepid journey around the contemporary subcontinent. In this landmark series, historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling and exciting expedition through today’s India, looking to the present for clues to her past, and to the past for clues to her future. The journey takes the viewer through majestic landscapes and reveals some of the greatest monuments and artistic treasures on Earth. From Buddhism to Bollywood, from mathematics to outsourcing, Michael Wood discovers India’s impact on history.

The first episode looks at identity and the roots of India’s famous “unity in diversity”. Using all the tools available to the historical detective – from DNA to climate science, oral survivals, ancient manuscripts, archaeology, and exploration of the living cultures of the subcontinent – Michael Wood takes us from the tropical heat of South India to the Ganges plain and from Pakistan and the Khyber Pass out to Turkmenistan where dramatic new archaeological discoveries are changing our view of the migrations that have helped make up Indian identity.

The Story of India by Michael Wood – Beginnings (60 Min)

This is a six-part series by PBS and the BBC with 60 minutes of each episode. The other episodes will continue in the next posts.

More information can be found at PBS.Org

Source: BBC, Veoh

Side Note: This is one of the best documentaries ever produced on India. It has a great narration, beautiful visuals and some eye-opening historic facts. Recommended for the parents who want to teach their kids about Indian History, Culture and traditions. Comments are very welcome!

Watch Discovery Channel’s 1000 Places to See Before You Die – India
Video Source: Discovery Channel, Google Videos

Watch the dramatic story behind the building of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome.
The Colosseum Documentary in HD – Part 1
The Colosseum Documentary in HD – Part 2
The Colosseum Documentary in HD – Part 3
The Colosseum Documentary in HD – Part 4
The Colosseum Documentary in HD – Part 5
Source: National Geographic Channel, Youtube

This is a documentary by World Bank on the Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP) India. STEP is a model interface institution, which delivers innovation, science and technology and entrepreneurship through training, development and consultancy initiatives. It was established in 1986 in the sprawling environs of Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli is the first STEP in the country. It has been continually engaged in promoting a new genre of entrepreneurs and many new initiatives for ushering in technology based growth. TREC – STEP is a model interface institution, which delivers innovation, science and technology and entrepreneurship through training, development and consultancy initiatives.

Watch the Documentary Here

Source: World Bank, Youtube, Nighi Videos

The animated story of the world’s most famous Kohinoor diamond, that begins in a prehistoric volcano near Golconda in South India, moving up from ancient mine slave to his master and the first ever recorded owner was Mahlak Deo, the Raja of Malwa in the year 1305 and so on, down the Mughal dynasty, the Persian empire, the Sikh rulers, the Queen of the British empire, playing musical chairs down her long family tree and finally ending up at the tower of London, where the Kohinoor is on display today. The animation style used is inspired by ancient Indian cave art that used simple lines with dramatic punctuation to illustrate the high points.

The story of a diamond that lives beyond every one of its owners, beyond generations, beyond family trees, beyond empires and beyond millenniums. A diamond is forever.

Watch Time Travel with The Kohinoor – World’s Most Precious Diamond

Video Source: Youtube, Nighi Videos