Yoga in special postal cancellations
What is a postal cancellation ? A postal cancellation was born on the same day as the first postage stamp. British Postal Department first introduced postage stamps as a "pre-paid"…
Pharmacy labels, before and after advent of food and drug administration
The first food and drug administration (FDA) was established in US in 1906. Before that pharmacies were an unregulated lot. Various products were sold in the name of medicines, and…
Uddhavdas Mehta, a Physician and a social activist from Bhopal
On evening of 1st February 2026, I was at iconic Minto Hall in Bhopal, for an India-post postage stamp release function. I already knew the building, commissioned in 1909 by…