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HISTORY · KAKA'S VERSION

पुणे इतिहास.WHAT HAPPENED. WHY IT STILL MATTERS.

Wikipedia tells you what happened. We will tell you what it meant — in the language of someone who has lived near Shaniwarwada for forty years and has opinions about everything.

STATUS

येतो आहे. थोडा वेळ लागेल.

"History लिहायला वेळ लागतो. चुकीचा इतिहास लवकर लिहितात — बघ, Internet भरलेलं आहे त्याने. आम्ही नीट लिहितो. Thoda wait kar."

What is being written right now
  • 01

    Why Pune Has 19 Peths and How None of Them Agree With Each Other

    Kasba, Narayan, Budhwar, Shukrawar, Ganesh, Shaniwar — the original neighbourhoods and the very specific opinions each one has about the others.

  • 02

    The Peshwa Era — And Why Punekars Still Act Like They Run the Country

    It has been two hundred years. The attitude has not changed. We will explain the historical basis for this confidence and let you decide if it is justified.

  • 03

    Shaniwarwada: What Happened, Who Did It, and Why Nobody Will Say

    The fire of 1828. The mystery. The ghost stories. The Puneri approach to all three, which is to acknowledge them, shrug, and continue eating misal.

  • 04

    FC Road: From Horses to Hipsters, and the One Chai Tapri That Survived It All

    Fergusson College Road has been many things across many decades. The road changed. The chai did not.

  • 05

    Why Deccan Gymkhana Members Still Carry 1923 Energy

    A polite exploration of institutional inertia, heritage pride, and what it means to belong to something founded before your grandparents were born.

  • 06

    The Sadashiv Peth vs Narayan Peth Debate Nobody Asked For

    Both claim to be the intellectual heart of old Pune. Both are correct. Both would be offended by that sentence.

☕ Preview — Kaka's Voice Sample

On the subject of Shaniwarwada

"हे बघ, Shaniwarwada म्हणजे फक्त एक किल्ला नाही. Pune ची पहिली identity आहे ती. जे झालं ते झालं — fire, conspiracy, सगळं — पण Punekars आजही त्या भिंतींकडे बघतात आणि म्हणतात, 'हे आमचं.' That feeling has never left this city. It just moved to the traffic at Lakdi Pool."

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