This Little Known Gem Is the Only Indian Film to Have Won the Highest Honour...
The prestigious Cannes Film Festival, currently making news in India primarily for the sartorial choices of Aishwarya Rai, Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor on the red carpet, is a cinematic event...
View ArticleMeet the Padma Shri awardee & Telangana Artisans Preserving the Art of...
As a passionate admirer of the Kalamkari textile art, I am thrilled to find myself at an artisans’ workshop in the small temple town of Sri Kalahasti. A group of about 100 women surround me, bearing...
View ArticleMeet the Chennai Cartoonist Whose Tamil Puns & Hilarious Jokes Are Making...
Lakshman Balaji was a toddler when he first started drawing. He says, “I must be two or three years old back then and what I mostly drew was scribbles.” Today, at 23, he is a cartoonist based out of...
View ArticleThe Incredible Rescue Story of Raniganj Coalmines: Akshay Kumar’s Upcoming...
Working in darkness, with danger lurking by in the form of a poisonous gas or a water aquifer, which might be let loose on impact. This is the danger that every coal miner walks into, or rather,...
View ArticleFrom Vashi to New York: A 15-Year-Old Boy’s Ballet Dreams Are About to Come True
Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet… apart from being famous stories, these are also fables that have been the narrative of some of the most sought-after ballet recitals, globally. An art form...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: Meet the Family Behind Rajasthan’s Lok Utsav, a Festival...
Two generations of a folk musician’s family from Mungaska in Rajasthan are striving hard to keep their art and traditions alive while their numbers are dwindling in the community and social media is...
View ArticleHere Comes the Sun: My Experience at Odisha’s Vibrant and Mesmerising Konark...
The sun is a constant motif in Odisha, a laid-back, sun-drenched state that runs along the coast of eastern India, well off the tourist trail. From the golden beaches of Odisha (formerly Orissa) you...
View ArticleLife Through Colours: The Mesmerising Artworks of a Brazilian Duo in Delhi’s...
Enter the Lodhi Art District and brace yourself to be mesmerised. A Brazilian design and illustration collective has transformed the walls of India’s first open air art district and given it a whole...
View ArticleBollywood Takes Over Hollywood. More Indian Stars Than Ever Added to the...
The Oscars is notorious for 'white-washing' and under-representing the cinema world's female and ethnic talent. Things could be changing however as a host of Bollywood's finest have been invited to...
View ArticleJust Sand, Water & Some Brilliant Art – Behind the Scenes With Puri’s...
Odisha’s coastal town of Puri is not only famous for the Jagannath Temple but also for the numerous sand artists who convert the Puri beach into an art gallery every now and then.
View ArticleAkshay Kumar’s ‘Gold’ Tells The Untold Story of Independent India’s First...
Here's the story of the historic triumph that catapulted the Indian hockey team into an elite league of global teams that dominated their respective sports.
View ArticleOn Walls & in Dance, Art Is a Way of Life & a Religion in This Odisha Village
Barfi pink. Bright blue. Deep ochre. Violet and saturated orange. Etches and paintings of Gods and Goddesses. Green parrots flying on a wall. Lush greenery. The source of Odissi dance. Welcome to...
View ArticleBeing Bihari: How This National-Award Winning Filmmaker Is Using Cinema to...
The Bihari identity is a precarious one. As one of the most underdeveloped states in India, the people of the state carry a baggage of stereotypes wherever they go. Hence, we repeatedly see Biharis...
View Article3 Medals at Dance World Cup in Germany, This Bengaluru Girl Is Wowing the...
One Indian girl has proved her mettle with her dancing skills by winning three medals at the 2017 Dance World Cup held in Germany. Vinaya Seshan, a class 10 student of Inventure Academy in Bengaluru,...
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This 7-Year-Old Is Selling Her Beautiful Artwork to Fund Education for Poor Kids
Artists across the world at some point in their lives have channelled their creativity for raising charity towards greater causes. But when children as young as seven are motivated by the idea, we know...
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Art for Therapy: This Bengaluru Couple Is Using Doodling to Help People Heal
Different people turn to therapy for a plethora of reasons, and over decades, a range of therapeutic practices have developed that can help one cope with different forms of unease. One such method is...
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In This Ghost Village of Uttarakhand, the Past Comes Alive on Its Painted Walls
Have you heard of the ghost villages in the state of Uttarakhand? Lack of employment resulting in excessive migration has pushed the rural regions of the state to the extent of having almost no...
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Snow-Capped Ladakh to Kerala’s Backwaters: An Artist’s Depiction of Diverse...
Diversity is another word for India. How else would you describe a country that is home to over a billion people with different ethnicity, religion and language? One artist’s pursuit in documenting the...
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Could SRK’s Next Film on the Daring Operation Khukri be India’s Answer to...
From being touted as a “landmark cinematic achievement” to being called one of the best war films ever made, Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk has been getting glowing reviews across the world. The...
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For the Nawabs & for the Masses: Understanding the Art of Chikankari and Why...
Madhubani, Phad, Warli, Kalamkari, Tanjore are some of the rich art forms that have survived the wreck of time. Chikankari straight from the royal courts of Lucknow is just one of them which adds up to...
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