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Celebrating India’s Diversity, These Stickers Let You Flaunt Your Family in...
Be it a Malayali from South India or a Punjabi in the North, the pride that one carries in his or her upbringing resonates, irrespective of which state or community one belongs to. With India being a...
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Singing Sea Giants to Forest Spirits: Check out This Goa Based Artist’s...
From surrealism to daily objects, it’s amazing what inspires a creator to conjure up a mystical world within his or her artworks. Just as amazing are the illustrations of Svabhu Kohli, a visual artist...
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Meet Suresh Kumar Who is Keeping The Legacy of Kerala’s Nettur Petti Alive
Every state in India has artefacts and aesthetic crafts that are unique to it. Usually, the fine technique behind such artwork dates back to a couple of centuries. In Kerala, the Nettur Petti is one...
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Love Comics? This Indie Studio From Ernakulam Has Stories That You Will Never...
Stories have this inexplicable ability to remain in our hearts forever, transcending the test of time and space. For some, these came in the form of grandparents with their treasure trove of tales and...
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Dev Anand: Unseen Pictures and Untold Stories From The Legend’s Life
Long before Indian films and stars went international, there was Dev Anand. Debonair and inimitable, Dev Saab (as he was affectionately called) was the first really ‘cool’ hero of the Hindi silver...
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Behind the Scenes of Bengal’s Stunning Pandals: Meet the Farmers Who Are the...
Did you know that in the run up to Durga Puja, many farmers of Bengal swap their sickles with bamboos and ropes? The hands of the very people who till land and sow crops turn into the hands of...
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2500 Days. 25,000 Creations: Remembering Kerala’s 7-Year-Old ‘Prince of Colours’
When it comes to child prodigies, India has its own share of extraordinary talents to boast about. From mathematical geniuses to musical virtuosos, these children have stunned the world with their...
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Art in Braille: How This 27-Year Old Is Making Beauty Accessible to Those...
At DAG Modern in Mumbai’s Kala Godha, if you’re lucky enough, occasionally you can hear discussions on art that are unique. Often, the voices you hear are not of students of art or its connoisseurs,...
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Seen the Padmavati Trailer? Here’s What History Says About This Saga!
The much-awaited Padmavati trailer is out and it looks like Sanjay Leela Bhansali has yet another breathtaking masterpiece on the cards. From the resplendent colours of Rajputana attire to the gloomy...
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Nomadic Poets: Meet the Bahurupi Artist Whose Passion Keeps the Art Form Alive
Meet Sudam Bhau Chavan, 65, from Osmanabad district, who is inspiring a generation of Bahurupi artists with his passion for the art-form. Sudam Bhau Chavan Bahurupis are professional storytellers or...
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This Amazing Insta-Page Will Make You Fall in Love With Train Journeys All...
“For me, the window seat is like a travelling cinema screen. Landscapes change, characters change, stories change. You get to be a part of so many different lives. Whatever there is to learn about...
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How Ladakhi Women Are Giving a Makeover to Centuries-Old Art Treasures
Imagine towering snow-capped mountains, a barren brown landscape dotted with whitewashed chortens (tiny stupas), colourful prayer flags fluttering in the wind and amidst all this stark beauty, an...
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Chandrakant Bhide: Here is Why RK Laxman Was a Fan of this Diligent Typist
“Sachin Tendulkar’s curls gave me the most trouble!” Chandrakant Bhide is a typist by profession. In 1967 he joined the Union Bank of India and worked there for 3 decades. A rather implausible scenario...
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For Fifty Years, This Master has Been Filling the World With Harmoniums
“I will make harmoniums until my body supports me,” says Tatu Mistri as he looks at the 50-year-old musical instrument he made when he was in his 20s. Tatu Motiram Mistri is from a village called...
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As Inktober Ends, Here Are 25 Works by Indian Instagrammers That You Must Not...
Created by concept artist and illustrator Jake Parker in 2009, the Inktober initiative has become a worldwide phenomenon under which thousands of artists take up the challenge of creating an ink...
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Gurugram Artist Renders Mahabharata Characters Like You Have Never Seen Before!
Epitomising sibling rivalry at its tragic best, the Mahabharata continues to stand the test of time with its epic narration of one of the legendary wars ever fought on Indian soil. A conflict that...
View ArticleMusic Has No Boundaries: 7 Indian Songs That Became Huge International Hits
Recently, Jimikki Kammal, a peppy song from Malayalam movie ‘Velipadinte Pusthakam‘, became an Internet sensation after it found a fan in American chat show host, Jimmy Kimmel. A Twitter user tweeted...
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Here How Dreams and Hopes Are Woven into Your Handloom Sarees
Many of us might have owned handloom sarees or seen them pass down from one generation to another. Yet, how often do we stop to think about each meticulously created detail that manifests itself in...
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This Mumbai-Based Husband-Wife Artist Duo Create Masterpieces out of Paper &...
The medium that a storyteller manifests his or her stories with plays as significant a role in captivating the audience as the story itself. While for some, the story unfurls through written words and...
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India’s Carnatic Music Capital Chennai Added to UNESCO’s List of ‘Creative...
Chennai adds another feather to its hat with its inclusion in UNESCO’s list of Creative Cities for its unparalleled contribution in the field of music. While the city has always showcased cultural...
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