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Cutlery to Decor, This Pune Studio’s Hand-Crafted Copperware is a Must Have!
Neeta Baxi, a Pune-based entrepreneur, speaks about the time when her mother and grandmother would use copper vessels to prepare delicacies. “Copper has been used in our culture for a very long time. I...
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Bollywood’s First Empress: Before Madhubala & Nargis, India had Devika Rani
Before Madhubala, Nargis, and Meena Kumari, there was Devika Rani, a star actor and film producer, who co-founded Bombay Talkies, India’s first self-contained film studio, alongside her first husband...
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Ravi Shankar to The Beatles: The Tiny Kolkata Store Where Legends Bought Sitars!
The moment you step into this tiny shop located at the corner of Rash Behari Avenue, the dust and noise of the main road settles down into a serene silence. The charming quiet of the run-down shop is...
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‘I Choose To Be Me’: Meet Eshan Hilal, A Belly Dancer Unlike Any Other You’ve...
As soon as 5-year-old Eshan Hilal heard a yesteryear hindi song, he would run to the sofa in front of the television and sit in his favourite spot. Eyes glued to the screen, his mind would step into a...
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Begum Akhtar, The Queen of Ghazals Who Turned Her Pain Into Soul-Stirring Music
For Begum Akhtar, also known as the Mallika-e-Ghazal (The Queen Ghazals), it was a series of personal tragedies that formed the basis of her legendary vocal performances. Her magic lay in not merely...
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Artist Creates Masterpieces on Dried Banana Leafs That Can Last Upto a Century!
With the concept of sustainability pervading our lifestyle at every step, more and more artists in India are showing a proclivity towards eco-friendly art forms and mediums. From homemade, organic...
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80-YO Tribal Woman Learnt Painting At 70. Today Her Art Sells In Milan & Paris!
Judhaiya Bai Baiga’s painting recently travelled all the way to a Milan exhibition in Italy and was sold instantly. This was not the first time Baiga’s painting was displayed in an exhibition along...
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Overcoming Stammering, 35-YO Mumbaikar Becomes an Acclaimed Opera Singer!
For Mumbai-born Amar Muchhala, life was on the bitter side growing up in a society where stammering garners mockery and discrimination. During school days, Amar was the boy who took ‘forever’ to...
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Using Just 5 Natural Pigments, This Couple’s Bamboo Murals Will Transform...
Sitting amid the dense greenery in Kalpetta in the Wayanad region of Kerala, Lovely Saji carefully dips her paintbrush in a pot of black paint. With gentle but deft strokes, she paints beautiful...
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Amjad Khan: 5 Stories You Didn’t Know About India’s Unforgettable Gabbar!
Yahan se pachas pachas kos door gaon mein … jab bachcha raat ko rota hai, toh maa kehti hai bete so ja … so ja nahi toh Gabbar Singh aa jayega. Dressed in a khaki suit and armed with a belt, when the...
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Thrown out of Home At 11, This Dancer Is the First Transwoman to Receive...
“Oh friend, why is your face sweating profusely like this?” enquires the Nayaki (heroine) from her Sakhi, gracefully moving her hands on her face. Sakhi blames the sun, pointing her hands toward the...
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Bob Biswas: 8 Iconic Villains Who Etched Themselves Into Bollywood’s...
While his boss is screaming at him, an LIC agent checks the picture of an old lady that flashes across his mobile screen. Later, the agent rings a bell and the same old lady opens the door. “Nomoshkar,...
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Kalamkari Umbrellas! so You Can Enjoy the Rains with the Rich Taste of India!
The calendar leaf turned to announce the arrival of December, and yet, the clouds have lingered on, leaving many Bengalureans grumpy and cold. When I moved to the city, I was advised to always carry an...
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Made With a Sewing Machine, Patiala Tailor’s Stunning Artworks Sell For Lakhs!
Is it a painting? Is it a photograph? No! It is an embroidered portrait that has been made using a million metres of silk threads and one manual sewing machine. Support a cause and the environment....
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Indore Man Makes 100 Stunning Artworks From 3000 Kgs of Scrap, Wins Global Fame!
As a child, the only motivation for Deval Verma to wake up early on a Sunday was Harun Robert – the artist renowned for making stunning artworks from waste materials. Back then, he hosted the show...
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India’s Bronze Woman, Jasuben Shilpi Had a Spine of Steel & a Heart of Gold
It was the mid-1970s. A young Jasuben Shilpi had received a sculpting assignment with the Rajkot Municipal Corporation. The Ahmedabad resident could have easily taken a bus or train to cover the long...
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Street Theatre That Changed India: This Man Gave His Life To Stand Up For...
On 1 January 1989, the indefatigable Safdar Hashmi led members of the street theatre group, Jan Natya Manch (Janam) to stage a play called Halla Bol (Raise Your Voice) at the Ambedkar Park in...
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Bans & Jail: When Kishore Kumar, Dev Anand & Manoj Kumar Battled The Emergency
Whenever there is massive public unrest against the government of the day, celebrities in India are often put in a tight spot, because both fans and the government elicit their support. It’s a...
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This 29-YO Scientist Will Teach You How to Turn Your Furniture Into Art!
Nishi Srivastava was over the moon when she secured a job as a patent data scientist in New Delhi. However, her happiness soon turned to disappointment as her busy schedule left her with no time to...
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80,000 Songs, Many Languages, 60 Years: Here is Why KJ Yesudas is Known as...
Eight national awards, over 80,000 songs recorded in languages ranging from Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi to Latin and Arabic, and three Padma awards—KJ Yesudas is an inspiration to millions of singers...
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