Watch: Self-Taught Artist Makes Amazing ‘Art in Air’ Out of Stones, Goes Viral
Have you heard of the young artist who is creating art ‘in’ thin air? We say ‘in thin air’ here to give you a sense of his unique artform. KP Rohit, a young artist from Kerala, is mesmerising his...
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Self-Taught B-Boy Went From Dancing in Farms to Acting as Salman Khan’s Body...
Start watching Saajan Singh’s 2010 video of Dance India Dance (DID) and there’s no guarantee that you won’t miss a step if you blink. Dressed in a red hoodie and white pants, Saajan glides across the...
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Must Listen: The Songs of These 4 Sisters Are One of Nagaland’s Finest Exports
The Tetseo Sisters rank among Nagaland’s greatest cultural exports. Celebrating songs of life, the richness of their natural surroundings, and storytelling through the language of Li or folk singing in...
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How Shillong’s ‘Dr Dre’ Went From Painting Houses to Pioneering Hip Hop in...
Lamonte Pakyntein, a 30-year-old Hip Hop and R&B producer from Shillong popularly known as D-Mon, is the man behind the music that preserved my sanity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Growing weary of...
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With One Email, Kalamkari Weaver Lives Dad’s Dream & Makes the 400-YO Craft...
India welcomed the internet in 1986 but it was only a decade later when the dot-com bubble penetrated our lives, as VSNL became an internet service provider in 1995. Towards the end of the ’90s, there...
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Awarded by UNESCO, This Brilliant Artist Made That Viral Cloth Map of Srinagar
“The map of Srinagar is my humble attempt at highlighting the breathtaking landscape that houses Shikara boats, the finest Mughal architecture, picturesque Chinar trees, handicrafts soaked in...
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Padma Shri Awardee Revives 500-YO Art That Helped Chhatrapati Shivaji Fight...
Vishram Gangavane, part of the Thakar tribe known for the storytelling art of Chitrakathi (‘Chitra’ means painting and ‘katha’ is a story) in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, was once summoned by...
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Neeraj Chopra to Milkha Singh, Woman Uses Stunning Makeup Skills to Turn into...
The internet is filled with makeup trends — from ‘lifted faces’ and foxy eyes to 3-D nail art. The art of creating an illusion with a few clever tricks is not new, yet it is fascinating to note how the...
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Pro-Photography Star at 66, Chennai Man Shows It’s Never Too Late to Live...
Passion knows no age and bears no prejudice, and 66-year-old Seshadri Sukumar’s story is a testament to that. While he was a bank employee for the major part of his career, he continued to nurse his...
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Starting with Rs 5000 & YouTube Tutorials, Woman Uses Macrame Art to Earn in...
In 2011, Pooja Kant, a resident of New Delhi quit her job as an Administrative Officer with a corporate company. She had given birth to her first child and decided to take a break from work. “At that...
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Patiala To Canada: Meet The Man Teaching Bhangra To The World
With a twinkle in his eyes, a young Hardeep Singh Sahota would spend hours watching the big boys in Patiala perform bhangra routines. The thunderous beats, combined with the melodic voices of legendary...
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76-YO Preserves 900-YO Legacy With an Artform That Can Last Upto 5 Centuries
For the last 65 years or so, Maga Nayak’s routine has remained unchanged. Every morning, the pothi chitra artist from Odisha’s Nayakapatna village sits on the floor with a Lekhani or metal needle, and...
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This Family Safeguards a 700-YO Artform While Winning National Awards &...
At first it looks like a cramped but colourful board game with stages to cross. Upon zooming in you see flags of different countries that give you the impression of diverse cultures celebrated across...
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Rare Silk Helps Weavers Earn Up to 900% More, Thanks to an Engineer
Born and raised in Bihar’s Banka town, Udyan Singh moved to Delhi in 2006 to complete his studies in civil engineering. He found a stable job with the Indian Railways but later quit to try his hand at...
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78-YO Woman’s Handmade Ethnic Dolls Compete With Mass-Produced Barbies
“The first thing that comes to people’s minds when they hear the word ‘doll’, is the Barbie doll. But it’s common knowledge that Barbies are a machine-made product. They are the representation of a...
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This Ladakhi’s Stunning Photos Will Convince You to Build Sanctuaries For...
Ever since 47-year-old Dorje Angchuk, the Engineer-in-charge of the Indian Astronomical Observatory at Hanle, became the first Indian to be inducted as an Honorary Member of the International...
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Artist Uses Ancient Art Technique on Rocks, Converts Maoist Area Into Tourist...
Once known as a safe haven for Maoists, the Ajodhya hills in West Bengal’s Purulia district has now become a tourist hotspot, all thanks to the efforts of one man — Chitta Dey. Using the ancient art of...
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Forgotten ‘Queen of Tamil Theatre’ Took The Art Of The Devadasis To The World
In his book Drama Queens: Women Who Created History on Stage (2017), author Veejay Sai encapsulates the allure of a woman who was once deemed the ‘Queen of Tamil Theatre’. He says her legacy was such...
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Banana Waste Into Fibre: How I Earn Rs 9 Lakh & Empower 450 Women
Pragati Maidan in Delhi hosts a range of exhibitions throughout the year. Among them is a yearly handicraft fair where artisans across different states in the country display their unique products for...
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Meet the Man Reviving Two Dying Styles of Embroidery With Over 1200 Women
Picking up the colourful silken thread with a tiny needle and deftly pricking the finest hand woven Pashmina shawl stretched across the embroidery, wooden frame to make an intrinsic motif, is what Pia...
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