Blue Zebras to Purple Strawberries: Journalist Showcases Quirky Art of Mumbai...
When you open the Greater Bombay’s Instagram account, you are greeted with bizarre designs that Rachel Lopez equates to French knots, vintage photo albums, funky animal print, ‘picnics in the sky’ and...
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Engineer Quits Job, Uses Robotics to Save Father’s Legacy of Leather Puppetry
When the administrators of Palakkad District Heritage Museum, also known as Mani Iyer Museum, approached Sajeesh Pulavar to make some dolls, he remembers thinking back to his idea five years ago. “In...
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Investment Banker or Comedian? Meet the Finance Guy Winning Big Laughs on...
“I’m a Marwari investment banker from South Bombay.” Vikram Poddar’s introductory line on our call is enough to crack me up. As the conversation progresses with the 39-year-old, he explains that the...
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Carrying Dad’s Legacy, How I Created 2,200 Handloom Designs for Weavers to...
When Anshul Malhotra would watch her father work rigorously with weavers from nearby villages in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh as a child, her heart would fill with the urge to do the same. Her father, Om...
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The Couple Behind ‘Trial by Fire’ & Their Long Battle for Justice After...
Justice delayed is justice denied. This famous legal maxim encapsulates the story of Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who spent over two decades seeking justice after they lost their children...
View ArticleTrial by Fire: The Captain Who Lost His Life Saving 150 Others in Uphaar...
‘Trial by Fire’ has been receiving a lot of acclaim since it premiered on Netflix on 13 January 2023. It merits noting that the series is based on a true story, dating back to 1997. Known as the...
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Who Is Sankaran Nair? Biopic to Show His Historic Battle Exposing Jallianwala...
Today historians regard the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 as a “decisive step” towards the end of British rule in India, turning moderate Indians against colonial forces and even pushing...
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Couple Behind Itsy Bitsy Left Australia to Build the Craft Biz & Help...
While working as a confectionery buyer for a large discount retail chain in Sydney, Australia, Harish Closepet would frequent villages across Karnataka, UP, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to procure...
View ArticleChennai’s ‘Sound Mani’ Takes India’s Rare, Native Instruments Across The Globe
Chennai’s Manikandan can play 18 different types of instruments, some of which you may have never even heard of. Fondly known as ‘Sound Mani’, he is on a mission to preserve ancient, rare, and native...
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For 30 Yrs, One Woman Helps Keep Alive a 15th Century Art That Sells Across...
This year on 12 January, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Hubli, Karnataka to inaugurate the 26th edition of the National Youth Festival, he was draped in a peculiar shawl with motifs...
View ArticleThe Voice Behind Trending ‘Qala’ Songs & Sireesha Bhagavatula’s Melodious...
The quirky golden age tune of the song ‘Ghodey pe sawaar’ seems to have made a permanent home in listeners’ hearts. It already has more than five million views on YouTube and has been trending among...
View ArticleHow a Handful of Bihar Artisans Are Keeping an Ancient Indian Printing...
Chhapa is a traditional art form in which a carved wooden block is dipped in natural dyes to imprint the design on cloth or paper. The word chhapa comes from chhap which means to imprint. The...
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When A Bollywood Classic & 2 Gandhians Got Over 200 Dacoits to Give Up Their...
In 1960, Vinoba Bhave, a social activist and a celebrated disciple of Gandhi, received an interesting letter. It was from Tehsildar Singh, the son of famous dacoit Man Singh from the deep ravines...
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Ricky Kej Takes His Third Grammy: Who Was the First Indian To Win at the Awards?
At the 2022 Grammy Awards announced earlier today, India’s Ricky Kej made history by winning his third one for Best Immersive Audio Album for his album Divine Tides with rock legend Stewart Copeland....
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‘Discovering Hip Hop Helped Me Break National Records & Escape Life of Crime...
Rahul Khadtare first discovered hip-hop at age 13, when his friend found a phone lying around inside an auto rickshaw. “We just took the phone someone had left behind inside the auto rickshaw and...
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Satirizing Teachers to Nehru: The Cartoonist Who Took On World’s Most...
It’s nearly impossible for political cartoonists in India to escape the wrath of the establishment. If they poke fun or mock influential political leaders, they are either taken to court on a variety...
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2 Delhi Friends Quit Jobs To Take Stories to Himachal’s Kids With ‘Kahaani Ki...
A strange world exists in the village of Gunehar in Himachal Pradesh. Here, children associate the word ‘school’ with ‘fun’ and possibly the best place to be. Here, colouring outside the lines is...
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I Earned Rs 50 When I Started as a 15-YO, Today My Terracotta Biz Earns Rs 25...
A birthday, or an anniversary, whatever the happy occasion at Smrithi S’s house, there was always one thing in common — a handmade gift. She recalls that she would run to the local stationery shop and...
View ArticleThe Sacred Art of Making Goyna Bori & Why It Left Rabindranath Tagore Impressed
Featured image credit: Shubhra Chatterji (@historywali) Bengali cuisine is a diverse and complex culinary tradition that features a wide range of ingredients and cooking techniques. One of the...
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How a British Officer Spotted Mithila Art During an Earthquake & Took It to...
In a remote village in Bihar, a group of women huddle around a city wall tracing what appears to be a painting on the blank canvas of mud. To a passerby watching, the art form holds a certain draw...
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