Buying Gifts for Festive Season? Shop From These 8 Places to Help India’s...
Happiness grows when it’s shared, and here’s your chance to experience it for yourself! The next time you purchase a gift for your near and dear ones, you can put a smile on more faces than one by...
View ArticleEco-friendly Diwali Decor Ideas: How to Get Your Home ‘Looking Like a Wow’
Why not ramp up your festive decor by adding a touch of sustainability to it? These will save you bucks as well as time and add just the right amount of glamour to your home. From trendy lamps to...
View ArticlePainting on Mud Walls to Winning Padma Shri: How Durgabai Took Gond...
At first glance, Gond artist Durgabai Vyam’s Bhopal home would easily pass off as a studio. Bedecked in canvas paintings, with drawings on the mud walls interspersing this art, the home is a riot of...
View ArticleHow a Tribal Woman’s ‘Bamboo Kandils’ Captured the World Stage
Coming from a small village called Tetwali in Maharashtra, Namita Namdev Bhurkood learned one of the more emphasised roles growing up — being a good homemaker. What she did not realise for a long time...
View ArticleAt Just 10, This Bengaluru Whiz Kid Became ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’
In 1984, London’s Natural History Museum was flooded with hundreds of jiffy bags. Each contained a picture — a submission for the ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ competition launched in 1964....
View Article‘Men Don’t Wear Ghungroos’: Smashing Stereotypes, This Man Quit His Job For...
Suraj Kumar, a successful Kathak dancer, is widely praised in India, but reaching this point involved facing criticism and working hard to overcome it. In Kumar’s hometown in Uttarakhand, it was...
View ArticleI Was a Sex Worker Before Art Changed My Life
Trigger warning: Mentions of suicide, bullying, and depression. Whenever Shanthi Muniswamy’s mother would make rangoli, she would watch her from a corner of the room. The patterns, the symmetry, and...
View ArticleThe Colours of Hope: ‘My Daughter, A Bharatnatyam Dancer, Was Told She’ll...
Ujjwala Sahane and her husband were excited to start their family in 1985 when they were blessed with a baby girl. Things were wonderful until their baby had a fall when she was six months old, which...
View ArticleNagaland’s Biggest Rapper Moko Koza Chose Hip Hop Over MBBS To Speak for His...
Mvüko Koza, a Kohima-based multilingual recording artist and songwriter, who popularly goes by Moko Koza, has never been afraid to express his Naga identity and represent his people. Standing at the...
View ArticleDhanush Biopic on Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja: The Real Story of India’s ‘Musical...
The name Ilaiyaraaja evokes a certain magic for his fans, who span across generations and countries. Everyone in my family has a favourite song, and a memory associated with the musician. Late nights...
View ArticleThese Stunning Photos Document the World’s Most Unique Tribes, From Ladakh to...
Any traveller exploring the Ladakh highlands is bound to come across a set of people with distinguished attire — berry flower headdresses, heavy metal jewellery and sheep skin capes. These sightings...
View ArticleThis 99-YO Padma Shri Has Collected 2000 of India’s Finest Artifacts
Tourists flock to the city of Hyderabad with visits to the Charminar and Golconda high on their itineraries. But few know of a place in the city’s Himayatnagar before which all other attractions seem...
View Article‘Gehraiyaan’ Composer Wanted to Be a Physicist Before Music Took him To...
On 3 December, 2023, 34-year-old composer and producer Kabeer Kathpalia fulfilled a dream he had since college of performing at the NH7 Weekender music festival in Pune. Accompanied by his friend and...
View ArticleVikrant Massey’s ’12th Fail’: This IPS-IRS Couple Inspired the Movie
Once in a blue moon, you come across a real-life story that pales even perfectly orchestrated movie scripts in comparison. One such instance is the life of IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma, who failed Class 12...
View ArticleHow Kolkata’s ‘Jute Queen’ Is Making the Humble Fibre Go Glam & Global
Chaitali Das, aged 50, is a prominent figure in West Bengal and beyond. Renowned for her contribution to the jute industry, which is often referred to as the Golden Fibre. Growing up in Bengal, the...
View ArticleWhy Chhattisgarh’s ‘Village of Youtubers’ Got a Rs 25 Lakh Studio From Its...
“You know, in Tulsi village, we didn’t just become YouTubers. We turned the whole place into a YouTubers’ village. It’s as if our village found a new voice through YouTube, and now we’re all...
View ArticleDoctor Turns Entrepreneur With Handcrafted Fabric Toys, Earns Rs 15 Lakhs &...
Back in medical college, the prescriptions written by Dr Shweta Gupta would leave anyone stunned – from her patients to her seniors. “Once, my senior doctors from different departments called me. I...
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