[ad_1] A music photographer — as niche as it may sound — gets to travel all around the country and find himself the best view and access to artists to capture them at their passionate, primal best on stage. While it might sound like one is talking about wildlife photography, Abhishek Shukla says music photography […]
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[ad_1] Paragon restaurant in Kozhikode exudes an old-world charm and is quite popular even decades after it was founded. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Paragon restaurant in the heart of Kozhikode City has been chosen as one of the most legendary restaurants in the world by Taste Atlas, a Croatia-based online food guide. In fact, […]
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[ad_1] You know monsoon has truly arrived in Kerala when the nights reverberate with the orchestra of the frogs. Or do you? With habitat destruction and anthropogenic climate change, is the seasonal symphony still as loud? In order to keep a tab on the frog population in Kerala, the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) has […]
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[ad_1] MG Vedhavathi at her stall | Photo Credit: MOORTHY G It is therapeutic to watch M G Vedhavathi make aappams. She ladles caramel-coloured batter onto a hot iron skillet that hisses as it gets to work. Dollops of white butter come next: she drops small scoops onto the aappam, that has now turned a […]
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[ad_1] A Arumugam with the karlakattai he crafted at his home in Coimbatore | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M Carpenter A Arumugam has sectioned a small room in his tile-roofed house in Kavundampalayam to display his precious karlakattai. They stand gleaming with a coat of varnish in various shades of brown on racks. Outside, at his […]
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[ad_1] Madhavi Amma from Kavumthara, Kozhikode | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “You don’t visit in the evening, you dont talk to me or carry the kidsIf you don’t need me, take back to my home.But mind you, If I go home, You won’t get a drop of water….” As 89-year-old Madhavi sings this ancient ditty, […]
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[ad_1] Among the recent trends is a flat dome called Rohtak domes, named after a family of masons from Rohtak in Haryana, who travel across India building domes, if invited. Pyramids could be among the oldest of human construction still standing today, but it’s simple to understand why – just a big heap of stones. […]
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[ad_1] I recently heard two brilliant young teenage pianists in Bengaluru, winners of international awards, enrolled for summer workshops abroad, enthusiastically hopeful that their passion and talent will sustain a future professional music career. Not so different from Chelsea and Chloe de Souza, very talented sisters, who left Mumbai to study music in the U.S. […]
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[ad_1] Chef Abinas Nayak | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Every dish has a story behind it and every regional cuisine is built on such stories. As a chef, my job is to pass on these stories to people through the meal,” says chef Abinas Nayak, co-founder of Rroshashala, a cloud kitchen in Mumbai, which has […]
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[ad_1] Sunita Meena at the event. | Photo Credit: special arrangement From the earliest examples of prehistoric rock paintings to the 16th century murals at the royal palace in Bundi, Rajasthan, right up to the graffiti street art of today — the impulse to decorate walls has always existed throughout human history. In fact, across […]
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