[ad_1] Tribes of Nagaland at the annual Hornbill Festival in Kohima. The Hornbill is also known as the Festival of Festivals. | Photo Credit: DAVIDEVISON Tucked away in India’s North-East lies Nagaland, the stage for a thrilling 10-day festival high up in the mountains. In the first week of December the State’s 16 major tribes […]
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[ad_1] At the beginning of the wedding season this year, Indian designers showcased a glittering line-up of Bollywood showstoppers and inclusive models on the ramp to give us a glimpse of 2023’s re-imagined fashion royalty. From saris with bespoke motifs paired with cape veils to lehengas with jackets that redefine bridal power — this year’s […]
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[ad_1] Roasted and ground puzhukkalari (double boiled rice) is mixed with jaggery, grated coconut and crushed pappadam. The sweet is served on banana leaves kept at four corners outside the house. It is for the ants! This is Urumboottal or feeding the ants, an age-old ritual in Kerala done on the evening of Thiruvonam, which […]
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[ad_1] At 66, a ‘respectable’ age to slow down and retire, dopamine is having a moment. Discovered in 1957 by Swedish pharmacologist Arvid Carlsson, who won a Nobel Prize for the breakthrough, the neurotransmitter is thumping its squiggly little ‘tail’ and outrunning its fellow feel-good chemical cousins (serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins) in public consciousness. In […]
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[ad_1] Cyclist Sreenath Lakshmikanth’s journey to the two silver medals at the recently concluded 37th National Games, Goa, started out of necessity. It started when he began cycling to and from school, TD School at Thuravoor, Cherthala, in Kerala’s Alappuzha district. He cycled close to 10 kilometres one way, as he could not afford the […]
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[ad_1] Arpan Mukherjee’s photography moves away from standardised notions of camera, photography and processing techniques | Photo Credit: Arpan Mukherjee “My creative ideology refused to accept that someone from a multinational company, say, based in New York, will decide how my images would look,” says Santiniketan-based artist Arpan Mukherjee, who specialises in and teaches printmaking […]
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[ad_1] Delhi boutique owner Jasmeen Kaur (far left), and a few among the thousands, including actors Deepika Padukone and Sanya Malhotra, politician Nusrat Jahan and musician Yashraj Mukhate, who reacted to her viral video. | Photo Credit: Instagram.com There is a pedantic English schoolteacher lurking somewhere inside me. It rears its ugly head every time […]
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[ad_1] Durga Jasraj is set for another edition of the festival. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH Three years after the passing of Pandit Jasraj, his daughter Durga Jasraj, who has been upholding his legacy in Hindustani classical music, is set to host the 51st ‘Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroha’, titled Jai Ho Pandit Jasraj, […]
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[ad_1] Sari inspired by Masani Amman | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At Tvam, the art studio at RA Puram where Lakshmi Srinath works on her art, textile and jewellery designing, there is an interplay of light and darkness. The floor, made of black natural stones is juxtaposed with wide windows that bring in plenty of […]
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[ad_1] A view of the Broadlands Hotel in Triplicane | Photo Credit: special arrangement Chennai is home to multiple art institutions, and a legacy that boasts of a regional Modernist movement that is unlike any in the country. Yet, conversation surrounding visual art is often restricted to the usual suspects: galleries, artists and patrons alike. […]
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