A collection by Divya Seth | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A paean to the heritage textile crafts of India, the 13th edition of Nayaab — a retrospective that will make its way to Chennai on October 3 — puts the spotlight on dyeing, printing and weaving techniques like shibori, bandhini, jamdani and kalamkaari. This time, […]
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Centuries before it became a metropolis, Madras was a cluster of settlements like Mylapore, Triplicane and later, George Town. These settlements emerged from the interplay of sea, rivers and wetlands, and their inhabitants contending with a challenging climate — a cycle of hot-humid summers followed by torrential monsoon rains. Across millennia, Madras developed an architecture […]
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Neesha Amrish with the stole that is now available at the Van Gogh Museum shop | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R The Van Gogh Museum shop in Amsterdam is awash with colours synonymous with the painter’s works. The shelves and nooks are brimming with collectibles, clothes, toys, ceramics and a plethora of artefacts primarily in teal […]
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In recent times, two major disasters happened at two popular tourist spots in India – at Joshimath in Uttarakhand and Wayanad in Kerala. Wayanad landslide Dotted with picturesque greenery and waterfalls, Chooralmala and Mundakkai villages in the district of Wayanad in Kerala met with an incredulous turn of events in the wee hours of July […]
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From a previous edition of the Brillante Piano Festival | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Brillante is a Nagaland-based piano festival which is into its fifth year and is coming to Bengaluru for the first time. The event will see musicians from 15 Indian States and 18 countries, make music over two days. Khyochano TCK, founder […]
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Samchon Bunsik, the latest addition to Chennai’s ever-growing Korean food scene, is surprisingly packed on a midweek afternoon. While one table is occupied by three Korean women having a leisurely lunch, three tables have been joined together for a large group of Indians and Koreans. This is a promising sign, if anything. Kim Myung-soo and […]
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“I will not sell to a man with a big belly,” declares Gyanshankul Singh. As multifaceted as he is opinionated, Singh teaches wrestlers at the 490-year-old Swaminathan Akhara in Varanasi, in addition to being a certified strength coach, an arm wrestler and a self-confessed poet. He also makes traditional wooden fitness equipment that Indian wrestlers […]
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A woman dressed in traditional Thai costume offers alms to a Buddhist monk during the Songkran celebrations, to commemorate the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand. | Photo Credit: Reuters A festival is a celebration of life, an opportunity to embrace and reflect upon the beautiful diversity of the human experience — Alice Walker Sapporo […]
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The bigger fish such as Vanjiram come from Kasimedu while prawns come from Pulicat | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R Often when we say that someone is educated, what we mean is literate. Because knowledge has multiple sources and formal education is just one of many. If there is ever an opportunity to gain more than […]
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Maya Bazaar, Bengaluru’s annual celebration of diversity and acceptance is back with its fifth edition, and is taking it a notch higher by including persons with disabilities (PwD) and the Dalit, Bahujan, and Adivasi (DBA) communities this year. “Since we talk the language of the marginalised, the Bazaar has organically drawn in the intersectionalities of different […]
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