Libraries have existed around the world for centuries. When I was in around third grade, I stumbled upon something new and exciting as a bookworm and a travelling enthusiast. A ship. And not just any ship, a ship called Logos Hope. What’s special about this fleet, you may ask? For an eight-year-old who adored books, […]
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At Aksh weaves and crafts’ small studio in Adyar, there is pin-drop silence except for the faint whirring of a fan. On a table in the centre of the room, an artist is bent over a piece of cloth, drawing with full concentration. When I move closer for a better view, I see a panel […]
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Walk through Chettinad’s bustling lanes, and you will be welcomed by heritage mansions featuring intricate handiwork, ponds with lotus blooms, and ancient temples with ornate facades. The region once helmed by the Nattukottai Chettiars, was known for its opulence in every realm: architecture, culinary heritage, art and craft, and more. While only 11,000 mansions remain […]
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A leopard skin lies on a table at Namita Jaspal’s lab, set on the second floor of her three-storeyed house in New Chandigarh, a township just outside the eponymous state capital of Punjab and Haryana. “It has come for restoration from a private collection,” says Namita, the chief conservator of Heritage Preservation Atelier, a company […]
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How many of you have spotted this heritage building in Chennai? | Photo Credit: PRIYADARSHINI PAITANDY The central bay with its high domed ceiling and chandelier suspended from it | Photo Credit: PRIYADARSHINI PAITANDY An aerial shot of the Southern Railway Headquarters | Photo Credit: Johan Sathyadas At a time when buildings are trying hard to […]
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A carpet is not the first place you’d turn to for a lesson in modern geopolitics. Unless you’re looking at the Afghan war rug. Made in Sheberghan, a city in north Afghanistan, and Afghan settlements in Pakistan, these carpets — with motifs of tanks, artillery, machine guns: symbols of violence — began to appear in […]
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Mathematics, history and art. I B Radhika Rani’s painting exhibition, 1024, is a seamless blend of the three. The artiste has showcased 27 works that explore the evolution of numerals through the ages. “I have always been fascinated by history. A numeral is a figure, symbol, or letter that stands for a number. It was […]
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Explore Cubbon Park @ Bangalore Local Walks For Sriram Aravamudan, a writer, blogger and video maker focussed on Bengaluru’s culture since the early 2000s, kickstarting Bangalore Local Walks was “a happy turn of events”. “I was invited by the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) in mid-2022 to conduct a local history walk in Malleswaram […]
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“History is one way of telling stories, just like myth, fiction or oral storytelling.” The words of speculative fiction author Ursula K Le Guin caution readers as they embark on Nikhil Gulati and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer’s journey through the Indus Valley. Penguin Random House’s newly-released graphic novel The People of the Indus is a 192-page […]
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The challenge for policy-makers in India is how to be creative about our own problems given our strengths. Pulapre Balakrishnan has written a highly readable and insightful take on the story of India’s growth and development since independence from British colonial rule. Though this story has been told many times, in India’s Economy from Nehru […]
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