Studded Splendors ‘Jab pyar kiya toh darna kya….” The landmark number from Mughal-e-Azam puts in front of us a thousand Madhubalas dancing in chorus… ~ May 27, 2011
Jeweled Stone Rajasthan is the land of kings. With a glorious history of Rajputs, it has been endowed with invincible forts, magnificent… ~ May 9, 2011
Saurashtra Stitches Gujarat is synonymous with colourful embroideries with rich textures, saturated hues and interspersed sparkles. But it is not just Kutch,… ~ April 28, 2011
The Key Maker A boat maker works on the seaside in a coastal town, the embroiderer creates her trousseau at home, the basket… ~ April 18, 2011
Hide and Seek Wrinkled brown, sturdy leather, like the cracked parched expanses of the Rann, dotted with multicoloured droplets as if sun tanned… ~ April 7, 2011
Adaptation Indigo, spices, muslin and ivory – these were the items of luxury exported from India in the ancient times. Considered a noble… ~ April 3, 2011
Sanctum Makers The Heritage Walk in Ahmedabad starts on a cool morning from the Swaminarayan Temple and takes you around the lanes… ~ March 31, 2011
Painted Songs A synesthetic expression…where songs and words dance on canvas, colours and patterns make musical harmonies… The Gond tribal painting is… ~ March 22, 2011
An alternate essential It is only in Kutch that bright colours of richly embroidered garments find the company of ample silver jewellery, and… ~ March 11, 2011
Colours, Textures and more… Every craft has a story to tell, a history, a reason for existence… Some craft objects like fabrics and weapons… ~ February 28, 2011
Waking stones Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, is home of the great fort described as “the pearl in the necklace of the forts of Hind”… ~ February 24, 2011
A craft for another The stages of evolution of mankind, from the Neolithic age to Iron age and then to the Industrialized age, all… ~ February 11, 2011
