Entretien avec Katia Légeret-Manochhaya

Professeur en études théâtrales et esthétique des arts du spectacle vivant, Katia Légeret-Manochhaya est également danseuse professionnelle de bharatanatyam et écrit sur les danses classiques indiennes. Elle nous livre sa vision de la « danse-théâtre », et des liens qu...

Le patrimoine Art déco de Bombay

The history behind International Women’s Day

There is more to International Women’s Day than fancy discounts and eating out. The rich struggle and movements for women’s rights have shaped the history of women’s day as we know it today.

The Indian martial art of Kalaripayattu

Kalaripayattu is a martial art that also practices traditional Indian methods of healing, leaving its impressions on both war and wound. In a more creative way it has also inspired some traditional performing art forms of Kerala, and even travelled east to birth the Kung Fu.

Peeping into the history of India’s architecture...

From Harappan sites to Buddhist relics, and colonial cantonments to martyr memorials, India is a treasure trove of cultural attractions. Thus, offering enriching peep into the country’s past as well as its present, Sahapedia & YES Culture lead pan-India heritage walks to discov...

How Shiva inspired the French sculptor Rodin

My book essentially describes the work of François Auguste René Rodin, a renowned French sculptor, who was so inspired by some photographs of the 11th-century bronze Shiva Nataraja in the Madras Museum

Jonathan Kay: An interview with the jazz prodigy

Music is to the soul what food is to the body.

The significance of Saraswati puja

It is the time of spring when this puja (worship ritual) is performed to pray to the goddess of art and knowledge, while ushering in the season of new blooms. The temple has been decorated with flowers, incense sticks fuming at a corner. The idol of Goddess Saraswati has been pla...

The tradition of Aipan

Understanding a craft of religious importance, and how the ways and motifs of Aipan are being preserved by artistically devoted women in Nainital, the city of lakes in Uttarakhand. Sunlight shyly seeped in through a veil against the window and fell over five women dressed in plai...

The traditional Bhelaghars of Assam

Whether it’s an elaborate celebration or a respectful honouring of traditions – for the Assamese, their calendar is loaded with reasons to celebrate. One such festival to welcome the end of harvest season is Magh Bihu, which witness people in Assam evoke social messages hidde...