Mumbai’s Victorian and Art Deco buildings ge...

An ensemble of buildings in Mumbai has been declared as a UNESCO world heritage site owing to its Victorian Gothic and Art Deco style and architecture.

Roads in India – vehicles, people & ani...

Overcrowded roads with not just vehicles but also animals and pedestrians are not a rare sight in India. Painting a picture of the roads in India, artist Sara Keller comes up with the ‘Indian Mobilities’ project, through an exhibition and a book to share her experiences with ...

Nihang: the warrior Sikhs

The Nihang sect of Sikhs was initially established to preserve peace and to guard the Sikh Gurudwaras. Today, even after more than 300 years, their descendants continue to live spiritual lives, train in martial arts and help their community.

Kahlo inspired designs

Unique interiors and house decors are something that everyone wants. There are so many ways to create exceptional interior designs. Lately, many decors and designs, including Indian are getting inspired by the works of Frida Kahlo. Born in 1907, Frida Kahlo, wife of Mexican mural...

Reinforcing the status of Indian handwoven textile...

In a Franco-Indian artistic fusion, organisations are reviving and popularising indian weaving techniques globally. While India masters the craft of weaving, France offers expertise in tailoring and fabric manipulation; thus creating a product that introduces something new to bot...

Dans le petit Rann de Kutch

Wiping out our languages

Though India’s wide English speaking population is one of the advantages the country has, is the government’s official language killing its other 22 officially recognised and hundreds of other regional languages? Here is what people think.

Indian truck art: Pimped up rides

Passing through narrow city lanes to the dusty highways, delivering goods in various parts of the country, trucks in India also carry with them an Indian folk art - the truck art or Kitsch.

A peek into the business of comic culture in India

Amidst other ways to reach out, comic books/ e-books and comic strips are an attractive option for advertisers. Despite the fairly low circulation and readership of comic books in India, more advertisers are hopping on to the bandwagon. However, for the Indian comic publishers an...

Into the psyche of Psychedelic Art

This ‘trippy’ art form moves beyond the realm of drug-induced highs and into the manifestation of the inner psyche on paper.