by Bindu Gopal Rao | Sep 8, 2025
(September 8, 2025) From Geneva to Sri Lanka, from South Africa to Japan, the works of Murtikar Naresh Kumar Kumawat stand as cultural ambassadors in bronze and stone. With over 600 installations including statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath...
by Vikram Sharma | Sep 5, 2025
(September 5, 2025) Upon her return from the University of Exeter, England, in 2014, Supriya Lahoti’s father, Prashant, presented her with an opportunity—rather, a challenge. A space outside Kalakriti Art Gallery, a leading gallery in Hyderabad run by Supriya’s...
by Amrita Priya | Aug 14, 2025
(August 14, 2025) Every morning, just before the day’s first news bulletin, radios across India would come alive with a sound that became the country’s unofficial wake-up call. At 5:55 am, as All India Radio prepared to begin its daily broadcast, the gentle hum of the...
by Amrita Priya | Jul 14, 2025
(July 14, 2025) In January 1974, a 20-year-old Gloria Arieira stepped onto Indian soil from Brazil for the first time. She wasn’t chasing adventure or exoticism. She had arrived with a longing for truth, drawn by an inner call that no religious doctrine in her native...
by Vikram Sharma | Jul 8, 2025
(Jul 8, 2025) Bandhani — the ancient Indian hand-dying technique which dates back 5,000 years, just got bolder and colourful, taking the world of fashion by storm. At a time when fashionistas across the globe are looking at ensembles rooted in culture, the recent...
