The accomplished Odissi danseuse Sharmila Mukherjee talks about her creative production Kaikeyi. Potrayal of Kaikeyi, one of the most unusual and most misunderstood character of Indian mythology, is a very challenging subject indeed. Sharmila shares her journey and experience in Read More …
“Zore se mar! I cannot hear your feet!”, said Debidi, my guru. Literally translates to, “Harder! Stamp your feet harder!” Debidi (Debi Basu) is a well-known Odissi dancer, guru and savior to whom, any Odissi practitioner wishing to enrich the Read More …
Antique Jewellery Box My Dida (maternal grandmother) had an antique box inside which she used to keep all her personal belongings. It was a four-cornered storage box kept on the shelf inside her wooden almirah. Dida was married off at Read More …
Shilpa, The young Chitrakar Birakrushna-harepur is a small village in the Puri sadar district of Odisha. Shilpa grew up in this village. Now she is a role model and source of inspiration for many youngsters in the village. She is Read More …
One of the many things that I have often debated with my near and dear ones is whether a vacation within India is a better experience than one without. Well, the quality of an experience is quite subjective and depends Read More …
The Journey It was a hot summer morning in the month of May. We set out in a rented car from Cuttack towards a village called ‘Maniabandha’ in the Athagarh district. It was one and a half hour journey from Read More …
Motivated by nothing but compassion, this wiry, bright old lady had made it her mission to find and support as many orphaned or displaced children as she possibly could. She may not be as famous as the women I have mentioned before, but her kindness, generosity and grit are no less inspirational to me.
A ten-year-old girl was struggling to catch up with her father, an army man, walking between dense foliage through hand cut rock steps. She was afraid she would be turned into stone if they didn’t reach the summit before sunrise, Read More …
The past is romantic. It always is. It makes you long, yearn for something which may not come easily in the future now. In many cases probably never. The Marine Drive would no longer be as quiet and peaceful with Read More …
Taking care of your Dhokra home decors and jewelry For owners of these exquisite bell metal traditional handicrafts, the primary means of keeping the artefacts looking good is to dust regularly with a soft, clean cotton cloth like a handkerchief. Read More …