Want to create a heritage corner in your home? Here are a few tips. We spent a few years in South Africa. When we came back to India, we created a small corner which we named as our ‘Africa corner’. Read More …
Preserving family heirloom My introduction to the Taj Mahal and the legendary Konark sun temple was through a couple of family albums filled with black and white photographs. My father, a photography enthusiast, had a German Agfa camera and a Read More …
The first job, first transfer, first posting…hectic times and the need to re-establish credentials. To make a mark, professionally as well as personally. To recreate an identity that is uniquely you. To make a statement of taste and attitude. And Read More …
Each craft has a story to tell. Each craft is a chronicle of our culture and heritage. Keep our heritage alive! Bring home the traditions of the East! Our pick for you – five must-buy crafts for your home and Read More …
Kaikeyi – the multi-faceted queen of Ramayana 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. 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 …
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 …
Nandi, the Bull shaped disciple of Lord Shiva is the head of Ganas and is a symbol of strength and virility. The Vayu Purana states that Nandi is the son of Kasyapa and Surabhi. Other Vedic texts point to Nandi Read More …
Emperor Ashoka is widely credited with the journey of Buddhism from a regional, Sangha and monk based religion to a widespread way of life, spanning countries and populations. And this journey rests within the personal transformation of Ashoka’s life; from a cruel Read More …
The lost heritage I walked into a 200-year-old mansion the other day. I had been to the one next door to it many times with friends visiting Kolkata. That was Marble Palace, a grand mansion dating back to 1835 sitting like Read More …