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5 Perfect Father’s Day Gifting Ideas For Every Type of Dad
A compulsive reader, a disturb-me-not-on-a-Sunday-soul, a fashion conscious trend-setter, or a culinary expert… Whatever the type, this Father’s Day, we’ve put together a gifting guide that keeps you covered for any type of dad! The Raving Reader Dad Is your dad a book lover? Is a mug of coffee in one hand and a book…
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6 Ways To Reinvent Your Saree Style
The most elegant of Indian dress forms, the six unstitched yards gracefully accommodate individual creativity and aesthetic, making the saree so unique to each wearer. Read how this time tested and much loved silhouette can make way into your wardrobe. 1. Cocktail Craze Whether you’re attending a cocktail party or a wedding, add a chic…
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Designer Dhvani Behl’s ‘Flora for Fauna’ on Jaypore
Growing is “having or showing life”. Deeply inspired by nature, Dhvani Behl of Flora for Fauna brings to Jaypore an interesting range of digitally printed and wood-cut hand-printed textiles, that showcase her unique design language. The pieces also carry a pretty sprinkling of hand embroidery, that gives the compositions an added dimension. Apart from nature, Dhvani…
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Event Focus: Devi Art Foundation Presents ‘Fracture – Indian Textiles, New Conversations’
Fracture is not a break. It is a continuation and a cycle, of tradition, which itself is ongoing and ever evolving. Drawing from India’s rich handloom and textile tradition, the Devi Art Foundation spearheaded by Lekha and Anupam Poddar, alongwith three co-curators – textile curator Mayank Mansingh Kaul, designer Sanjay Garg and textile author and…
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“All forms of Art are born from one’s roots”
The name Maqbool Fida Husain has become almost synonymous with contemporary Indian art, and deservedly so, for no single artist has popularised Indian art, within the country or internationally, as Husain has done. His endless quest for his cultural roots and a fearlessly open-minded willingness to absorb diverse influences has made M.F. Husain one of…
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Odisha Murals: Saura Tribal Art
Sauras are among the most ancient tribes of India, finding a mention in the Hindu epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. Ram’s devotee Savari in Ramayana and Jara, the hunter in Mahabharata who mortally wounded Krishna, are believed to have been members of this tribe. Like other tribes of India, the unique style, diversity and detail…
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Ganjifa: 16th Century Traditional Playing Cards of India
The Story of Ganjifa In June 1527 Babar, founder of the Mughal dynasty, sent a unique gift to Shah Hasan, a close friend from Sindh. It was an exquisite set of Mughal Ganjifa round playing cards, each hand-painted on ivory and inlaid with precious stones. Little did he know that he was going to spark…
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Home Diaries: A Life in Color
Nothing ordinary can lie behind a green and purple door. When we were led in through the enchanted gate at this Delhi home, it was a window into another world. We were still in the dusty capital city, it was still a sunny Saturday morning, with its sounds floating in the air, somewhere in the…
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A Fine Evening This: Celebrating Urdu at Jashn-e-Rekhta
Lyrical poetry set to music, a gathering of fine linguists and leaves floating in the midst. This was the setting of the inauguration ceremony of the two day festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in Delhi yesterday, celebrating “Urdu’s inimitable beauty, its soul-stirring cadence and its lyrical splendor”. On 14th & 15th March, some of Urdu’s finest poets, authors and artists…
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A Date with Design and More at Windmill Design Festival 2015
Over the last few years, the studios of Windmill Interiors and Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates (PSDA) at Aya Nagar on the Delhi-Haryana border have become the focus of a creative community that often drops in to share an idea, collaborate or simply talk over a cup of coffee. The Windmill Festival celebrates this friendship and…
Storytellers of Wonder 