Storytellers of Wonder

Category: People of India

  • Peeking into the Past: Jaypore visits noted revivalist Suraiya Hasan

    Suraiya Hasan, or Suraiya Apa as she is fondly called, is a bundle of energy as she flits around her weaving unit on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. The clacking of looms fills the air around this octogenarian as she goes about instructing her class of weavers on the nearly-extinct technique of himroo weaving.…

  • My Mom Story: On Love

    As part of our ongoing contest asking for special Mom stories, we received an overwhelming response from our readers. Now we’re sharing all these wonderful and heart-warming stories with the world! Here is a beautiful story written by a Jaypore lover. —- A woman only needs five lines of makeup, my grandma would say, lining her…

  • My Mom Story: A Bond Without Barriers

    Earlier this week, we ran a contest asking people to share their special mom story with us. The response has been so overwhelming that to do justice to all the stories that have been pouring in, we decided to share them with the world! We begin this series with the first story that we received, from…

  • Mario Miranda, a true Zorba

    His full name was Mario Joao Carlos do Rosario de Britto a Miranda. He was an artist, a cartoonist, an illustrator, a humorist, a traveler, enjoyed a good life and was a true Zorba. He signed off all his artwork simply as ‘Mario’ and was known to the world as Mario Miranda. The entire country…

  • Odisha Renaissance: Reviving Languishing Crafts

    Along with Odisha’s famed ikats, there are many more art forms, designs and weaving techniques yet to be popularized and find a foot hold in the markets outside Odisha. We are already witnessing slow death of many such textiles – dhala pathar, kala pathar, siminoi, habaspuri, kusumi, original cotton Bomkai etc. In the post-liberalisation phase…

  • God in the World: Rabindranath Tagore

    LEAVE this chanting and singing and telling of beads! Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee! He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones. He…