The art in question is quilling, a ‘paper filigree’ form of decorative art, which has suddenly become ubiquitous, think jewellery, greeting cards, boxes, wedding invites, bookmarks, photo frames and p...
PEOPLE
Oindrilla Maity Surai, an art historian and independent curator based in Kolkata, was the first recipient of Art Scribes’ Award.
MUSIC
In 1983, Shubhendra shifted to Delhi to learn music from the maestro during nine years of intense practise. “He taught me not just music or the ragas and talas, but how to be a complete artist. For hi...
DANCE
One such artiste is Puri-based Mahari (Devadasi) and Odissi dancer Rupashree Mohapatra. Through her, the Mahari dance tradition—which paved way for today’s contemporary Odissi, but disappeared with it...
PEOPLE
Around two and a half months ago, Netherlands-based artist Joseph Semah came to Kochi for a visit. Like any Jew, he went to the 450-year-old synagogue at Mattancherry. It was there that he came across...
AUTOMOBILE
The key battle of this latest war is being fought in a brand new theatre, defined on one hand by the tax regulations that make vehicles less than 4 metres long truly easier on the pocket and on the ot...
PEOPLE
Through the Internet she came to know that the Pilot Aptitude Battery Test (PABT) was the entrance examination for the Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Technology (RGAT) course in Thiruvananthapuram.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Not yet a teenager, Vikas has carved out a name for himself in wildlife photography.
PEOPLE
Not content with her day job as a hospitality trainer, 27-year-old Sheba Pallavi wanted a hobby to enrich her life. She tried different hobbies, but found her true calling in soap-making.
EVENT
In their flowing white clothes and headgears, the 16 dancers moved in perfect circles, on their wheelchairs, to the Sufi Kalaam at the recent International Anjali Children’s Festival in Bhubaneswar.
