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How Syed Shakir Ali Turned Childhood Sketches Into a Lifelong Legacy 

A boy who sketched with charcoal on the walls of his village home grew up to stand before the President of India and receive...

IFFJK 2026 Brings the best of World Cinema to Kashmir 

Kashmir's cinemas are drawing audiences again after decades. On offer is a tantalising array of world cinema. The first International Film Festival of Jammu...

Dharwad Kasuti Embroidery: Karnataka’s Centuries-Old Art Stitched by Skilled Hands

Nestled between the Western Ghats and the Deccan Plateau, Karnataka's Dharwad district is known for its rich cultural traditions....

Ladakh Just Turned 230 Kilometres of Mountain Road Into an Art Gallery

Travellers usually come to Ladakh for a familiar set of images. Turquoise lakes beneath enormous skies, monasteries perched on...

Maheshwari Sarees: The Royal Weave of Maheshwar

There is a saree with a secret border, and the government of India had to protect it by law....

‘Kaho Kalidas!’ Brings Mahakavi Kalidas and His Timeless Works to Youth

The secret love story hidden inside Kalidas's poetry has finally found a voice, in the form of a novel...

Bhuri Bai: The Bhil Artist Who Carried a Village into the World

Bhuri Bai once carried bricks at Bharat Bhawan- the Bhopal art centre- for daily wages, unaware that her hands...

The Fascinating World of India’s Lesser-Known Transgender Jogappa Community

The hidden priestesses of Karnataka that nobody discusses in polite conversation, though their music has echoed through temple courtyards...