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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 cliffs, and roads that climb...

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. That saree comes from a...

‘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...

Ellora Caves: Carved out of a Mountain 

The mountain was carved, cut away piece by piece until a temple stood where solid rock had existed once....

The Return of Saraswati: 11th-Century Goddess Idol in the British Museum

The Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board has accelerated efforts to bring back an ancient idol of Goddess Saraswati from...

From Village Doorsteps to GI Recognition: Bihar’s Pidiya Art Takes Flight

A Forgotten Folk Art Finally Gets Its Due Whenever people talk about the folk arts of Bihar, the first name...