From the Patan Patola sarees of Gujarat to the Pochampalli of Telangana to the Sambhalpuri of Odisha, Ikat has carved a niche in the textile traditions of India. One of …
Judy Frater lived in Kutch for 30 years, during which she co-founded and operated Kala Raksha Trust, a cooperative for women embroiderers, established the Kala Raksha Textile Museum, and founded …
Wendy Werneth is an intrepid traveler, vegan foodie and polyglot. She has travelled over 117 countries so far and as a vegan has explored 30 to 40 countries and written …
Indian scientists have done it again. A new species of moss has been identified by India scientists. The species has been named Bryum bharatiensis. In the year 2016, polar scientists …
India-Cambodia relations go back to the 1st century AD when Hindu and Buddhist religious and cultural influences emanated out of India to various parts of South-East Asia. Cambodians are today …
Hiroyoshi Takeda is a Japanese national working in Tokyo as an artist. He drives around Tokyo in an auto, with pictures of Subramanya (https://youtu.be/AQABlZaHga4). He says that when he was …
This year’s theme: IDY 2021: Be with Yoga, Be at Home, hosted by India’s Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs further encourages yoga practice from home. Over …
Six girls from an indigenous fishing community living in the fringe of the Deepor Beel Wildlife in Assam devised a method to tackle the overgrowth of water hyacinths. Handwoven Moorhen …
Todd Caldecott, medical herbalist and practitioner of Ayurveda, says that while Ayurveda is seen as a profession today, he has always understood Ayurveda to be a spectrum from grandma’s medicine …
In this essay for the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy blog, the author looks at India’s incense manufacturing and distribution industry for insights in understanding the globalization …
Interview with writing coach Otis Haschemeyer
By Stephen Knapp Sometimes people think that ancient Vedic literature no longer has any real usefulness in this day and age. That it is little better than an antique of …
I think it is amazing that these people (Bauls) have managed to find a safe space where they can interact and exchange ideas and have shared experiences. It has been …
On the auspicious day of Paguni Uttiram in the last week of March, the Lord of the worlds is taken out in a procession with his consort across temples in …
Dr Serena Autiero, an Italian researcher, has a deep interest in ancient globalisation, a subject that may at first thought seem to be a paradox. She has researched the archaeology …
