Share By Shraddha Sankhe: Some months ago when I witnessed one Mumbai’s elite school’s bus being ‘ruined’ by its own gang of school boys-I was caught by surprise. Ruined here, I meant, spray painted in black, blue and purple colored graffiti. To add to the rising ‘culture’ of graffiti by Aerosol paint (also called spray paint) and with [...]
Share By Bindu N Doddahatti: India is blessed with rich culture and heritage. India’s culture is one of the oldest in the world. Right from the medieval period there prevail various cultural diversities in dances, languages, religions, people, their customs and festivals. Indian art and craft has made its special place internationally. The history of [...]
Share By Sahiba Singh: Classical dancing For me the summer vacations meant lots of new hobbies and among them were the Kathak classes, which never clicked for me. Maybe dancing was never my cup of tea. But there are many who enjoy dancing. The only thing I can say to them is if you are [...]
Share By Nehal Jain: Paintings can be aforementioned as one of the earliest art forms by the man. The origins of painting initiate from as early as pre historic times. Since prehistoric times, the art of paintings have seen a drastic change. The progression of painting through the centuries has imbibed in itself the various [...]
Share By Manali Misra: The sounds of “veena” and “pakhawaj” filled the whole city as the Palkhi reached Pune on 5th of July. Palkhi is a 1000 – year old tradition which was started by some saints of Maharashtra and is still continued by their followers called as warkaris (people who follow a wari, a [...]
Share Joydeep Sanyal: I fondly remember my childhood days when I used to eagerly wait for the month of “ASHAR” , a month in the Bengali calendar starting from mid June to mid July. The heavy showers of monsoon accompanied with the sweet fragrance of mother earth would be enough for bringing a smile to [...]
Share Aakshay Subramaniam: As the people in Coimbatore gear up for probably the biggest occasion the city has ever faced, there are a few who amid the excitement, debate among themselves – this is sure going to be great or maybe this is just another blind-folded scandal? “Part of your heritage in this society is [...]
Share Sampa Kundu: Women everywhere are connected with honor of their men, family, clan, caste and nation. The former ‘holy’ Indian priests and religious preachers said that women are not worth of independence and they must be subjugated by the male members. Further, they added, women’s sexual purity should be maintained in order to keep [...]
Share Shivani Ghildiyal: What prompted Mark Twain to describe this country as the land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants, and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle, the country of [...]
Share Maria Thomas: Culture remains to this day one of those words that are so fraught with meaning that it is often misunderstood. For some, culture simply refers to the traditions and norms of an area, whether musical, artistic or otherwise; to others it acts as a benchmark for artistic knowledge. Many tend to use [...]
