Ode To The Lotus

Karimnagar Filigree Jewellery “As you make the moonlight the adornment of your bare body and…

Necklace

The Necklace That Touches More Than The Skin

Living for the day and holding it in my palms, is what I feel today,…

Sandstone Jewellery

Song Of The Sandstone Beautifully Balanced On My Heart

Amidst the crowd of buyers and artisans at The Hundred Hands event that’s held in…

Zardosi Art

The Art Of Zardosi

As I navigated my way through the gully of Lucknow, I knew I was walking…

Evil Eyes That Stare At Me

The Evil Eye is synonymous with the city of Istanbul. Everywhere you go, you are…

Ladybugs Or Ladybirds Aren’t Ladies Afterall

Ladybird beetle is no lady after all. She stinks and stings. It has the reputation…

The Pensive Peacock And The Lusty Rabbit Saga

As my train touched Nizamuddin Railway Station, New Delhi. I knew my trip into nostalgia…

The Magic In My Soul

The Mehfil invitation read, look no further, you will soon be transported to the lantern…

Wood and Word

London is one of my favourite cities in the world. I seem to just blend…

The Wishful Waves On The Stormy Seas

Sea Shells are a reminder that nothing is permanent in the fury of the sea.…

Designs of Undivided Bengal

As she walked into the train compartment. She saw the gaps in between the boogies.…

Yearning’s Of A greedy heart.

Love me like no other will. Behold me like no other will. In my madness…

Blue Was My Reflection

The forbidden Apple is fraught with the bad reputation of defiance. It was the union…

The Warriors Of Nagaland And Their Jewellery

As I once again take familiar steps into the known terrain of the North Eastern…

Cross Stitch Crossed Over

Every time I visit home which still remains Delhi because as the adage goes –…

Amruta Dongray’s Abundance Of Amrud

I was navigating my path ahead with trepidation. I knew all along nothing about this…

Revival Of Leather Crafts From Calcutta

Passing by the closed leather tannery in Calcutta, my heart sinks for the closed factories…

Love For Lac

As you travel into Rajasthan you find women wearing the traditional lac bangles. These bangles…

Muffled Cries From The Memories Of My Maangpatta

The Rajasthan Fort Festival held in Meherangarh Fort every winter is a treat for music…

Ornate Combs And More….

My late grandmother who I lovingly called Dida, had thick long hair even at the…

Vanity inside my Little Clutch

My little clutch like the must Have in a woman ’s wardrobe the LBD the…

Art & Culture

Ode To The Lotus

Karimnagar Filigree Jewellery “As you make the moonlight the adornment of your bare body and…

The Slay Queen Ma Durga

It is again that time of the year. When the sun sets with a special…

The New Snob In The Block Called Khadi

When a bright brick red bustier hangs from the mighty colossal hangers of vanity, you…

Story On A Scroll

As you travel to West Bengal, the art form can be distinguished by the identity…

Thrifty Yet Beautifully Artsy-The Kantha Art

The Kantha is the passing of emotion and art, combining the love, fear, and hope…

Song Of Sanganer

Traveling to Jaipur with school friends for my birthday was a trip reminiscing the days…

Beast In Her Eyes And Beauty In Her Soul.. My Lost Banjaran Beauty

Do you recall sights that stay back long after you have left? Traveling through the…

Sindoori Saree and the Hibiscus Flower

Red is the colour of passion. It denotes the feisty spirit of the goddess who…

Desires and Dreams We Fold Into Our Benarasi

Have you ever caught the sunlight on rumpled up silk? When you carelessly keep a…

Benares Where The Looms Continue Irrespective Of Life And It’s Events

Here is India’s largest, at times ludicrous yet all the time thriving and living congregation…