“The details are not the details, they make the design.” – Charles Eames Every single time, we come across a creative person, who is spreading ‘Indian-ness’ across the globe, whilst upholding India’s ‘craft-culture flag’ up high, we get very excited. The ‘Modern India’ collection, launched by
How often do you feel intrigued, inspired and joyous after a conversation with a person you don’t know at all? I don’t know about you but it certainly is ‘rarest of rare’ occurrence for me. This is what I experienced while speaking to Hema Kannan,
‘What exactly does the word ‘Heritage’ refer to?’, I hear you ask. Well, I understand it to be an amalgamation of our traditions, our values, customs, our celebrations, our phenomenal crafts as well as our literature and culture. Every region of India has its very
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss’s pearls of wisdom…Words tend to have a profound effect and become even more special, when written in scripts that are familiar. For me, the power
A couple of years back, on one of my visits to Kolkata, I happened to walk past Elgin Road on a sunday evening and stopped to hear some extremely melodious music. I learnt from a friend that a social enterprise called Banglanatak dot com creates a cultural
I had been in Delhi for the wonderfully, long summer holidays and squeezed in many a visit to artisans, designers and independent retailers, which was as always, satisfying and fun. However, one of my ‘bestest’ afternoons’ was spent at the ever so brilliant ‘Desert Weaves’ organised