Arts & Culture
India doesn't have one culture — it has a few hundred, layered on top of each other for four thousand years. This is where we explore all of it: the temples and forts, the classical dances and folk songs, the weaves and the paintings, the saints and the film stars. One article might take you inside a Chola bronze workshop, the next into a Kathakali dressing room or a Kanchipuram loom. Pick a thread below — architecture, music, regional traditions, the people who made the art — or just follow your curiosity. The idea here is to understand where the art came from and why it still matters.
Konyak Naga Facial Tattoos: History Written on Human Skin
The last generation of Konyak Naga men and women who carry the full record of their lineage on their faces...
The Rhythmic Buddhist Chanting of the Monks of Ladakh
In the high-altitude monasteries of Ladakh, the chanting of Buddhist monks is not music in the way that word is...
How Kodava Celebrates Weapons During Kailpodh Festival
The Kodava people of Kodagu in Karnataka are one of the very few communities in India granted the legal right...
Ceremonial Preparation of Karah Parshad in Sikh Gurdwaras
In every Gurdwara, before the service begins and before anything else is offered to the congregation, the Karah Parshad is...
Intricate Kolam Floor Art Drawn Daily in South Indian Homes
Before sunrise in millions of homes across Tamil Nadu, a woman steps out of her front door with a fistful...
Why Toda Tribe Honors Their Sacred Buffaloes in Nilgiri Hills
The Toda people of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu do not simply keep buffaloes. They have organized their entire...
Warli Paintings: Ancient Visual Language of Maharashtra’s Tribes
The Warli tribe of Maharashtra's Palghar district has been painting on the walls of their homes for thousands of years...
Shekhawati Murals and Stories Painted on Desert Walls
The havelis of Shekhawati were built by merchants who spent most of their lives far from home, trading across India...
S.H. Raza and the Bindu: How a Dot Held the Universe
S.H. Raza spent decades painting in Paris before he found the single image that would define everything he had been...
How Abanindranath Tagore Built a Distinctly Indian Art Movement
Abanindranath Tagore looked at the oil paintings filling the walls of colonial Calcutta and made a deliberate decision to turn...
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