A Christmas at Kotgarh
byKotgarh (Shimla Hills): The British are said to have set foot in Kot-guru (as it was known then) the first time around 1813. A small…
Culture
4,000-year-old spearheads found in Mexico
byMexico City: Researchers have discovered 4,000-year-old spearheads and other artifacts at a site in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and…
Life beyond needle, thread: Designers explore new creative mediums (2012 in Retrospect)
byNew Delhi: From entering lifestyle space, writing books to becoming an entrepreneur, the year 2012 saw a bevy of designers like Rohit Bal, Suneet Varma…
Kullu – Manali weavers get down to shawl making for summer tourists
byKullu: As winters and the accompanying cold encroaches upon the valley, villagers have pulled out their handlooms to start weaving the much in demand…
Leading still-life photographer essaying Indian migration
byNew Delhi: The hybrid life of migrant Indians, their longing to connect to their homeland and their histories have been translating themselves into narrative photo-essays…
A Taj litfest to project literary heritage of Braj
byAgra: Renowned writers like Ruskin Bond and Shobha De, director Muzaffar Ali, humourist Surendra Sharma and scores of literary luminaries from the Braj area will…
Indian-Americans emerge from the shadows (2012 in Retrospect)
byWashington: Prominent in administration, well educated and well-heeled, with their population touching three million, Indian-Americans emerged from the shadows to join politics in large numbers…
Postcard art by Benodebihari, Nandalal Bose in capital
byNew Delhi: Away from the sculptures and lyrically colourful religious paintings, two masters of the Bengal school of art – Benodebihari Mukherjee and Nandalal…
Ravi Shankar gets Lifetime Achievement Grammy
byWashington: Indian music legend Pandit Ravi Shankar has been named a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award recipient, a day after his death at 92 in a…
RIP Ravi Shankar: the sitar gently weeps
byNew Delhi: He was a classical musician in the purest sense and was also dubbed the ‘godfather of world music’ by Beatles friend George Harrison….