Art & Culture

The demise of Gayatri Devi, the Rajmata of Jaipur, marks the end of the final chapter of the glory days of princely India. The Rajmata ……Read More

Once considered sacred religious motifs to be kept in a sanctum meant for secret rites, ancient Buddhist art is gradually coming out of the closet ……Read More

Shards of an Islamic ceramic vase have been excavated at the former site of Heijokyo palace, in Japan, dating back to the 8th century, making ……Read More

The quintessential Bombay song is of course, Eh dil hai mushqil jeena yahaan from the film CID, lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. When Naresh Fernandes and ……Read More

Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi has been reincarnated as Van Jones, the celebrated American civil rights and environmental activist who was named Time magazine’s ……Read More

Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik paid tribute to the ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson who died of a cardiac arrest, by creating a sand image of ……Read More