Art 'n' History

A Festive Tapestry: The Story of India's Saree ...

Somewhere in late September, the cupboard starts filling up differently. The everyday cottons move to one side. The good sarees are the ones with a little more border, a little...

A Festive Tapestry: The Story of India's Saree ...

Somewhere in late September, the cupboard starts filling up differently. The everyday cottons move to one side. The good sarees are the ones with a little more border, a little...

From Loom to Pandal: The Craft Story Behind Every Comfortable Puja Saree

From Loom to Pandal: The Craft Story Behind Eve...

Somewhere in Nadia, West Bengal, a few weeks before Mahalaya, a weaver sits down at a pit loom before sunrise. The shuttle moves left, then right. A thread of white...

From Loom to Pandal: The Craft Story Behind Eve...

Somewhere in Nadia, West Bengal, a few weeks before Mahalaya, a weaver sits down at a pit loom before sunrise. The shuttle moves left, then right. A thread of white...

Little India's Durga Puja: A Story of Community and Craft Far From Bengal

Little India's Durga Puja: A Story of Community...

For six days every autumn, a stretch of Little India stops feeling like Singapore.Somewhere between Farrer Park and the lanes off Owen Road, a marquee goes up. Inside it, an...

Little India's Durga Puja: A Story of Community...

For six days every autumn, a stretch of Little India stops feeling like Singapore.Somewhere between Farrer Park and the lanes off Owen Road, a marquee goes up. Inside it, an...

Anjali & Sindoor Khela: The Story Behind Bengal's Most Sacred Saree Ritual

Anjali & Sindoor Khela: The Story Behind Bengal...

There is a particular sound that marks the start of Ashtami morning in a Bengali household — bare feet on cold floor, bangles knocking against each other, someone calling out...

Anjali & Sindoor Khela: The Story Behind Bengal...

There is a particular sound that marks the start of Ashtami morning in a Bengali household — bare feet on cold floor, bangles knocking against each other, someone calling out...

The Saree You Reach for First: 7 Handcrafted AaMe Sarees for Everyday and Every Occasion

The Saree You Reach for First: 7 Handcrafted Aa...

It's 8:40 in the morning, and you have eleven minutes to leave the house. The cupboard is open, the silk ones are too much for a Tuesday, the printed ones...

The Saree You Reach for First: 7 Handcrafted Aa...

It's 8:40 in the morning, and you have eleven minutes to leave the house. The cupboard is open, the silk ones are too much for a Tuesday, the printed ones...

Garden City, Floral Drapes: Why Bengaluru Falls for Hand-Embroidered and Khadi Sarees

Garden City, Floral Drapes: Why Bengaluru Falls...

Every city has a plant it can't stop growing. Bengaluru happens to be the gulmohar that is a flame-orange spill of petals that lines Cubbon Park every summer and drops...

Garden City, Floral Drapes: Why Bengaluru Falls...

Every city has a plant it can't stop growing. Bengaluru happens to be the gulmohar that is a flame-orange spill of petals that lines Cubbon Park every summer and drops...