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Paddy Jewellery: A Farm-to-Finger Story With A Difference

Not gold or silver, it is the humble rice that is finding its way to the hearts of fashionable people....

Beyond Pattachitra and Talapatra Chitra, Here’s a Lesser Known Leaf Craft of Odisha

Weaving palm leaves together to make decoration pieces, and weaving traditional headgears with siali leaves are the ancient crafts of...

Sparrow boxes and a lesson in conservation

Archana Shukla, a biology teacher in a government school in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, teaches her students academics and the need...

Stubble and Sustainability 

Wheat stubble left in the wake of harvesting in May, for instance, is being transformed into consumer goods and artefacts...

The heritage village of Odisha where every single resident is a pattachitra artist

Mohra, Himachal’s Centuries-Old Metal-Craft, is Losing Sheen

Mohra are metal masks depicting the faces of deities, usually cast in brass, which are worshipped in Himachal Pradesh. The...

A forgotten delicacy from Assam: Tita Phool, cooked with broken rice, fish and a lot of love

A writer fondly recalls her grandmother’s special dish made with a special kind of tita phool (bitter flowers) that was...

Tribal History Kept Alive Through Oraon Art

The Oraon community paints the mud walls of their homes once every year. What they paint represents their gotra or...

Varanasi Gears Up for Dev Deepawali — Here’s Why the Festival is Celebrated

Celebrated every year in the sacred city of Varanasi, this festival marks Lord Shiva’s victory over the demon Tripurasur and...

Know why Uttarakhand’s Igas Festival is Celebrated 11 Days after Diwali

Igas festival is a popular festival in Uttarakhand and a state holiday. It is a folk festival and is also...