Art

Two companies in India, Avani EarthCraft in the Kumaon hills, and Azafran in Ahmedabad have taken up the initiative to make crayons from natural, plant-based ingredients.

India is full of amazing artists and these 5 women are truly pushing the envelope through their artworks!

Flowers make for popular presents, and while they pop out the colours of your room and make it smell as fresh as a meadow, the glamour only lasts for a couple of days, before you have to throw them away.

Purvi Agarwal is a student of contemporary art at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology in Bengaluru, whose fascination with Dakhini Urdu led to the project.

These remarkable works of art created by the police force of Karnataka will leave you spellbound with their artistic flair and talent.

Shubhashree Sangameswaran pieces together text and simple illustrations to highlight the extensive amount of trashing resulting from our disposable way of living to how one can consciously participate in cutting their wastage down.

Krishikala is a venture spearheaded by Seema Prasad to create awareness about the art form and train rural women artisans to craft gourds into beautiful showpieces and collectibles.

A true celebration of every ethnicity is effortlessly exemplified through its souvenirs and keepsakes, and give one a periscopic insight into a region’s history, culture and geography.

Rabijita Gogoi took up direction at a time when there were very few women directors in India. After directing close to 25 plays in a host of Indian Languages, she is back in Assam for a permanent stint.

Freddie Mercury is globally famous as the lead singer of Queen. During his formative years, he played in a band in a boarding school in Panchgani, Maharashtra.