Art

Devshri Chandrakar has been living with bipolar disordersince she was 19 years old. She used art to cope with her mental illness after her college denied her graduation degree.

India has witnessed the birth of hundreds of beautiful art forms, some of which have stayed on for generations. Here are 10 art forms that were recognised and given a GI Tag.

Prachi Dhabal Deb quit her job as a financial analyst to become a cake artist and eventually got a chance to learn royal icing from England’s master baker. Here's her journey!

Looking for a good book to curl up with this winter? Here are 22 of this year’s bestsellers across genres -- from romance to thrillers and poetry -- that you need to check out.

Here is how the centuries-old Bidri art made its way through Persian sultans to India, and how it continues to mesmerise connoisseurs today.

In Tamil Nadu, 100-odd families of the Oddar community in the hamlet of Thammampatti have been making wooden art pieces with intricate details for over 75 years. Watch this video to see why their work is monumental.

Chhaya Meena is a homoeopathy doctor, who left her practice to nurture her art business. She creates and sells art pieces on Instagram and teaches various traditional Indian art forms online.

Minakshi Khati from Kumaon, Uttarakhand started Minakriti: The Aipan Project by collaborating with village women to revive the dying art form.

White, lightweight, and sustainable, Indian cork or sholapith is a natural raw material available in West Bengal and Odisha. Here’s how it is used as a sustainable alternative to thermocol.

MeMeraki founded by Yosha Gupta is a ‘culture-tech’ platform with online art and craft masterclasses taken by some of India's best traditional artists and artisans.