Art

In Kerala's Peruvemba village, one family has been making the Mridangam, a Carnatic instrument, for four generations. They make two types of Mridangams - Ech and Thag.

Ganjifa is an ancient Indian card game that originated in the Mughal era, popular not only among aristocrats, but also the locals. Today, the cards are made in the homes of a handful of artists, and played by even fewer people.

Lokesh Verma from Delhi is an internationally renowned tattoo artist and owner of Devil'z Tattooz. His client base includes celebrities such as Swara Bhaskar, Ishan Sharma and Umesh Yadav. He talks about his humble beginnings, and how he got this far.

In 1975, Prabir Das, a ventriloquist from Kolkata bagged his own show on Doordarshan Bengali to showcase his extraordinarily artful talking doll, 'Michael'.

Ravi Bala Sharma, 62, one among several ‘internet dadis’ to join social media to showcase her skills, shares what keeps her going.

From painting on rocks with twigs to having her artwork displayed in UK and USA and being conferred with a Padma Shri for her immense contributions in preserving the traditional Pithora art form, Bhuri Bai from Madhya Pradesh has definitely come a long way.

Vijayanand Shembekar from Maharashtra is one of those passionate people who go to office by day and create breathtaking masterpieces out of waste coconuts by night.

Vijay Sharma from Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba bagged a Padmashri in 2012 for preserving pahari miniatures

Badshah Miyan from Jaipur is known globally for his innate leheriya art preserved for 700-years. The artist has used his skills to make handmade paper.

Having worked at Chandamama for over six decades, Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran is known for his creation of the Vikram Vetala sketches.