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Pramod Kumar’s new book Posing for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits explores how the arrival of photography in Indian in 1840 sparked an interesting connection between the country’s traditional miniature artworks and portrait photography. Court…

Women traditionally wore various types of regional handloom saris made of silk and cotton textiles, decorated using traditional ikat, block-print, embroidery and bandhani techniques. With its ability to be both cooling in summer and warming in winter the sari developed to be a most suitable and adaptable garment. See more on our BLOG

A brief and non-linear pictorial history of Indian fashion. And the women who are much more than their (often) fabulous clothes. My "avatar" is usually a photograph of the actress Kanan Devi.

Images of an exhibition of photographs of Indian women, taken between the 1850s and 1950s.

Welcome to the world of The Bohemian Masala. This resort is built handcrafted tribal herbal cottages, surrounded by a spacious beautiful restaurant garden with hammocks and lounge area. It is a place you can have a holiday in a natural space away from busy life. The Arabian sea is a few minutes walk away and is situated in Gods Own Country - Kerala.

Mumbai is one of the oldest cities in India. Being the capital of Indian state Maharashtra, it is the fifth most populous city in the world. You could easily say that is because of the

A Blog about Indian Popular Culture.

Today India is famous for the vibrant Bollywood superstars but it wasn’t always like that. Before mass media India was a fairly traditional colony with some western influences. People had to attend concerts in order to hear musicians perform. All of this changed with the invention of the gramophone. It was during this era when singer-dancer […]