Three hours at the Kala Ghoda Festival 2014 (phew)

- By Aishwarya Pramod General scene at Rampart Row Queen of Hearts sarees and fabric stall (run by mother and daughter) Inability of my mot...

Festival season at Kumbharwada, Dharavi

- by Deepa Krishnan With Diwali around the corner, the kilns at Kumbharwada are going non-stop. If you go now, you will see women and men wo...

Visiting Belapur's Palm Beach Road (and checking out the mangroves)

- By Deepa Krishnan A couple of weeks ago, I went with my sister Roopa to the inauguration of her friend's furniture showroom in Belapur...

Shaleychya Dabyaala Kaai Baai Deu?

- By Deepa Krishnan Sometimes you spot something in a bazaar and an entire culture comes alive in a tiny little flash of insight. I was walk...

Kolhapuri chappals

- By Deepa Krishnan When I was in college, it was quite cool to wear kolhapuri chappals. In fact, every self-respecting college going kid w...

Another musical Sunday

- By Deepa Krishnan I am having a magical Sunday morning, listening to this great lady sing.  This is M S Subbulakshmi, and she is singing S...

The Perfect Balance

- By Aishwarya Pramod My college, like a lot of other schools and colleges, organizes a ‘Traditional Day’ every year – a day when everybody ...

How to Buy a Saree Blouse

- By Deepa Krishnan If you're female and Indian, there's one absolutely essential skill you must learn: how to buy the perfect blous...