Just how Orhan Pamuk’s ‘My Name is Red’ experiments with your imagination playing with the myriad hues, shapes, ideas, stories, and colours of the Ottoman Empire; Shekhawati enforces you to envision the tales of the most revered silk route period by carefully imbibing the murals on the walls. These murals are the display of the…
Tag: Art
Kalamkari – Reviving the Ancient Art of Storytelling
by Deepika Dewan Safer, predictable, little adventurous in terms of cuts and (a)symmetries. Such is the fashion code most of us follow these days. Have we ever tried and attempted wearing a piece of mysticism and history – something that goes back to an ancient civilisation, and yet stands out for the beautiful visual delight…
LGBT & Art
by Anushree Ghosh “What is thy name? He said, ‘My name is Love.’ Then straight the first did turn himself to me And cried, ‘He lieth for his name is Shame,” The above lines are extracted from the poem ‘Two Loves’ by Lord Alfred Douglas, where he expresses his passion for his beloved playwright, Oscar…