On a veranda with intricately carved and Filigreed doors, Dancing lights and swaying shadows: Etched is childhood, at my grand-mom’s in Dehradoon. We children watched as the kathputliwala outside Made the kathputlis (wooden dolls) Swing up and down...up and down... Long shadows of tunics and lehengas twinkling In beauteous delight - kings, queens, peasants, priests, Villagers, horsemen and weavers at work, what a sight! How fabric and its motifs Flow along with time Moving through differ…

Flux In a fine state of flux We swirl away, as Tradition / avant-garde, Conventional / contemporary Rub shoulders and Vie for space, time, space...space... Making ours such a confusing, challenging Extraordinary moment of existence! Four creative artistes Got together to tell us their stories Which are ours really And we listened rapt, Demolishing some stereotypes Seeing them transform before our eyes! It's time to explore and realise How things are slowly changing with time... The demure ghungh…

Green The essence of earth is Green Awash in golden harvests, A bridal turmeric tinge. পৃথিবীর সার মর্ম সবুজ সোনার অন্নে ঢাকা, গায়ে হলুদ Space The pre-colonial kitchen, was a space between the public and the private, says Dr Dey, where love, warmth and nourishment were exchanged, even with strangers, who could just walk in! Access is something that disappeared with colonization. Kitchens became intensely private places, ensconced within households, and closed to casual visitors. When the…