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Aparna Kapadia

Tracing change and continuity through a dazzling history of Indian jewellery

Motifs, patterns and technique over the centuries tell an incredible story of cross-cultural exchanges and multitudes of influences that shaped India’s present.

Aparna Kapadia
· Nov 05, 2023 · 11:30 am
Centuries before the Europeans landed, Gujarat’s Cambay was a melting pot of trade and culture

The city’s age-old Indian Ocean connections through the Gulf of Cambay shaped the subcontinent in ways that remain curiously underappreciated today.

Aparna Kapadia
· Aug 14, 2022 · 11:30 am
Gardens in India have surprisingly ancient and sprawling roots

The egalitarian spaces run by municipalities today were once the preserve of aristocrats. Yet both were driven by the impulse to be closer to nature.

Aparna Kapadia
· Dec 19, 2021 · 11:30 am

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