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Aparna Kapadia

A history on foot: How Mumbai’s cosmopolitan past shaped Indian nationalism

A walk through the city’s historic sites finds that the country’s grassroots and community-level resistance runs deep – from the past to the present.

Aparna Kapadia
· Aug 15, 2024 · 07:30 am
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

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