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Folk art

  • Moving from scrolls to key chains, an art form from Telangana fights to stay relevant

    Moving from scrolls to key chains, an art form from Telangana fights to stay relevant

    Arti Das
    · May 19, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • If this rare Kolkata museum shuts down, Bengal will lose a part of its soul

    If this rare Kolkata museum shuts down, Bengal will lose a part of its soul

    Sujaan Mukherjee
    · Feb 26, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • Frogs have an abiding presence in Indian art and mythology. Then why don’t we try to conserve them?

    Frogs have an abiding presence in Indian art and mythology. Then why don’t we try to conserve them?

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Feb 03, 2018 · 03:30 pm
  • The next generation of India’s folk artists is breaking from the traditions of their parents

    The next generation of India’s folk artists is breaking from the traditions of their parents

    Chanpreet Khurana
    · Jan 29, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • Phad paintings: Rajasthan’s travelling temples are fading away after half a millennium

    Phad paintings: Rajasthan’s travelling temples are fading away after half a millennium

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Oct 14, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Watch: The story of New Delhi’s puppeteers who have been hit hard by a demolition drive in the city

    Watch: The story of New Delhi’s puppeteers who have been hit hard by a demolition drive in the city

    Venkataraghavan Rajagopalan
    · Sep 27, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Sex selection, Bollywood, urban chaos: Madhubani art is finding new themes after decades

    Sex selection, Bollywood, urban chaos: Madhubani art is finding new themes after decades

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Aug 03, 2017 · 01:30 pm
  • Photos: A pattachitra artist draws from Hindu mythology without depicting anything religious

    Photos: A pattachitra artist draws from Hindu mythology without depicting anything religious

    Aakash Karkare
    · Apr 12, 2017 · 03:30 pm
  • Indian folk art meets Picasso in an Assamese artist's latest work

    Indian folk art meets Picasso in an Assamese artist's latest work

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Oct 26, 2016 · 12:30 pm