Small is beautiful: An artist in Tamil Nadu is carving miniature sculptures on pencil tips

From birds to cars and dripping taps to bookshelves, 24-year-old Kailash Babu has created a world of miniatures.

Akhila Ranganna

· Aug 03, 2019 · 11:30 am

An artist looks at Grimms’ fairy tales and finds sexist stereotypes that are common in India

Akshita Chandra’s project ‘Grimm Reality’ uses illustrations and paper craft to draw parallels across centuries and societies.

Rohini Kejriwal

· Jun 07, 2019 · 11:30 am

An engineer in Canada is urging South Asians to post their family photos and memories on Instagram

With his project Brown History Photo Album, Ahsun Zafar wants to humanise historical narratives.

Damini Kulkarni

· May 09, 2019 · 11:30 am

Ten Indian designers who are reimagining the English alphabet for an Instagram challenge

#36daysoftype calls the global design community to create a letter or number a day for 36 days by interpreting letterforms in interesting styles.

Rohini Kejriwal

· May 05, 2019 · 11:30 am

On a new Instagram account, Indians and Pakistanis are sharing their memories of living in the Gulf

With photographs old and new, Gulf South Asia has set out to highlight the connections between South Asia and the Persian Gulf.

Priyanka Sacheti

· Apr 25, 2019 · 11:30 am

In highlighting India’s cultural diversity, an artist hopes to find her own identity

Agrima Kaji’s illustration series ‘Beauty in Diversity’ spotlights cultural identifiers of Indian states through portraits of women in traditional attire.

Damini Kulkarni

· Apr 14, 2019 · 11:30 am

An Indian artist is drawing attention to women’s fraught relationship with their breasts

With her project Identitty, Indu Harikumar is turning photos of women’s breasts into illustrations and posting them on Instagram with accompanying stories.

Preetha Banerjee

· Feb 23, 2019 · 11:30 am

Indian women are using mobile internet more than ever before, finds a study

Over 40% of Indian women were aware of mobile internet in 2019, as compared to just 19% a year ago, according to a report.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Feb 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

A new Indian zine gives sex education lessons to ignorant millennial men

‘Bedx Talks’ by artists Priyanka Paul and Rushil Bhatnagar is irreverent and inclusive.

Sushmita Sundaram

· Dec 07, 2018 · 03:30 pm

In curious twist to Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie’s battle with T-Series, Indian NGO gets funds bonus

PewDiePie and the Indian media firm are racing to notch up the highest number of YouTube subscribers. CRY is the unexpected beneficiary.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Dec 04, 2018 · 08:10 pm

An artist wants to reignite interest in India’s tribal masks through her illustrations

Pune artist Annada N Menon wants to remind people that traditional masks are not just living room decorations.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Nov 25, 2018 · 11:30 am

On Children’s Day, meet India’s young YouTubers who are gaining fans and earning lakhs of rupees

With charm and smartness, these children are building their brands online.

Saesha Kini

· Nov 14, 2018 · 11:30 am