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By Nilima Pathak, Special to Weekend Review
Articles from the author
Delicacies from an old, winding street
Despite dwindling crowds and lukewarm business in recent years, nothing trumps Old Delhi's Paranthe Wali Gali for service and taste
6m read
For the love of photography
Award-winning Indian photographer Pablo Bartholomew dropped out of school to pursue his passion — capturing places and people in a documentary style
6m read
300 artists, 10 exhibitions at Dhaka Art Summit
With a core focus on Bangladesh, the event reviews different forms of art in both regional and international context
4m read
Paying for the crimes of their parents
Niroja Laxmi Mohaptra has found her calling in helping children who end up behind bars when their parents are serving a jail sentence
5m read
A perfect blend of art and fashion
Vidhi Singhania is determined to promote and protect Indian textile as a form of art, history and heritage
9m read
A hollow pipe transforms lives of farmers
Naireeta Services, a social enterprise co-founded by Trupti Jain, is providing sustainable water management solutions for drought-affected smallholders
6m read
Zardozi workers struggle to make ends meet
The traditional Indian embroidery worked with gold and silver thread is centuries old but new pressures are turning many artisans away from the craft
8m read
Afghan women in India find hope in the kitchen
Living in India’s capital is tough, but the women are winning people over with their culinary skills
7m read
A unique folk and neglected arts museum
Founded in 1984, a private museum in Gurugram, India, showcases rare artefacts collected by art historian and painter K.C. Aryan for posterity
7m read
A village where every home is a studio
Raghurajpur, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, is famous for pattachitra — cloth-based scroll paintings featuring religious themes
8m read
Tribute to a Maratha warrior
Ram Sutar has been commissioned to build the world’s tallest mid-sea memorial
5m read
India’s Robin Hoods
Two friends made it their mission to redistribute food to the homeless in the country, and now their initiative is spreading worldwide
5m read
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