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Aditya Sisodia The exhibition titled “Mapped!” held at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai shed light on the historical methods of mapping, particularly the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India (GTS) conducted during the British colonial period. The exhibition, organised in partnership with the Rotary Club of Bombay, curated by heritage management firm PastPerfect, and supported by […]
Niveditha Ajay A room made infinite by mirrors across every surface including the floor, with bunches of flowers hanging from the ceiling. As you walk closer to the bundles of luscious green leaves, yellow, pink, and purple flowers, sensors cause them to lift- forming a semicircle where the viewer stands. This is teamLab’s Hanging Flower
Aditya Sisodia Museums had long served as custodians of history and repositories of cultural treasures, dating back to ancient times when Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum in Mesopotamia pioneered the concept of curated collections. Today, museums have proliferated exponentially, holding artefacts and nations’ collective cultural wealth. However, can museums transcend their role as mere storehouses of historical relics?
Kritika Verma This long-read-research article about Street Art- Graffiti in the Indian context brings multi-layer ideas about social life and street art as a context itself. Read the first part of this research article here: Street Art and Graffiti In Indian Public Spaces. Read the Second article: Historical Background of Graffiti and Street Art in
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Pratiksha Shome The root ‘yam’, which means to hold or support, is where the term ‘yantra’ originates from in Sanskrit. As a result, a yantra is thought of in metaphysical terms as a container for the purest spiritual essence. A Yantra is a pure geometric arrangement made up of the original, most fundamental shapes. These
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Kritika Verma This Article is the second part of research on 17th Century Krishna Leela’s painting; it illustrates the text of devotional songs, a genre known as Krishnalila. The first part of this Article: The Hidden Metaphors in the 17th Century Krishna Leela Painting from Nepal A third aspect of reading and separating an entirely
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Niveditha Ajay The people of Bexhill-on-Sea woke up to a vandalised installation earlier this year. The piece, titled ‘Seated’, featured a bronze sculpture of a Black woman leisurely taking a seat that was spray painted white by the vandals. The artist, Tschabalala Self notes the nature of the act as being heavily motivated by a
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Kritika Verma This was my first official internship in a different country, Nepal, at the Patan Museum, Lalitpur, Nepal. The Patan Museum was inaugurated in 1997 by his Late Majesty Bir Bikram Shah. The museum quadrangle, known as Keshav Chowk, takes its name from the temple in the centre of the central courtyard and is
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Pratiksha Shome Tantra is an esoteric yoga system that emerged in both Hinduism and Buddhism on the Indian subcontinent beginning in the middle of the first millennium CE. The term tantra also refers to any structured, broadly applicable “text, theory, system, method, instrument, technique or practice” in Indian traditions. These practises are known as Mantramrga
The Misunderstood Aspects of Tantra: What Tantra Actually is? Read More »
Pratiksha Shome Tantra has questioned religious, cultural, and political norms all throughout the world since its origin to the present. Tantra, a philosophy that first appeared in India about the sixth century, has been connected to numerous revolutionary movements, from its early transformation of Buddhism and Hinduism to the Indian independence movement and the
Rolling Stones’ Logo out of Kali’s Tongue: The Journey of Tantrism to East and West Read More »