Miniature paintings are drawn on a very small scale. If enlarged, they would amaze one with their exactitude. One would fondly recall to mind miniatures on the theme of Radha-Krishna, those of Ragmala series and Nathdwara paintings. Handmade colours, particularly…

Toso preet tod, Krishna, kaun sang jodu-n – If I break the thread of love with you, Krishna, who else would I bond with! Meera’s gopi-bhav of complete surrender to Krishna is seen in all his devotees – ordinary ones,…

Reader’s Trail is the new monthly that hit the stands and the digital space earlier this month. The first issue of the publication for July 2020 is out with some refreshing content! Published by Leading Trails Pvt Ltd, a publishing…

At a time when social media overflows with an instant variety of patriotism that can be worn on the sleeve, an educated busy housewife Smita Dhruv shows what it is with diligent research spanning over seven years, with interruptions because…

  In the sphere of art, everyone swears by Bharata’s Natyashastra. Few have however read Natyashastra shlokas from the source, spread over thirty-six detailed chapters with six thousand of them. The major deterrent is the language, Sanskrit, though simple. At…

  Most of us have an enormous repertoire of memories about growing up with our grandparents and extended family. No matter what the length of time you have spent with your grandparents and cousins, the very thought of them is…

Freshness of ideas on her subject and a simple style of writing in her NavGujarat Samay weekly column during over the last three years have kept me connected with Dr Ranjana Harish even after she retired as Head of the…

At Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum in Ahmedabad, hand-woven Baluchar Silks of Bengal recount untold stories of royalty, as experts uncover the historical significance of this almost-forgotten art form. There have been several occasions when fabled elements that once built up an…

For a feeling to ooze from the mystic source within and form itself into a lyrical expression, the poet needs only to make way for it to flow unhindered and verbally unadorned. The pith of a poet’s expression feels freshly…

23-year-old author Savi Sharma’s second book is about writing new beginnings in life, about starting over – just like her writing, which has grown in the short span of time since her debut novel ‘Everyone Has a Story’ was released…

A Graphic Novel that is easily one of the most important publications of the decade. CY reviews: Days after I read and put down First Hand, the graphic novel continues to linger in my thoughts – more so in the form…

Harry Potter is in London exactly standing on Platform 9 ¾ at King’s Cross Station with wife Ginny Weasley and their 3 offspring — James, Albus Severus and Lily – somewhere exactly where he left us in the last book…