Kolam art, a traditional practice from southern India, involves creating intricate designs on the ground using rice flour or other natural materials ...

Chances are most of you are familiar with yoga, have enjoyed a masala chai, or any tea for that matter, used a loofah, or got your eyebrows threaded. If you've tried any of the above then you are ...

Kathak dancers wear “ghungroo,” or cuffs of jangling ankle bells, while performing the ancient Indian dance form, which is contrasted against American tap in Leela Dance Collective’s “Speak,” set for ...

I HAVE heard it said that modern Indian art is neither modern nor Indian. That, of course, is an exaggeration, and yet it causes one to pause momentarily and cast a backward glance over the centuries.

A centuries-old ivory carving from ancient India, depicting the life of Buddha, has become a centrepiece at the China ...

Discover how India's tattoo culture evolved from sacred tribal traditions to powerful symbols of healing and self-expression.

Shruti Parthasarathy ’24 has been participating in the ancient Indian dance and art form of Bharatnatyam since she was five years old. Over the last three years, she has combined her love for dance ...

Meghaa Modi, the featured Art Alive 2024 Rotunda Designer. Photo credit: San Diego Museum of Art via Instagram Art Alive, the colorful signature fundraiser for the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa ...

Our ancestors didn’t chase intelligence in textbooks they lived it through mindful living, pure food, and connection with the divine. In ancient India, sharpening the brain was not about memorizing ...

Pune: City-based Milind Tulankar, a jaltarang player of repute, has been creating ripples across the world, producing enchanting musical notes by tapping on porcelain bowls filled with water.On Sept ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. By looking back at our origins — through depictions of human nature in ancient art — we can ...