ABSTRACT On makeshift stages across London, students from a Tamil Saturday school reenact myths and stories from Sri Lanka. Based on multi- sited ethnographic research across the city, I show how these school plays move difficult and painful cultural memories from the edge of visibility into the public realm. Performed at the Museum of London, […]
Distribution: Where the product is currently available The product is currently available in Bangalore city, India What is it? Explain in non-technical terms the purpose of the project, the intended user and how it is to be used.Bangalore – a dump? Bangalore produces 2000 tonnes of wastes everyday. The centralized government composting plant can handle […]
Weaving is one of the oldest skills known to humans, dating back to prehistory. India has a glorious past in the production of textiles and was especially renowned for printed textiles. The use of printing blocks in India dates back to 3000 B.C., and some historians are of the view that it may have been […]
The man sat working on his loom. There was a beautiful rhythm in the way he seemed to become a part of the machine, both replying to each others slightest movement. A tap of his foot lifted two shafts upwards, a tug on a cord & the shuttle ran with the pick, gliding through the […]
Anees Ahmed S/o Late Mr.Ghanil Ahmed learned the craft of bidri from his father. According to the artisan the craft has been in practice for over 400 years created at the time of the Bahmani Dynasty. Even though Anees is a graduate his interest in the craft tradition led him to make bidriware his career. […]
The stereotypical representatives of India, one interaction with the snake charmers is enough to know why they fascinate and capture every imagination. A people immersed in tradition and colour and opium, they captivate attention easily especially once they begin to play. Their music leaves as much to the imagination as it reveals and today, when […]