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View of Sikles village in Kaski district. Sikles is located within the Annapurna Conservation Area, in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas. The village is located in the shadow of the Annapurna massif (seen in the backdrop), which includes one peak over 8,000 metres (approximately 26,000 ft), 13 peaks over 7,000 metres (approximately 23,000 ft) and 16 more over 6,000 metres (approximately 20,000 ft).

Priyanka Chharia

Uniting the Living and the Dead: Arghum Ceremony of the Gurungs

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राम सिंह कंवर की भक्ति और मिट्टी का काम/Bhakti, Popular Culture and Clay Work: Inside Ram Singh Kanwar's HouseVideo

बस्तर का गोंचा पर्व/The Goncha Festival of BastarVideo

मेहरु नेताम मुरिया: समकालीन मुरिया चित्रकार/In the words of Meheru Netam Muria, contemporary Muria painterArticle

Guru Padmasambhava: Symbolism and Visual Culture Article

In conversation with Abhijit Gupta: ‘Cookbooks uphold a certain historical moment’Interview

Art N Soul: The Untold Story of the SarabhaisArticle

Art N Soul: Old Symbols for the First CitizenArticle

Under the Shadow of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: Balwant Purandare's Janata RajaArticle

Portraiture of Shivaji Maharaj in Contemporary TimesModule

Emperor as a Metaphor: Shivaji in the Visual Culture of MaharashtraImage Gallery

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Aishwarya Walvekar

Portraiture of Shivaji Maharaj in Contemporary Times

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Aaheli Sen

The Idol Makers of Kumortuli

People Built Spaces

Rituparna Das

Tracing the Culinary Narratives of Bengali Cuisines

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राम सिंह कंवर की भक्ति और मिट्टी का काम/Bhakti, Popular Culture and Clay Work: Inside Ram Singh Kanwar's House

Practices and Rituals People

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बस्तर का गोंचा पर्व/The Goncha Festival of Bastar

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Abhijit Gupta (Courtesy: Abhijit Gupta)

In conversation with Abhijit Gupta: ‘Cookbooks uphold a certain historical moment’

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A Journey through History: J.S. Grewal on Finding a Vocation (1947–64)

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Aishwarya Walvekar

Emperor as a Metaphor: Shivaji in the Visual Culture of Maharashtra

Akoijam Sunita

Laiphadibi: Manipur’s Cloth Dolls and Their Vibrant Lives

Priyanka Chharia

Uniting the Living and the Dead: Arghum Ceremony of the Gurungs

Aakriti Chandervanshi

Maska Bun and Migration: Irani Cafes of Bombay

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मुश्ताक खान

मेहरु नेताम मुरिया: समकालीन मुरिया चित्रकार/In the words of Meheru Netam Muria, contemporary Muria painter

Visual and Material Arts People

Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche

Guru Padmasambhava: Symbolism and Visual Culture

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B.N. Goswamy

Art N Soul: The Untold Story of the Sarabhais

Visual and Material Arts Histories People

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Women of the Gurung household weave together a garland for the departed soul; it is considered an offering that they might need in their journey to the afterlife. Hence, unlike regular floral garlands, these contain food items such as biscuits and snacks (Courtesy: Priyanka Chharia)

Priyanka Chharia

Uniting the Living and the Dead: Arghum Ceremony of the Gurungs

Aakriti Chandervanshi explores the vanishing zeitgeist of Bombay's distinctive Irani Cafes. This iconic cafes, run by generations of Parsis and Iranis, have contributed significantly to Bombay's food culture, ethnic histories and Art Deco architecture.

Aakriti Chandervanshi

Maska Bun and Migration: Irani Cafes of Bombay

The Changpas live in a high-altitude cold desert in Ladakh. They follow a nomadic lifestyle, herding vast flocks of sheep, yak and goat. They harvest fine wool from their livestock, which is used in making Pashmina shawls. Their nomadic lifestyle is under threat from climate change and increasing urbanisation of Ladakh due to tourism. (Photo Courtesy: Lopamudra Talukdar)

Lopamudra Talukdar

Pashmina Wool, Freezing Winters and Nomadic Life: The Changpas of Rupshu

The Karens of the Andaman Islands are an ethnic group who migrated from Burma in the late 1920's. Their small community live a life based on agriculture, hunting, fishing and tourism. (Courtesy: Snehal Kanodia)

Snehal Kanodia

Life at Webi Village : Karens of the Andaman Islands

Library Artifacts

Ministry of Textiles, Government of India

Parākāshthā

मध्य प्रदेश आदिवासी लोक कला प्रकाशन

भिम्मा, Bhimma

Chaumasa

पांडवानी

Chaumasa

महाभारत की वाचिक परंपरा का लोकस्वरूप 'पांडवानी'

Chaumasa

साधना और संघर्ष: परिवर्तन ही श्रेयष्कर है

Chaumasa

साधना और संघर्ष: तीजन बाई से एक भेंट