Museum City: Stone Art Outdoors / Kathmandu
Some cities have art everywhere you look. The others have museums. When you live surrounded by art, seeing it everywhere you go, without seeking it out, the mentality of the … Continue reading
Counting Passes in the Himalayas
There are hundred of passes or tops in the Himalayas. A small fraction of these have motorable roads built across them. And a smaller fraction of that fraction have been … Continue reading
If We Could Go Back in Time…
If we could go back in time, WHERE would you go? And to which era? This is a great question to ask but a terribly difficult one to answer! Because … Continue reading
Textiles in Jain Paintings
A glimpse of Antique Indian Textiles from Jain Kalpasutra manuscript paintings from Gujarat. Were these textiles printed? Were these woven? Were these embroideries? Are there any surviving examples of textiles … Continue reading
Look What They’re Wearing! Textiles from Temple Murals
One lazy afternoon in a small coastal town in Sri Lanka that I was staying in for 2 weeks. One afternoon, out of sense of ‘not much else to do’ … Continue reading
