Into the Desert
“If you are strong enough, you must constantly challenge the boundaries of your comfort zone.” And so I take little sojourns into the unknown. *** This time I am going … Continue reading
Reviews
Reviews that make my day! In my corporate roles I did not enjoy being in the ‘Sales’ function because it is such a tough job. But … Continue reading
Live and Learn – Kite Flying
A chance question to some of the staff at the hotel – led to this plan. We saw some kites in the skies and I asked whether the boys knew … Continue reading
Rangoli – Featuring my Aunts
Here’s a link to lovely film on Rangoli – the folk art of powder painting that was practiced across the length & breadth of India by all housewives. ALL. Video … Continue reading
The Most Important Currency
In a lecture on Buddhism I begin with the fundamental pillars on which the ideology is built : 1) Karma and 2) Self management in ways to eliminate suffering. Karma … Continue reading
Art Connoiseurs – Have you registered yet?
On WOVENSOULS.com – the little gallery of antique art, we welcome art lovers of tribal and ethnic Asian art to sign up here. Once or twice a month I send … Continue reading
Art & Culture Conversations on a Cruiseship
Creating conversations on Asian Art & Culture onboard the ultra-Luxury Cruise Ship Silver Whisper as an in invited guest speaker through a series of 7 lectures over 17 days of … Continue reading
Protected: I met Begum Hazrat Mahal
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
About Jaina Mishra
* My journey in the world of Cultural Art may be viewed in the pages linked below: 1.Textile Art Installation Projects 2. Talks & Lectures 3. Photography Awards 4. Published … Continue reading
The ASTITVA Project – Rescuing Textile Traditions – Chapter 1
ASTITVA = IDENTITY. This project intends to rescue at-risk textile traditions among vanishing cultures in India.
‘Vanishing Cultures’ Exhibition Opens
A few minutes before the exhibition opens: The things in this room – the textiles & the photographs, the stories behind their acquisition, the people in the photos & the … Continue reading
Study Projects
Personal study projects – some undertaken, some planned for the future …