ART & ARTISTES

A soldier and a bindi artist

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Give him a bindi of any size, shape or colour, and he can make an art piece using it. That’s the speciality of Noida-based artist Sheshdhar Pandey. Pandey has much to thank to the humble dot Indian women put on their foreheads, for it is this dot that has given him world-wide […]Read More

DIL SE

It’s a girl, ma’am…..silence

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Heard a woman talking so loudly on her handphone in Delhi Metro on a Monday morning. This woman, in her late thirties or early forties, was talking to her friend about someone, may be her sister-in-law. From what I could gather from the forcible evesdropping (she was so loud, I couldn’t help […]Read More

DIL SE

The Last Leaf

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Small, yet hardly green, It sticks stubbornly to the branch, Against sun and rain, breeze and storm, The last leaf of tree. I know- inside me, I will live as long as this leaf, Gently moving in life, As it sways in gentle breeze, Or going through a storm inside me, As […]Read More

HERITAGE & CULTURE

Tripolia Gate

Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Tripolia Gate on the GT Karnal Road near Rana Pratap Bagh is one of the many heritage monument in the city that have been lying in dilapidated state. Uncared for by the authorities, this historic gate once stood guarding the entrance to Delhi. Tripolia Gate, meaning the triple gateway, was built during […]Read More

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