Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Pained at the deteriorating quality and quantity of ‘hand-crafted’ Phulakris, Shreya Mehra founded ‘Aab’ last year. A media graduate from the London School of Economics and Political Science, Mehra strongly believes in preservation of traditional handicrafts. “But this can only be done if there is a demand for them. And demand can […]Read More
Welcome to the Interviews section of Life and More — a space where powerful voices share authentic stories, struggles, breakthroughs, and wisdom.
We bring you exclusive conversations with entrepreneurs, creators, industry leaders, authors, artists and inspiring individuals who are shaping the world around them. Uncover insights on success, personal growth, mindset, resilience, and purpose.
Guru Vijay Shanker As a tribute to his mentor Pt Birju Maharaj, Pune based Kathank exponent Dr Pandit Nandkishore Kapote has instituted an award in his name. The first award was given to Padma Shri Shovana Narayan Traxl and Pandit Deepak Maharaj, youngest son of Pt Birju Maharaj on May 14. An ace Kathank exponent […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Dahlia Aggarwal, 25, got acquainted with art at a very young age, courtesy her mother Monica Aggarwal. The teachers at her school (Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi) encouraged her, helped her hone her skills. “I would say that most of my art education happened preparing for art competitions that I regularly […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Born and brought up in Delhi, Vibha Malhotra works as an engineering manager in a software organisation. But at heart, she is a writer, a poetess at that. Last month, she came out with a book of poems, Loveflakes: Memories of Mirages. Excerpts from an interview: So how did a software engineer […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Neera Misra, an Independent Research Scholar focused on Vedic and Mahabharata period history and culture and its socio-cultural impact, has come out with an interesting book, Ganga – The River of Sanatan Civiisation. The book was released late last week by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at The Ashok, Chankyapuri in New […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha An interesting photo exhibition is presently on at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi. Titled 23 Grams of Salt, the exhibition showcases photographs of the places Gandhi passed through during the Salt March also called as Dandi March in 1930 while he protested against the salt tax levied by the British demanding […]Read More
Ever since Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India, he has been targeted and vilified, more recently, his opponents got another chance to pounce upon him citing incidents of communal violence in some parts of India. Though Hindu community was a target in all these reportedly orchestrated incidences, the opposite picture was presented by […]Read More
How a research-based blog on Indian crafts turned into an
Upasana Kaura Launched as a social enterprise with a mandate to research, document, showcase, handicrafts and heritage in 2009, today, Gaatha is a one of its kind e-commerce platform that sells Indian handicrafts and heritage items, both décor as well as utility. The platform It has over 250 artisans on board from across the country. […]Read More
The incidents of stone pelting on Hindu community’s processions by members of Muslim community recently led to a spate of comments by the Left or Left-Liberal academicians, office bearers of foreign NGOs etc who paint a distorted picture of situation in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance. Life & More has been trying to […]Read More
On Ram Navami and Hanuman Janmotsav, India witnessed two different scenarios. On the one hand, people appreciated Muslim community welcoming the participants of processions (Shobha Yatras) with flower petals and sweet-water (Sharbat), on the other, processions were pelted, shots fired on police in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and other states of India, allegedly by few members […]Read More