artists
Deaf-mute Kashmiri woodcarver’s work leaves world speechless
Woodcarver Muhammad Yusuf Muran of Srinagar is known to be the man with golden fingers. His Midas touch on his family’s 200-year-old craft amplifies Kashmir’s handicraft heritage.
Bayalu Chitralaya: Karnataka village eyes reclaiming artistic past
Plans are afoot to make Sonangeri host art and artists where an experiment to make the walls of the village an art canvas in the 1990s had a huge success.
Bengal’s farmers are behind Kolkata’s stunning Durga Puja pandals
Designing and building the temporary pavilions that house the deity during West Bengal’s biggest annual festival remains the preserve of rural artisans — chiefly farmers and folk artists — despite an increasing presence of professionals from creative arts in this field
Indigenous art forms of Santhal Pargana are in need of revival
The last few practitioners of Chador Badoni, a form of puppetry, and Jadu Patiya, a form of painting and story telling, say their art forms may soon be lost to modern times unless there is a serious attempt to revive them