Guajarati, Rajasthani communities all set to celebrate Holi

The Jain community celebrating one of their festivals at Sowcarpet in Chennai G G Vandana Jain greets us with a Vanakkam, hands folded. Her flawless Tamil makes one doubt her Rajasthani roots. I was born and brought up in Chennai and have been ...

Put Vasundhara Das and Rajasthani Sufi singer Mir Mukhtiyar Ali in a concert hall, and their voices could fill it with their power and purity. So it's unclear why the duo's voices are boringly offset with the hackneyed drums-guitar-bass of a ...

The Marwaris represent the only business community one would truly call pan-Indian. For a cluster of Bania/Jain merchant castes originally from the Marwar (Jodhpur), Bikaner and Shekhawati desert tracts of Rajasthan, their sinking roots into the ...

A three-day International Seminar on Rajasthan Miniature Paintings has begun here today at the National Museum. Inaugurating the seminar, the Union Culture Minister Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch has said that there is a need to provide training to ...

Browse more on » Fashion, Media Advisory One of the garments that Gaurang Shah has created uses 28 metres of fabric. It will be worn by a model with a 28-inch waist His creations will be presented on March 25-2013 on the India Textile Day The ...

Over the past year, chefs from various hotels across the country have started dishing out 'veg meat' using raw jackfruit. Eat it ripe or make chips, payasams, cakes, and ice-creams out of it, jackfruits have a wide range of culinary applications.

prabhjeet singh sethi discovers the historical depth on offerTHERES a lot more to Patiala than the peg measure the place is associated with in moments of conviviality. Apart from the cuisine, it is also known for its cloth, footwear and turban ...

India News: The never-ending saga of the Gupta family continues in South Africa. President Zuma, including his children who are all closely associated with the Gupta family including business ventures could face a wave of embarrassment from the ...

Secret Retreats has extended its property portfolio to include four new hideaway retreats located in Thailand, India and China. Established in 2012, Secret Retreats continues to grow with its property portfolio and now features 35 resorts situated ...