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Love Museums? Celebrate International Museum Day Playing Treasure Hunt With...
Museums have always had an amazing ability to take you to places that you have never been and to time periods many centuries before you were even born, without moving an inch. Admit it, museums are...
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Meet the Desi Artisans Whose Contemporary Take on Traditional Indian Arts Is...
Combine western funk with eastern artistry and you have Funky Kalakar! With the invasion of mass production in practically everything we buy, traditional practices of Indian artisans and craftsmen,...
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TBI Blogs: This Couple Is Trying to Preserve Telangana’s Fascinating Cheriyal...
An hour’s drive from Hyderabad is the village of Cheriyal in Telangana. Here is where the famous ‘Cheriyal Scrolls’ come from. These canvas scrolls, made from khadi, are hand-painted in a style unique...
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TBI Blogs: From Chola Bronzecraft to Kottan Crafts, Delve into Puducherry &...
South India, especially the regions of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, is endowed with many crafts that have been practiced for many centuries. Many of these crafts are millennia old, and continued with...
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Think You Know Your City? These 6 Heritage Walks Will Help You Discover a...
In a vibrant nation like India, history experienced through immobile objects of museums and libraries can be limiting. You need to stroll around a city like a flaneur to hear the stories from people,...
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TBI Blogs: This Team Collected over ₹50,000 in Just 10 Days for a Museum Walk...
On World Museum Day (May 18), we at Sahapedia felt that the only way to truly share our love for museums was to create the opportunity for children, who might not have otherwise had the chance to...
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Forgotten Tales: Here’s Why Hyderabad’s Mah Laqa Bai Should Never Be Forgotten!
Deccan India was significant for its strong female characters. One of them was Mah Laqa Bai Chanda, an 18th-century poet and courtesan from Hyderabad. She was an influential woman and advisor in the...
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After Years of Delay, Delhi’s Jama Masjid Will Soon Get the Treatment It...
In 2004, it was realised that one of the largest mosques in India – Jama Masjid – was in urgent need of repair. The issue of its degradation was highlighted through a Public Interest Litigation, but...
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Toiling for Three Decades Without Recognition, Weavers Finally Get Some Help
Textiles from India formed the majority of products the British traded in, during the colonial era. Thousands of mills churned out hundreds of metres of cloth. With time, trade died down, and support...
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At This Ancient Seaside Haven in Kerala, Ships Are Built Entirely By Hands!
To an undiscerning tourist, Beypore, — a nondescript port town on the outskirts of Kozhikode (erstwhile Calicut) — may feel like just another sandy shore on the beautiful northern coast of Kerala. But...
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Here’s Why the Maharashtra Government Has Handpicked Five Forts as ‘Model...
Forts have been monuments of great glory and pride since historical times. They attract tourists and trekkers and are keepers of history. In October 2016, the central government had undertaken an...
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Crowd-Funding, Students Come Together to Revive French Heritage Buildings
India and France will come together yet again to revive their rich cultural ties with a twist, thanks to the efforts of a conservation architect, the French Embassy and Institut Francais. The...
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Slum to Cultural Hub: Vivekananda’s Home Has a Journey as Eventful as His Life!
The ancestral home of the great Swami Vivekananda has stood tall since the 18th century. But the iconic monument went into disrepair until 1962, when the Ramakrishna Mission authorities decided to take...
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This Woman Stayed Alone In A 143-Year-Old Dark, Damp Fort For A Unique Project
Meja is a small village in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan with a population of around 10,000 people. The men are usually involved in agricultural activities or work as labourers in the factories of the...
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Padmaavat: 7 Monuments That Formed The Backdrop For India’s Epic Love Stories
From magnificent forts to dreamy palaces, India has a plethora of historical buildings that bring with themselves hundreds of years of human history. With intriguing legends and folklore, many of these...
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Netaji’s Home & Ancient Stupas: Bengal’s New Tourism District is A Must See!
Kodalia district, in South 24-Parganas, will be a one-of-a-kind tourist district, if the West Bengal Government’s plans to combine two sets of historical sites are successful. While the sites linked to...
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Why The Forested Wonder of Unakoti Is Tripura’s Best Kept Travel Secret
Among India’s lesser-explored destinations, Tripura takes its name from a word meaning ‘Three Cities’ — similar to the Greek word ‘Tripolis’ — or perhaps from Tripura Sundari, the popular presiding...
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In The Whistling Village of Meghalaya, Every Child Has a ‘Unique Lullaby ID’!
In most ways, Kongthong resembles countless other villages nestled in the lushly-forested East khasi Hills of Meghalaya. Dotted by quaint huts and farms fringed with betelnut trees, this tiny hamlet is...
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Central Govt. to Develop Karnataka’s Hampi as Iconic ‘Adarsh Smarak’ Tourism...
On crossing Bengaluru’s city limits, you immediately notice the change in scenery. Wider roads, less vehicular smog, and abundant greenery. If you happen to travel down the picturesque Tumkur Road,...
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Postcards from the Attic: How 2 Women Are Reviving India’s Near-Forgotten...
In the classic film, Dead Poets Society, John Keating, a character role immortalised by the late Robin Williams, utters few lines that went on to become one of the most iconic quotes in the history of...
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