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As I sipped my tea something peculiar caught my eye. A sequence of pictures hanging on the wall, Shiva sitting with Parvati, a framed Jesus and Mary hanging alongside a collection of calligraphic quotations from the Quran. The majority of the orange wall was adorned with quirky religious artifacts representing all the major religions. This made me sit up and take note of the other diners who had also squeezed themselves in Udaya Hotel in Kovalam, eagerly waiting for their breakfasts to be served.
Kannur, Kerala. With limited time and knowledge of the area, we approached a local asking directions to St. Angelo’s Fort. “St. Angelo’s Fort?†A blank stare, rather many a blank stare and wild gesticulations from one old man (his hands flew like a compass gone haywire), and later from a couple of auto rickshaw drivers. The auto-stand quickly emptied itself of all available autos leaving us worried that the fort might after all be a figment of the tourist department’s imagination. 


Discovering places of historic and artistic value right in the middle of the most popular areas of cities is always a beautiful surprise. In Hyderabad for instance, hardly a hundred metres away from the Nayapul bridge, one can find the Badshahi Ashurkhana. But even knowing of its existence, it is easy to miss the place amongst the huge number of shops lined up on either side.
I first went to Pataleshwar when I was much younger; not young enough to not resist the idea. I was more or less coerced by my mother and cousin. It had been a ‘ladies weekend’ and we (read: them) decided to top-it off with impulsive sojourns around Pune city. Pataleshwar was one. It sounded very religious and a lesson-in-history-in-the-making for my rebelling atheist sentiments. ‘Have a little faith’, said my mother. And so I went along.
Thigma is a traditional tie-dye technique practiced in most parts of Ladakh, India. Its characteristic is the over sized dot pattern that is rendered in vibrant colors on strips of locally produced wool fabric. Women expertly pinch the fabric into a special quadrant pattern which is then dyed in bright ochers, maroons and charcoal blacks to reveal motifs that are at once traditional and almost psychedelic in an earthy ferrous way. Often used in the making of traditional shoes and clothing, its use in contemporary life is sadly limited and diminishing.
An ethereal feeling of having suddenly popped up on the outdoor ‘rolling meadows’ sets of a Bollywood movie is exactly how you feel atop the 1100m high Vagamon. Located on the border of the Idukki and Kottayam districts of Kerala, this less known vignette of the Western Ghats is dotted with postcard worthy hills, verdant valleys and mist shrouded rock cliffs. In the horizon, the Kurisumala, Murugan and Thangal Hills stand guard as long winding roads snake through well tended tea estates which envelope the landscape like a green carpet.Â
Gieve Patel is a poet, physician, playwright and painter all rolled into one, and a retrospective of his works at Chemould Gallery, Mumbai, from the 1970s to 2007 is evidence of how he’s managed to skilfully juggle all these varied interests. Perhaps what helps is that he believes each one is separate and independent of the other. He’s never tried to be multi-disciplinary and sees each discipline as wholly integrated by itself.
Legend has it that after the Taj Mahal was made, Shah Jahan was so impressed with the monument that he ordered to chop the hands of the craftsmen who built it because he did not want a similar monument to be built ever again. Would he have ever known that his own grandson would attempt to build a copy of the Taj Mahal?
Soliloquy is not a term one would usually associate with Noida. This literary device sees a character speaking one's thoughts aloud when alone or regardless of any hearers. It evokes exquisite Shakespearean dialogue and unforgettable characters who debate morality and the meaning of life. For instance, Hamlet’s weighty “to be or not to be†or Prospero’s moving “We are such stuff as dreams are made on.†Noida, on the other hand, is an abbreviation of the rather unpoetic “Naveen Okhla Industrial Development Authorityâ€, which conjures images of concrete apartment blocks, mega malls, call centres, busy highways and vast swathes of construction land. Difficult then, you would think, to bring the two together. The current exhibition of Dhruv Malhotra’s photographs at Photoink, however, may just change your mind.
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