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Jaipur Then & Now. Hawa Mahal in old & new pictures. Exploring Hawa Mahal in pictures through its history in this Jaipur blog.

It is a cool midsummer’s evening in Mayfair’s Cork Street – the nucleus of London’s contemporary art world. Number 33 is the professional home of Prahlad Bubbar – collector of Indian and Islamic art – and the location of his new exhibition, The New Medium: Photography in India 1855-1930. The New Medium is a neat survey of…

Mass migration during independence of India and Pakistan

Dance

Fehmeed Siddiqui with wife Nargis Jahan. Karachi, Pakistan, 1975. Image and Narrative contributed by Late Nargis Jahan, Karachi, Pakistan Volunteer Assistance :

I went up to the Webb Road Flea Market today (Sunday). It's on I-85 about ten miles northeast of Concord, almost up to Salisbury. It's a series of big old sheds, maybe eight or ten, linked by passages, with booths with rough wooden tables and ever kind of low-rent flea market goods you can imagine. If you want your ferret, you can find it there, your bong, your airbrushed t-shirt or front license plate that shows a Smiley Face With A Bullet Hole, your barbeque pork rinds, your mangoes (at…

Random aesthetics

Here's a look into the iconic actress, Nirupa Roy's life, which was full of both bitter and sweet experiences. From having an illustrious acting career to