Ancient India is dragged into focus through such eternal lenses as love, art, harassment and moral policing. The past springs to life; it is our present too. https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/books-ashoka-laughed-at-the-same-joke/301324
COLVALE, India — Down a quiet lane in the Goan village of Colvale, opposite a petite white-and-blue church and sheltered from the sun by a cluster of mango trees, stands the house of Wendell Rodricks’s dreams. “It’s a long story,” the celebrated fashion designer said with a smile, before settling in to recount it. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/fashion/museum-costume-goa-india.html
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DUBAI: More than 300 priceless items of jewelry from Saudi Arabia, from Bedouin belts to the brooch of a princess, went on display for the first time in Dubai this weekend, telling the story of the Arabian Peninsula as a crossroads of civilizations and influences. http://www.arabnews.com/node/1475196/lifestyle
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An exhibition of stamps from the Ewari Family Collection is a window to the Nizam of Hyderabad’s British allegiance and his architectural finesse. https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/leaving-a-stamp-on-history-pramod-kumar-kg-5632810/
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On display at Bikaner House, New Delhi, these stamps were among the first in the world to showcase the architecture and heritage of the region https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/rare-postal-stamps-ewari-collection-nizam-of-hyderabad-on-display-at-bikaner-house-new-delhi/#s-custthe-first-stamp-of-hyderabad-is-one-of-the-finest-example-stamps-featuring-calligraphy-photograph-courtesy-the-ewari-collection-year-of-issue-1869
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The use of exquisite calligraphy, multifarious languages and architectural tropes in these stamps demonstrates the far-reaching influence that Hyderabad had on the other Princely states. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/mar/06/a-stamp-of-history-from-the-nizams-era-1947452.html
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Do not miss the philately exhibition titled ‘Property of a Gentleman, Stamps from the Nizam of Hyderabad’s Dominion’, if you happen to be in Delhi between March 9 and 24 http://new.outlooktraveller.com/travelnews/story/69303/stamps-from-the-nizam-of-hyderabads-dominions-comes-to-delhi
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Ten years of The Gujral Foundation and plans to activate an arts community are just the latest for this fashion icon and art patron Feroze Gujral is in London when we get her on the phone, at the Tate Modern. Though we aren’t privy to the why of her visit, as one of India’s leading
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The Office of the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, the Mumbai Police Foundation and Tata Trusts have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a two-pronged project to conserve and archive historic police records, and to plan for a Police Museum. This will be the first such Police Museum.
Princess Esra lent a royal touch to the release of the Treasures of the Deccan – Jewels of the Nizam in Hyderabad’s Chowmahalla Palace on Thursday evening.
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