Art & Culture Archives

First Indian-American appointed as chair of DMA trustees’ board

by sanjana | Aug 3, 2022

Gowri Natarajan Sharma is the first person of colour to be appointed as Chair of the Dallas Museum of Art Board of Trustees. She was selected unanimously. Another Indian American, Venugopal Menon, is the Secretary of the...

Keeping Indian mythology alive

by sanjana | Aug 2, 2022

Indian American siblings Nikhita Mahendru and Vikram Mahendru launched a dedicated portal of short videos with animated content on the stories of Ramayana, Mahabharata, Gita, Indian gods and festivals of...

Interpreting Geometries

by sanjana | Aug 1, 2022

As his tenure ended, President Ram Nath Kovind received the first copy of Interpreting Geometries, a book on the unique and intricate flooring patterns of Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1929 as the abode of the Viceroy of...

Lockdown unlocked his writing potential

by sanjana | Jul 31, 2022

It was during lockdown that the Sydney-based 15-year-old wrote his debut novel, and got his book The Boot House Breakthrough published in 2022, which tells the story of three friends who connect with each other in life changing...

Inspiring kids through her books

by sanjana | Jul 30, 2022

Born in Kolkata, children’s book author Mitali Perkins migrated to America with her family when she was seven. The protagonists in her books talk about South Asian children caught between cultures, weaving in questions of identity, culture and...