Built by Debendranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore’s father, in 1863, the Upasana Ghar is a beautiful structure with marble steps and colourful Belgian glass
We all know that Tagore was primarily a poet. What we do not know well is that he was the founder of new education system.
The people behind Apnar Santiniketan are trying to build up on their idea of heritage tourism with homestay facilities available in cottages, mud-huts, tents, heritage
Tagore went forth, establishing the greatness and glory of music and dance. He invited many great gurus to come and teach at his institute and
Visva-Bharati is the creation of a poet and artist’s imagination. Rabindranath himself called it ‘a poet’s school’, and he virtually thought of Visva-Bharati as a
I would often wander through the open front door and stand in the hollow rooms and gaze at the stains on the whitewashed walls where
This Ministry of Culture event to mark the 125th birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose may enter the annals for reasons not connected to the
Kantha is one of the oldest forms of embroidery originating from India. Its origins can be traced back to the pre-Vedic age. It is a
Two women of Santiniketan, a university which is more green than grey, and is as close to soil as the sky. They chatted, quietly. Here,
I became convinced that as much as I loved to weave on a loom, I loved to get my hands dirty with dyes and paints
The University of Illinois has played an integral role in Visva-Bharati’s history of pioneering scientific experimentation in agriculture as part of Tagore’s ideas.
Paulami Saha is an accessory designer from Nift Hyderabad who is breaking boundaries by upcycling textiles into accessories. Her label 'Paulami' aims at fusing the
Inception In 1921 Leonard K Elmhirst had just graduated from the Cornel University. The young British man, was ruminating over his future course when he
That is how Rathi settled down to the life of a skilled gentleman farmer and continued to apply his knowledge usefully in an experimental farm...
One was his determination to break out of the isolation imposed as much by the Indian past as by colonial rule. The other was in
