Traditionally, the time between December mid to January middle is the holiest month of the year for Indian Hindus, with the entire month being devoted only to God. No marriages, engagements take place and people don’t move into new houses or start a new business. So as the new month of Thai begins on January…
This year, the single most popular thing for Navaratri was Kundan stone kolam stickers. Well these aren’t new exactly and have been around for the last couple of years within the craft community, but this year, they are everywhere and its huge. So not wanting to be left out, even I made some of these…
Somewhere in 2011, Pearl of Beadinggem wrote a post on celtic and Viking motifs. I left a comment on that stating the fact that the celtic knot is a common motif used in Indian embroidery. Soon a discussion started, that run into multiple mails and I eventually told her that I would write a post…