Shalini Yadav Paints her Spirituality in Sensitivity to Story-telling
Shalini Yadav was displaying her creations at Bikaner House last month. An interesting melange of art fusion with spirituality. ESH ALEKHYA is an ode to the timeless art of traditional Indian devotional paintings. Shalini reimagines her ...
Conference on Rural Buddhist Heritage as a Precursor to an Academy
As a follow up to conservation activities, ITRHD has decided to set up an Academy for Management and Conservation of BUDDHIST RURAL HERITAGE as no such institute exists in the country and furthermore will attract students ...
ITRHD Celebrates Jadhav Kothi as Model Restoration!
Nestled within the city of Gwalior is a rare heritage oasis is this 20-acre rural property, engulfed on all sides by unplanned urban growth, causing pollution and civic damages, is a paradise which belongs to the ...
The Camera, My Second Love: says Sanjay Bhattacharyya
In the year, 1985, I bought my first camera, an Asahi Pentax. Since I didn’t have any idea regarding cameras, my friend Swapan Biswas, who was a professor in College of Art, Delhi, had gone along ...
Where the Art Was
The 15th edition of India Art Fair dazzled as much with the art as it excelled in quality It was hard not to take Neha Kirpal seriously. Sunil Gautam, chairman of the public relations firm Hanmer ...
The Tulip, the Turban Flower of Spring
It’s the time for tulips, diplomacy, and colours of hope. Tracing a recent history of the birth of the bulb, how it got transported into Netherlands, and in more recent times, to the valley in Srinagar, ...
Nurturing Traditions: Azamgarh. Festival Brings its Treasures to the capital
ITRHD, the Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development, organized a two-day festival that brought both recognition and livelihoods to the artisans and performers from Azamgarh. Azamgarh, a district in Uttar Pradesh is just about 100 ...
Stories in Cultural Heritage Tourism
Stories and storytelling practices in heritage tourism act as beacons of innovation to change perceptions of and connect experientially with heritage landscapes and human practice. A compelling collection of stories about heritage and adopting an effective ...
The Way Forward for Heritage Tourism
Heritage tourism is presently at an interesting phase of development, when it should become more inclusive, community driven and technologically savvy. In this presentation made at the recently held Indian Heritage Hotels Association at Tijara Fort ...
The Importance of Indian Heritage as Tourism Assets
The new buzzwords in travel and tourism are 'experiential' and luxury. Elements are meant to be stitched together into a single holistic experience, each appealing to our senses, each one of them. Some could be opulent, ...
