‘Colors of Shared Dreams’ at Nepal Art Council is an act of transference, most notably of the millennia-old traditions of Mithila art and artists, their heritage, to paper. The key theme here is the ...

The GI tag conferred in 2007 remains frozen in time. It needs to evolve to safeguard a dynamic, community-driven art form ...

Janakpur, the birthplace of Sita and the cradle of the Mithila civilisation, is seeing a revival of its heritage, culture and traditional art. The origin of Mithila art is rooted in the legend of King ...

Baua Devi has been practicing the Mithila art form for almost 60 years. She got married at the age of 12, and was encouraged ...

Festivals are not only about rituals, they are the heartbeat of a community, carrying wisdom from centuries past. In Mithila, the Chaurchan Festival (also called Charchanna Pabni, Chauth Chand, Chauth ...

Have you ever wondered where all the women artists are when wandering through a museum or browsing a book about the history of art? Women artists, and in particular women painters, have always been ...

SAFF Club Women’s Championship 2025 is the inaugural South Asian Football Federation women’s club football tournament, ...

Catherine Pharis returned from a visit to India with a pile of paintings and a burning desire to help the women who made them survive. Her downtown Duluth shop, Catherine Imports, is full of imported ...