Desh Dekho: Experiencing the other India through travels, stories and food

12/10/2018

What a fantastic piece of writing describing this festive season

Every July twenty idol makers travel from Krishna Nagar, a small city close to Kolkata, to Delhi and settle down in a compound in Chittaranjan Park. This becomes their place of residence and worksh…

30/05/2018

The stories begin to shape up.!

23/09/2016

Because of bad roads we have been advised to not continue with our journey... We will come back to you soon with some more amazing travel options

20/06/2016

No temple is as venerated in Uttarakhand as the little unassuming naulas. These small hut-like structures dot the mountains and hold within them a great treasure--water. Usually made of stone masonry with pyramid-like slate roofs, every naula respresents within it a residing spirit which can range from a simple stone piece to an ornately carved statue.

Constructing naulas, the small structures that house springs in Uttarakhand, requires an intimate knowledge of many sciences. One of the last practitioners of this dying craft tells his story.

19/06/2016

In came the Rangrez, the Muslim Rangrez community has always taken a great pride in dyeing the peelas (yellow dupattas) pagdis (head gear).

Rangrez is a Muslim Marawari community, which dyes for a living. Rangrez still follows the traditional manner of hand dyeing and visiting a rangrez workshop is a colour full experience.