5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (258+ words) Casa Azul, Frida Kahlo’s lifelong home, preserves her paintings, personal belongings and colourful interiors. Its courtyard, studio and collection offer an intimate glimpse into the artist’s complex life and creative world. Monet’s former home and celebrated gardens reveal how closely…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (604+ words) Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region is known for its colourful havelis, painted walls and elaborate frescoes. Now, these historic buildings have taken an important step towards possible UNESCO World Heritage recognition. The havelis of Shekhawati have been added to the UNESCO Tentative…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (897+ words) For generations, a journey to Rishikesh or Varanasi came with a fairly clear purpose. You went to pray, seek blessings, perform rituals or find a deeper spiritual connection. Today, the journey can begin with the same impulse but end somewhere…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (194+ words) This whimsical building in Sopot looks as though it is melting. Its warped walls, windows and roof give it a wonderfully surreal appearance. This upside-down church by Dennis Oppenheim turns a familiar structure on its head, quite literally. Its steeple…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (496+ words) Walk through the museum, and the point being made is that Chhau isn’t one thing. It separates the tradition into its four regional genres—Purulia, Seraikela, Mayurbhanj, and Kharsawan—each with its own masks, costumes, and instruments. Purulia Chhau, native…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (696+ words) Built in 1908 during Japan’s Meiji era, the red-brick prison was once part of the country’s modern correctional system and continued to operate as a juvenile prison until 2017. After its closure, the historic complex faced the familiar challenge of ageing heritage…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (550+ words) Politics can get violent and angry, it can also become a white cat with a red bow. Japan’s post-World War II reinvention involved the latter. No, there is no accommodation here. Visitors enter a fictional hotel filled with the characters…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (865+ words) A cup of tea can be a morning pick-me-up, a mid-afternoon pause between meetings or something to reach for when the day needs slowing down. Green tea, black tea, oolong, and herbal infusions are being explored for their different characteristics,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (684+ words) It took me two trips to finally articulate my thoughts and write about the oldest city in India. With over 3,000 years of history, it could not be captured in a short five-day trip. On one such day, as I walked…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (345+ words) Roughly 5,400 years ago, in the marshy floodplains of southern Mesopotamia, Sumerian scribes began pressing wedge-shaped marks into wet clay to track grain and livestock. Cuneiform is widely regarded as the world's earliest known writing system, and within a few centuries…...