Grassroot Art in Nirona

ART FORM: Bead-work/Cloth Dolls & Lac Work. Location: Nirona, Gujarat. Contact: No cards or contact information was available. But do scout the area and enquire about them. It’s a relatively small village, I assume everyone should know each other. 🙂 What Worked: Abject poverty coupled with a will to survive the odds, are two factors…

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Day 2: The White Rann and Bhuj

Wanderlust in The Middle of Nowhere The next day, we got up early in the morning to catch sunrise at the Great White Rann of Kutch. We left at 6:30 a.m. and at this time the chilly morning breeze can cause that occasional shiver. After roughly half an hour, we reached the border check post to…

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Day 1: Between Man-Made Borders

The first thought to come to my mind when Basil mentioned Bhuj, was the devastating Earthquake of 2001, measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale. The earthquake had far reaching consequences on the region; some of which we were about to see. Basil painted vivid images of the Great White Desert of Kutch, a region we…

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