The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi’s Saket is always well worth a visit – the current retrospective exhibion of the work of Gulammohammed Sheikh is beautifully curated and presented. But there is another reason to head there in the coming week. And it is this one painting. Mary …
This is a heads up for everyone who loves Ladakh (and don’t we all?) and especially for Delhi folk…there is a fascinating photographic exhibition at the India International Centre on the rock art of Ladakh. The exhibition “Speaking Stones: Rock Art of Ladakh” by photographer and writer, Ahtushi Deshpande, showcases her decade …
New Delhi already has some jaw-dropping monuments – think the Red Fort, Purana Qila, Humayun’s Tomb, Safdarjung’s Tomb – to name but a few, and now we are blessed with the country’s first sunken museum. The “first in the country” moniker is actually not that important (though it’s a fun …
There are hotels and then there are luxury hotels. There are luxury hotels and then there’s Narendra Bhawan. I recently spent 2 nights in this stunning Art Deco hotel, and it is gorgeous, elegant, and 100% lives up to its Instagram image, which in these days of filters and skilful …
Every spring in New Delhi, during those brief glorious few weeks when the weather is perfect and the city erupts in bloom, the gardens of the President of India’s official residence, Rashtrapati Bhawan, are open to the public to visit, free of charge. It is a rare chance to have …
There is no other way to say this, so let me plunge right in: If you have not already seen this STUNNING photography exhibition at New Delhi’s Travancore Palace, then drop everything and GO RIGHT NOW! The exhibition of 35 photographs taken by the immensely talented Bandeep Singh is sensational. …
Last night I went to THE most lovely open-air concert in Delhi. A piano concert, by candle light, in the gorgeous Sunder Nursery. I’d seen ads on social media for these concerts by candlelight, and because this one was Queen vs Abba (as in my two ABSOLUTE faves) AND it …
It’s that time of year again, here in Delhi. The weather is brilliant. There are shows and exhibitions galore, and it all feels just too wonderful. And so, as tradition dictates, off we went this afternoon for the preview day of the India Art Fair. As I said in my …
I just got back a couple of days ago from my second trip this year with White Magic Adventure Travel, my go-to and absolute favourite climbing and trekking company. And yes, I am indeed one very lucky gal, having 2 brilliant mountain adventures in the space of a few months. …
