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Istanbul: The siege

December 24, 2015

GENERAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE SIEGE AD 324: Constantine moves the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium The new capital of the Roman Empire was …

Arts and Crafts, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Urban

Hippie Culture In San Francisco

December 22, 2015August 6, 2016

I am originally Kenyan but I currently go to school in San Francisco. Comparing Nairobi, and generally Kenya, to San Francisco in terms of culture, …

Arts and Crafts, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Traditions

Understanding the Intangible cultural spirit of Durga Puja

December 17, 2015September 27, 2017

India celebrates Durga Puja this month! Fairs and festivals can be regarded as the living cultural heritage of a society as they play a vital …

Arts and Crafts, Blog, Heritage, Intangible Heritage

BLAST Magazine: The Possible Precursor to Digital Art

December 10, 2015August 6, 2016

Were Blast Magazine and the Vorticist movement a precursor to digital art that we look at today? BLAST magazine was possibly one of the most …

Arts and Crafts, Blog, Built Heritage, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Restoration

Mysore’s Ganjifa: is it time to play the ‘dying heritage’ card?

November 30, 2015August 6, 2016

We remember the Mughals for their majestic contribution to the Indian architecture. The monumental treasures built by them such as the Taj Mahal, the Red …

Blog, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Restoration, Traditions, World Heritage Sites

Buganda Heritage: Conflict Between Traditional and Modern

November 25, 2015August 6, 2016

Traditional Buganda history is skewed and fascinating, but is this desire to stick to tradition hampering the restoration of World Heritage? Buganda is a sub-national …

Arts and Crafts, Blog, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage

‘Catch them young and teach them about culture and heritage’

November 18, 2015November 17, 2017

Isn?t it true that children are like clay, and can be molded by people and things that surround them? And nobody knows this better than …

Blog, Features, Food Heritage, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Traditions

Oktoberfest in Germany – LaGer than Life

November 12, 2015December 25, 2017

Traditionally, beer for Oktoberfest was brewed from the beginning of March for it to age through summer and hence the name, Marzenbier(March beer). Being 6 …

Food Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Student Program

Delicious Heritage from Kolkata

November 1, 2015January 24, 2017

?The path to a man?s heart is through his stomach.? —– an old Himachali saying. Whether or not, it?s the case in Himachal or not, …