Maximum India!

The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, has a gem for the month of March - an awesome showcase called Maximum India. From March 1st to 20th, the Kennedy Center will showcase India's jewelry, crafts, food, dance, music, movies, theatre, and tons more.
I'm super duper excited to be living super close to DC! This weekend, I am going to see a free performance by Kailash Kher, one of my favorite Indian singers.Tomorrow night, there is a performance by Madhavi Mudgal and Alarmel Valli that will features two Indian classical dance forms - Odissi and Bharatanatyam. 

Other stuff that I'm really excited about:

• Food tasting sessions by the area's best Indian chefs
• A literature panel on letters exchanged between Mahatman Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
• Indian culinary demos by chef Hemant Oberoi 
• Panels about the portrayal of women in Bollywood films with Nandita Das, the Last Mughal, and Bollywood (also with Nandita Das)

Exhibitions:  

Bharti Kher: I've Got Eyes at the Back of My Head (awesome bindi art!)

• Kaleidoscope: Mapping India's Crafts (traditional crafts from the sub-continent)

• Treasures of the Gem Palace (gorgeously crafted jewelry)

• SARI (a display of different types of Indian saris)  

• Craft Demonstrations: J. Niranjan, Satya Narayan Lal Karn, & Moti Karn (Craft demonstrations)

Check out the gorgeous brochure for the showcase here. ENJOY!

(Note: all images are from the official Kennedy Center website)

Glimpses of An Indian Summer :)

Remembering my Indian Summer :)

{Monsoon rains}

 {Rath Yatra}

 {My Aunt's Rooftop Garden}

{Dahi Phuckha = MAGIC!}

{Changing Summer Skies}

{Summer}

:)

Stormy Skies

bhige bhige din
Originally uploaded by ~ladanseuse

I'm sitting at my desk, studying for my exam. A light breeze, bringing along the scent of wet earth and rain, drifts in through my window. It instantly transports me to India -- where my memories of monsoon lie :)

Weddings :)

Indian weddings are known to be long, lavish affairs with tons of food, glitter, music, and dancing. I'm super excited to be attending a wedding in just over a month!! I've compiled an inspiration board full of lovely images of Indian weddings in all their glory.
Enjoy!! :)

 

Do click on it to see it larger :)

An Indian Summer!

Super exciting news: This summer I'm going to India! Lately it has been super rainy, cold, and dreary here, so I've decided to make a little collage (you could even call it an inspiration board!) of all the things that remind me of hot Indian Summers :)
*mangoes, lychees, and jaam fruits
*my grandmother's shiuli flowers
*old havelis
*lattice screen windows
*monsoon rainstorms
*silk sarees
*the cheery interiors of my grandma's house


Click on the collage to see it bigger.

*Note: not all of these photos are mine!