A Curated Guide to Slow Living
Abhishek Poddar, Founder, Museum of Art & Photography ( MAP) writes for BeejLiving on making a museum an inclusive and welcoming space Ever since I became interested in art, I wondered why we would line up for museums on trips abroad, but shy away from …
Girish Chanyal is Smokeless Cookstove Foundation’s Uttarakhand-based trainer who is a relentless community enabler who constructs smokeless chulhas. Nitisha Agrawal, the Founder & Director of the NGO SCF, traces Chanyal’s journey from gardener to trainer for BeejLiving My eternal love affair with the Himalayas led …
Archana Soreng, Climate Activist and Member of UN Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, belongs to the Khadia Tribe from Odisha. She has been working to document, preserve and promote traditional knowledge and practices of indigenous, local communities. Soreng holds a Master’s Degree …
BY ARYA brings a modern perspective in reviving craft traditions in global Indian fashion Arya Giri’s label BY ARYA strives to revive traditions while creating a vocabulary for global Indian fashion. Since childhood, the designer has been exposed to weaver communities and craftsmanship, through her …
Anonymous visual and performance artist Princess Pea through her contemporary art practices brings to the forefront international issues of tradition, identity and celebrity with an underlying satire on global societal concerns. She presents to the world her alter ego in the form of a ‘living …
Designer Vaishali Shadangule’s eponymous label Vaishali S. celebrates her passion for classic Indian weaves, ever since the label’s inception in 1991. The designer became the first Indian woman to showcase at the Paris Couture Week recently. Her latest bridal collection, ‘Shakuntala’ continues her exploration of …
