MUMBAI: The `Barefoot Architects' of Tilonia, led by Bunker Roy, have won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for 2001. mumbai: the `barefoot architects' of tilonia, led by bunker roy, have won the ...

It is often presumed in the modern world that drawing people out of poverty results in higher carbon emissions and environmental impact; the biggest driver of greenhouse gas emissions has been ...

The amphitheatre of Triveni Kala Sangam is buzzing with visitors and live Rajasthani folk music. Each step, adorned with multi-hued home linens, textiles, jewellery, home décor, leather work and ...

Key people: Sanjit Bunker Roy, Founder; Sowmya Kidambi, Director & CEO Year of inception: 1972 Barefoot College began as a deceptively simple idea. In the early 1970s, Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy—an alumnus ...

New Delhi: First appearances can be deceptive. Tilonia, a remote village in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan, looks like its not changed in the last 100 years. But spend some time there and you will ...

Multi-hued quilts and bedcovers. Comfortable palazzo pants and skirts in rainbow shades. Mojaris and chappals. Kurtas, kurtis, tops. The signature blue pottery. Wall-hangings, bags, furniture, wooden ...

A group of 45 women from 10 countries, ‘solar mamas’ who learnt the skills needed for the fabrication of solar panels, lights and photovoltaic circuits in a six-month-long training programme, were ...

Puppetry, the art of telling a story animatedly through inanimate objects, has been a medium of communication with a long history in India; it goes back thousands of years. The ancient texts, songs, ...