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The Hindu, February 9, 2014   We are blissfully ignorant of the artistic treasures that surround us, and the recently launched Aesthetics Project intends to bridge just this gap. MITA KAPUR on the inaugural sessions. Umaid Bhavan:A spectacular example of 20th century palace Aesthetics is not just about beauty, it’s about the distillation of a mood, an emotion, a thought, an ambience, a smell, a note, a colour based on the knowledge of the process of its creation. The Aesthetics Project […]

Travel & Flavors, December 2013     Gothic towers, red roofed homes, the river Vltava and many historical places unveil as you take a trip through the city of Prague, one of the most beautiful places in Europe       By Mita Kapur I didn’t quite understand it then. Why would anyone stop at the Post Office as the first step to discover Prague? The Post Office with its glass-domed ceiling was abuzz with people actually posting letters and writing postcards. […]

OUTLOOK July 22, 2013 The Hope Factory’s opening line sets the story within a picture frame. There are two windows and the story, essentially character-driven, alternates between visually crafted scenes. One window gives the reader a scan of Anand’s life­—a businessman whose aspirations regarding getting an international order make him search for land in Bangalore. Anand is married to Vidya, who is a typical Indian businessman’s wife. The other window opens up into Kamala’s life. Kamala is a domestic wor­ker […]

Mita Kapur takes a peek into The General Amar Singh Museum and Library at Castle Kanota, Rajasthan, and finds an extraordinary Rajput aristocrat. The word Rajput resonates with valour, military action, ruling states, echoing history as all of us have read it. “A Rajput who reads will never ride a horse,” is brandished as a proverb in these parts of the country but General Amar Singh of Kanota, a Thikana near Jaipur, read and wrote prolifically and rode his horse. […]