In Bengal, festivals feel incomplete without alpona – intricate, hand-drawn patterns that transform thresholds into art. This timeless tradition can also be your daily dose of creativity, bringing ...

Originating in Bengal, alponas are motifs and patterns drawn on the floor or walls using rice-flour paste or kharimati (carbonate of lime). To inspire you with some new and some traditional alpona ...

Some of the smaller pieces were not as magnetic due to the poor balance between frame space and motifs. From BJP MP Ravi Kishan to Shah Rukh Khan, here are our picks for the most memorable tributes ...