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A decorative ink-pot from 18th century Gujarat   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jain calligraphic art flourished in 14th century India as scholars started transferring their knowledge into writing A few weeks ago, I chanced upon a fascinating book called Calligraphy and Art of Writing in Jain Manuscripts, written by Dr. Shridhar Andhare and edited by Ratan Parimoo. Full of coloured plates on Jain calligraphic and painted scrolls, the book was a revelation. The photography and design by Subrata Bhowmick, a leading graphic designer, and his associate, Payal Nanavati, add value to the bo...

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Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), the Hungarian-born British archaeologist. A prominent Great Game character, Stein is most known for his frequent forays into Central Asia. To Kashmir, however, he is known as the bachelor sahib who would live in a tent pitched at Mohand Marg (Kangan) while shuttling between Lahore and Central Asia and translating Rajatarangni from Sanskrit into English. Apart from local resource persons, only his dog, Dash, would live with him. Between 1888 and 1943, he is in Kashmir almost every year. In his memory, a small museum is coming up at the spot he would live in t...

M. WASEEM RAJA                                                                                                          The Traveller and the Great Game; It was around  100 years ago a British army officer  Sir Francis Edward Younghusband,  a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer is chosen for the task of exploring the valley of Kashmir for a handy knowledge of the ‘Switzerland of the East,’ not for any pleasure sport but for very strategic purpose of thwarting the...