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Stained glass designer Katayun Saklat’s paintings, with their disconcerting details, give a dark twist to sweet nostalgia At first glance, Katayun Saklat is just another kindly, elderly lady with a thatch of grey hair. But she is much more than that. She is one of the most accomplished designers of stained glass in India, with her work included in several public and private collections. She is also a painter, working chiefly with oil and watercolour. At 83, Saklat is trying her hand at a new medium, creating decorative steel panels using glass, paint, even shells. An exhibition of her work ...

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” (ATLA) recently resurfaced in popularity after it was made available on Netflix. “ATLA” has been praised for its world building, which has taken influence from many cultures, specifically Asiatic and Indigenous ones. Each nation draws from a combination of several cultures to bring its world to life. Find out which ones inspired the world of “ATLA”! Water Tribes  Inuit and Yupik culture inspired the Water Tribes, which can be seen in their animal skin and fur clothing, much like the Inuit’s anoraks and mukluks, to protect themselves from the cold. T...