A fruit shop is one of the easiest places to learn new vocabulary. Apples, bananas, grapes, and mangoes are items most people can recognize instantly, regardless of age. Since these fruits are part of...
Colour Was Here Before the Words Were. Look at a Kalamkari textile from Srikalahasti and you are looking at a colour vocabulary that predates any written record of it. The deep indigo of a hand-block ...
A day often begins with movement. Students board school buses, office workers ride motorcycles, delivery vans travel through busy streets, and trains carry passengers across cities. Vehicles have beco...
Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered about the fascinating worlds that exist beyond Earth? The planets in our solar system have captivated humans for centuries, inspiring discoveries,...
Jewellery is more than just decoration—it often carries cultural, traditional, and emotional value. From elegant necklaces and sparkling earrings to beautiful bangles and rings, jewellery has been an ...
Have you ever noticed how a pinch of the right spice can completely change the flavor of a dish? From the golden color of turmeric to the sweet fragrance of cardamom, spices are the heart of Indian co...
Stand at the fish auction at Visakhapatnam harbour before sunrise and the Telugu being spoken around you is unlike any other Telugu you will hear anywhere else. Fast, specific, technical, and complete...
Every Telugu household has one. A tin — sometimes decorated, sometimes just a battered old container that has outlasted three generations of the family that owns it — that comes out for guests, for fe...
Before a child knows the name of their street or their city or their state, they know their own body. The hands that reach for things. The eyes that follow movement. The feet that figure out, one unce...
There is a particular kind of relationship that develops between a family and an animal that lives inside the boundary of the home. Not the relationship with the cow in the field or the goat on the hi...