The human body is the first map any child learns to read. Long before a child understands the world outside, they discover the world of their own body — the hands that reach and grasp, the feet that t...
Open any old wooden jewellery box in a Maharashtrian home and you enter a world of stories. The heavy gold Nath worn by a grandmother on her wedding day, the delicate green glass bangles stacked on a ...
The forests of Maharashtra are alive with creatures that have roamed these lands for thousands of years. From the silent stalk of a leopard through the Sahyadri hills to the trumpet of an elephant in ...
Every road in Maharashtra tells a story. From the crowded streets of Mumbai where local trains, auto-rickshaws, and BEST buses weave through millions of lives, to the quiet village paths where bullock...
Open any spice box in a Maharashtrian kitchen and you are greeted by an explosion of colour and fragrance that tells the story of centuries of cooking tradition. Turmeric glowing golden, deep red chil...
There is something quietly special about the bond between a family and its pet. In Maharashtra, that bond has existed for centuries — from the loyal dog guarding a farmer’s home in Vidarbha to t...
Step into any morning market in Maharashtra and the leafy vegetable section stops you in your tracks. Bundles of bright green methi, deep spinach leaves glistening with water, and delicate shepu tied ...
Along the long Konkan coastline of Maharashtra, fish is not just food — it is a way of life. The smell of fresh catch at a Ratnagiri harbour at dawn, the sound of fisherwomen calling out the morning&#...
Open any festive tin in a Maharashtrian home during Diwali and you will find them — golden cashews, dark raisins, slivered almonds, and pistachios arranged in careful layers, fragrant and rich with th...
Long before Maharashtra had cities and highways, it had farms, fields, and the animals that made both possible. The cow standing quietly in a sunlit courtyard, the buffalo wading through a paddy field...