Browsing Tag: Beauty

Beauty is that which does not reveal itself in totality. It holds an element of mystery,...

Nicci chanced upon her jewellery design sketches from 13-years earlier, as the wind blew some onto her desk, while she pondered 'what next?' Inspired by this calling, these designs and others, tucked away and which were gathering dust, are her answers and inspired her collection 'The One', gorgeous pieces, designed from the heart and finished by hand.

Punjab’s women have always been considered among the most beautiful in the land.

Ok brown girls, come on! Stop trying to always be that good-girl who is shy and talks softly. Show some confidence — believe in yourself! You are a woman.

The aim of our work is to attack popular stereotypes attached to the Singh and Kaur identities and highlight qualities they each possess that are often overlooked.

You don't even open this book conventionally: it reveals itself as you first lift one cover then the other. The symbolic presentation recreates the underlying values and openness of its subject, the Golden Temple, the heartbeat of the Sikh way of life.

Processes that would normally appear subtle to the human eye, such as the motion of the sun and stars in the sky, become very pronounced. Time-lapse is the extreme version of the cinematography technique of undercranking, and can be confused with stop motion animation.

The festivals and celebrations stimulated me enough to express myself through the language of line, form and colour. It was a collective activity in which one learnt a lot from each other irrespective of age, sex or religion.

So have we exorcised the ogre of a savage state? The most formidable and the ferocious are yet the most vulnerable. Be they be ever so well-bunkered in a metropolitan residence or in a 'place like a dream' not far from where beckons... a lonesome stream.

There was a strong Sikh presence in Bollywood, but they never came to the fore-front as Sikhs, because of inherent taboos instilled and strengthened that somehow, movies are taboos for Sikhs. It also gave birth to an unfounded perception that persists that the Sikhs in Bollywood movies are presented as “buffoons”. Bollywood has been making caricature of minorities.

The Sunder Arts Team is a group of young sikh artists, who are very unique in their own individual fields of Art, Music, Animation and Apparel. Their ideas and projects are very innovative and fresh.

As subtle beings we are affected by many things, one of these is colour.

Once there was a piece of clay that a potter had. The potter worked this clay all kinds of ways and the clay kept telling him "Stop it, that hurts!" The potter didn't stop and in the end that piece of clay turned in to a beautiful cup. When he was finished the cup realized why the potter put him through all that stuff. We are like that cup: God has made us beautiful as we are.

The role that kesh (and thus Sikh identity) plays in the lives of Sikh women is totally different from men.