Mehndi – wrapped in shiny green, silver and golden paper cones adorning little stalls in markets across the city – remains the most essential ingredient of traditional Eid celebrations. While there is ...

Come Eid, a lucrative, high in demand business simmers out from the shadows. The applying of mehndi, or henna, becomes imperative and salons all across the country burn the midnight oil on the night ...

The festival of Teej is the celebration of nature and its abundance. It falls during the monsoons in the months of July or August every year. As India is primarily an agricultural country, this ...

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