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Fabric of India – Unfolding India’s textile heritage at the V&A
3 October 2015 – 10 January 2016

If you grew up in a South Asian household, chances are ikat weaves, chikan embroidery and zardozi embellishment were a beautiful but somewhat taken for granted part of your life and wardrobe.

The Fabric of India exhibition (on until January 10 2016 date at the V&A museum) tells the story behind the gorgeousness through the display of over 200 objects dating from the 3rd to the 21st century. You’re greeted with the breathtaking sight of Manish Arora’s butterfly dress – and the exhibition proper begins…

Nitin Sawhney’s Dystopian Dream
17 November 2015

Composer, musician and writer Nitin Sawhney photographed in his Brixton studios.

There isn’t much that hasn’t already been said about perhaps the most prolific and relevant music producer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist of our times, except this – his new and according to him, best-ever album ‘Dystopian Dream’ is finally out! And he’ll be performing it in London at legendary nightclub Heaven. Even though there are few things more magnificent than Nitin and band live, we’ll refrain from the breathless puns. Details for the performance at the end of the post.

We were lucky enough…

Arun Ghosh brings Indo-Jazz to the V&A
13 November 2015

As part of their India Festival, the V&A are putting on a series of events, including some special musical lates. At the time of writing this post, we are fresh from the gloriousness of the first of these which featured classical music by Omkar Dadarkar in the Raphael room, and Rajasthani music and dancing from Manganiyar folk musicians. This week, it’s Indo-jazz by Arun Ghosh and band and we CAN’T WAIT! Arun Ghosh is a clarinettist and composer who fuses South Asian music with contemporary…