Boots travelled a long way from being a staple accessory of equestrians and on a lower scale being associated with savage westerns in Southern American states. Boots were obviously the essential item in ones winter wardrobe to be worn over the jeans tucking them hence doing the double duty of providing comfort from the cold and for being fashionable.

Some memoirs of the colonial past, some rural realities, some urban dichotomies, many real characters, one country; these are the elements that bind together the works of nine distinguished artists coming from different generations and different mediums under one roof.  ‘India Documented’ An exhibition of photographs, prints and watercolors, sees nine stalwarts: Jyoti Bhatt, Raghu Rai, Bruce Peck ,William & Thomas Daniell, Frank Clinger Scallan , Kethaki Seth, Riaz Komu ,George K, Olivia Fraser ...

In India everyone’s entitled to a point of view and depending on what part of this nation you reside in and draw your identity from, anything that you have to say about the world is always going to sound like a very personalized opinion piece. But if you happen to read Power & Contestation -India since 1989, you have a reason to rejoice. It’s an experience that’s akin to getting a toothbrush free with the purchase of toothpaste.

The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to US researchers Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced. Ostrom of Indiana Uiversity in Bloomington, Indiana, was cited “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”, while Williamson of the University of California at Berkeley, California, was cited for “his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm.”