“I haven’t come across a culture, a country, a continent, or a people, who do not have dolls,” said artist Kristina Cranston. As I peered into her doll world, I noted a tiny yellow-beaded octopus bag ...

Just a short drive from bustling Madurai, in the quiet block of Thiruparankundram, sits a village named Vilachery. The quietitude and calmness of this rural pocket is punctuated by the old charm of ...