The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), in collaboration with the India Art Fair's Young Collectors’ Programme, has unveiled a vibrant exhibition titled “Re-imagining A Way Back to Us: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion and Textiles in India” at the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy in New Delhi.

 

Opened by Neelam Shammi Rao of the Ministry of Textiles, the showcase presents distinctive design perspectives from across India, featuring labels such as 2112 Saldon (Ladakh), 7Weaves (Assam), and Boito (Odisha).

 

Curators Sunil Sethi and Sreyansi Singh focus on connecting tradition with innovation, amplifying the voices of regional artisans and enriching the country’s textile narrative.

 

Running throughout August 2025, the exhibition offers visitors an immersive journey into the evolving landscape of indigenous Indian fashion.

 

New Delhi continues to bustle with art events and festivals, inviting locals and visitors alike to explore its thriving cultural scene.

Delhi-NCR’s food scene is buzzing with exciting new restaurants offering inventive flavors from around the globe.

 

Le Café by L’Opéra at The Chanakya Mall sets a refined tone with classic French fare, while Organic Bistro in Khan Market embraces seasonal, preservative-free ingredients in a sunlit, laid-back space.

 

In Dwarka, Matram revives forgotten Indian traditions, spotlighting heirloom recipes and regional spices from Kashmir to Kerala.

 

Coffee lovers can explore Blue Tokai Origins in Gurugram, featuring a dedicated Play Bar for hands-on brewing experiences.

 

For lively nights out, Underdoggs in Dehradun fuses bold flavors, games, and a rooftop brewery, while Porche in Gurugram raises the bar for luxury nightlife.

 

Latoya stirs up Latin American spirit with fiery tacos and creative cocktails, and UNICO offers sustainable, vegetarian Mediterranean-European dining.

 

These spots redefine the capital’s dining landscape, inviting locals to savor new tastes and experiences.

Pushpesh Pant, a celebrated food historian, paints a vivid portrait of Delhi’s culinary evolution in his new book, From the King's Table to Street Food: A Food History of Delhi.

 

Pant weaves remembrance and flavor, inviting readers to explore forgotten kebab stalls, vanished sweets, and the ever-elusive nihari, capturing the city’s dynamic foodscape through evocative memories rather than rigid facts.

 

Traversing royal kitchens, refugee households, and bustling street markets, he reveals how Delhi’s celebrated dishes are shaped less by fixed tradition than by migration, conflict, and cultural fusion.

 

Stories of unnamed halwais and inventive home cooks underscore that much of Delhi’s “authentic” food is a recent invention.

 

Pant’s lyrical prose blends history with poetry and everyday voices, evoking not just what was eaten, but how food shaped — and continues to reshape — local identity.

 

His work challenges readers to taste history as lived memory, unfixed and ever-evolving.