We are a collection of lesser known stories, artworks and ideas from the Indian subcontinent.
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And then moved to some folk art forms - like this Gond art painting. A tribal art form found predominantly in Madhya Pradesh. Composed of meticulous lines and dots, these paintings reveal the core values of its people - a deep reverence for their natural surroundings.
A Google doodle from late December 2019 illusrating Iqbal Bano who sang in both Urdu and Farsi, earning admirers in Iran and Afghanistan, as well as India and Pakistan.
Today she is remembered as a symbol of defiance and revolution.