Henna with a Heart is drawing on creativity to practice mehndi. With a childhood passion for henna, first-year computational and systems biology student Anoushka Bhat said she was inspired to found ...

Mehendi is an integral part of our Indian culture and is mostly adorned during festive and wedding celebrations. For any auspicious occasion, women love decorating their hands with stunning henna ...

It’s 2008. I’m ten years old. I have a henna cone in my hand and I’m not afraid to use it. I squeeze unrecognisable flowers onto the women, and I paint wonky footballs and messy rockets onto the boys.

Tulsi Yadav teaches Shoba Narayan about the application and design of mehndi, or henna, at the Dera Mandawa haveli in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Formerly a private mansion, the Dera Mandawa is now a hotel.