Olkaan Nishtah has been honoured by being included in the prestigious – The Jewellery Trendbook 2024 Forecast https://www.trendvisionforecasting.com/ The Jewellery Trendbook is the definitive guide to trends in the International jewellery market. Divided by thematic areas, The Jewellery Trendbook describes evolution of the consumption in the luxury market and takes Continue Reading
Olkaan Nishtah Activities
The Bangle is the Brand
From Top to Bottom in Photo – Precious Indian Chalcedony Bangle inlayed Kundan setting with table cut natural light Yellow Diamonds (1 matching pair – two bangles), Precious Indian Chalcedony Bangle inlayed Kundan setting with natural Indian Grape Garnet cabochon, Precious Indian Chalcedony inlayed Kundan setting with natural Burmese Blue Continue Reading
Precious gem bangle Pair
Handmade from a single piece of extra fine natural Indian Chalcedony. 22 karat gold Kundan setting with Indian cut fancy light yellow natural Diamonds. Designed and overseen in their making by Shanane Davis for Olkaan Nishtah olkaannishtah@gmail.com The history of the Indian Precious Gemstone bangle For a thousand years gemstone Continue Reading
Natural Pearl Drilling
The art of natural Pearl drilling has been done in India for centuries. The city of Basra, in present-day Iraq was the main trading centre for the natural pearls found in the gulf between Qatar and Bahrain. These natural pearls became known as Basra Moti (Pearls of Basra) throughout Asia. Continue Reading
Adhiraj Singh with His Royal Highness Sheikh Majid Rashid Al Mualla
His Royal Highness Sheikh Majid Rashid Al Mualla of The Sheikhdom of Umm Al Quwain receiving a safa (turban) from Graf Adhiraj Singh giving our esteems from our family to his. His Royal Highness Sheikh Majid Rashid Al Mualla invited Adhiraj Singh and Shanane to The United Arab Emirates to Continue Reading
Adhiraj Singh and Olkaan Nishtah at the Global Investment Growth Summit
The charming and charismatic Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik – Chairman of The Council for Indian Foreign Policy and statesman journalist with Adhiraj Singh at the Global Investment Growth Summit in The United Arab Emirates – Graciously hosted by His Royal Highness Sheikh Majid Rashid Al Mualla of The Sheikhdom of Continue Reading
The Jaipur Crafts Festival at Jaipur Modern
The Jaipur Crafts Festival – March 11th to 13th, 2022 The event celebrated Olkaan Nishtah and our craft revival initiative along with Antaran, a craft-based livelihood program. The festival spotlighted India’s fabulous traditional methods of material cultural patronage, fresh, technocratic research and data-driven approaches to the enterprise and culture of Continue Reading
An Evening of Indian Art and Rajput Gastronomy
Adhiraj Singh and Shanane Davis take a moment between preparations for this dinner at Karni Leela House in Bikaner. The evening was organised to welcome the Celebrity Chef Sanjay Thakur and to celebrate the beauty and amalgamation of fine art and gastronomic sensibilities. These genres have always been combined as Continue Reading
The Bikaner Theatre, Art and Cultural Festival: Jan 15th to 30th, 2021
Manot – The dust that raised a Jawahar in the desert – Bikaner – In conversation with Shanane Davis and Graf Adhiraj Singh https://olkaannishtah.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Shanane-Davis-and-Graf-Adhiraj-Singh.mp4 The sublime usage of iconography to portray power and politics in South Asian Painting – In discussion with Shanane Davis, Graf Adhiraj Singh and Vinit Vyas Continue Reading
Bikaneri Lal Mas with Anubhav Sapra, Adhiraj Singh and Shanane Davis
In this episode Anubhav Sapra is being joined by the gracious and amazing duo Graf Adhiraj Singh Devra and Shanane Davis from Olkaan Nishtah (www.olkaannishtah.com), which is a unique enterprise working towards the revival of the finest traditions in South Asian courtly culture including fine and decorative arts, gastronomy and Continue Reading