India, July 5 -- The cracks are not hidden away, but rather highlighted, celebrated, and woven into the object's identity

What if a break is not the ending but a beginning? 600 years ago, Japanese artisans asked this same question. They practised the art of kintsugi, where broken pottery was repaired carefully with gold lacquer - to honour those cracks, instead of hiding them. Today, this ancient art is quietly resonating again, carrying a philosophy that feels increasingly relevant in a world that is obsessed with chasing perfection.

While at first, Kintsugi appears to be deceptively simple, it is far more than a method of mending pottery. It's a way of seeing. The cracks are not hidden away but rather highlighted, celebrated, and wove...