The SUTRA Journal

Ram Lala Ji Ka Rasta: The Lane Where These Pieces Are Made
Jaipur has made jewellery for three hundred years, and almost all of it has been made within about a kilometre of where we sit. A city built for this When Sawai Jai Singh II laid out Jaipur in 1727, he built it as a grid of trades and broug Read more...
How to Look After Sterling Silver So It Outlives You
Silver tarnishes. Every piece of it, everywhere, always has. Tarnish is not damage and it is not a sign of low quality — it is silver reacting with sulphur in the air, and it lifts off in about four minutes. The four-minute fix Warm water, Read more...
What Polki Actually Is (And Why It Is Not a Cheap Diamond)
Every week someone asks whether polki is a real diamond. It is — completely. What it is not is a cut diamond, and the difference is the whole story. A diamond before Europe got hold of it A brilliant-cut diamond is a piece of engineering. F Read more...