Kaustav Sengupta, a fashion-trend analyst and colour researcher, has been noticing a disturbing trend over the past decade. “Painting the outer surface of stone is not recommended by the shilpa shastras,” says Ponni Selvanathan, the firm’s executive administrator. “This was carefully done, and no paint remains on the stones now,” Ponni Selvanathan says. Bright paint should be off-limits, but “weather …
