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Arts & Culture
Culture
Assamese monks on mission to save rare culture and language
This Buddhist community began an initiative to preserve Tai Phake history, culture, and identity.
Gurvinder Singh
Theatre
International Theatre Festival of Kerala puts local theatre on world stage
This year, it made a global statement of sorts on what theatre can do in troubled times.
C.S. Venkiteswaran
HISTORY
ICHR exhibition presents selective view of medieval Indian history
An exhibition on medieval India’s “unexplored dynasties” betrays an effort to manufacture history.
Krishna Mohan Shrimali
Interview
Mallika Sarabhai: ‘For a gender-neutral Kalamandalam’
In conversation with the renowned classical dancer and Chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam.
Anna Mathews
Theatre
‘Exposure to top quality international theatre the aim’: Deepan Sivaraman
Interview with the curator, International Theatre Festival of Kerala.
C.S. Venkiteswaran
CULTURE
In search of the Banaras of Ustad Bismillah Khan
Had he been alive, the shehnai maestro would have turned 107 on March 21.
Shreevatsa Nevatia
Archaeology
ASI Mysuru works on preserving history from inscriptions in estampages
The agency intends to soon establish a National Museum of Epigraphy in south India.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
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Progressive Artists’ Group @75: Rebels with a cause
While this set of stormtroopers ushered in modernism, did they leave a lasting impact?
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Mumbai Urban Art Festival: Where the sea and people meet
The exhibits at the historic Sassoon Docks and in a few other locations pay homage to the Kolis.
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Abanindranath Tagore: Garden house of the homing artist restored
But the sprawling mansion where the Bengali author-artist breathed his last lies in utter neglect.
Soumitra Das
Anvita Abbi: ‘Indigenous languages being killed’
In conversation with the member of the Expert Committee of the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages.
Ajay Saini
How ‘Pathaan’ gives secular credentials of Bollywood a new boost of life
But Shah Rukh Khan shows Hindutva can bring even the most powerful Muslim in India to his knees.
Madhavi Menon
‘Ayali’ focusses on child marriage in Tamil Nadu
Discussing puberty, the original series examines the inter-generational trauma of women in India.
Siddarth Muralidharan
The journey of some pictures from the past
The fascinating story of how an art expert acted as messenger for images taken 50 years ago.
Harsha Vinay
West Bengal’s Kenduli comes alive during the annual Baul Mela
The fair is organised every year between January 13 and 15 in the honour of Sanskrit poet Jayadeva.
Frontline News Desk
What the CIA did in Tibet is now on display at Kochi Muziris Biennale
An exhibition highlights how Tibetans trained by the US fought Chinese forces to free Tibet.
Ranjana Dave
The Palm Tree: A Konkani story in translation
Translated by Vidya Pai, recipient of the Dr P. Dayananda Pai Vishwa Konkani Anuvad Puraskar 2022.
Pundalik Naik
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