Photo Essay Lesser gods: Theyyam performers among ST communities face discriminationThulasi KakkatThe ritual dance form is performed in northern Kerala and parts of southern Karnataka.
Photo Essay Langur Mela in Amritsar sees hundreds of children visit Bada Hanuman templeRaminder Pal Singh
What’s Brewing? New documentary shines light on Rajasthan’s heritage liquor traditionFrontline News Desk
Tribute: Sidney Poitier To Sidney, With LoveSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyaySidney Poitier (1927-2022), the iconic actor and first black Hollywood superstar, subtly used cinema to transform popular culture in America. His film
Interview: Akeel Bilgrami Akeel Bilgrami on identity, inner life and stereotypingJipson John Jitheesh P.M. Interview with Akeel Bilgrami.
Removing an irritantT.K. RAJALAKSHMIThe ouster of M.G.S. Narayanan as Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research is a part of the HRD Ministry's scheme to saffronise the agend
ESSAY New media & the liberal artsSachidananda MohantySocial/new media, in their formidable outreach and ability to influence all aspects of life, tend to supplant earlier disciplinary domains, including
Restoration How the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored Ashok ThakurThe story of how the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored to its former glory.
Short Story ‘The unique letter’ by D. Ravikumar: A Tamil short story in translationD. RavikumarIn memory of Chinnasami who turned himself to ashes in January 1965 for Tamizh thaai [Mother Tamil], we offer the translation of a story about languag
Film Review “Payasam”: Vasanth S. Sai’s sensitive retelling of a Thi. Janakiraman short storyS. Theodore Baskaran In his film adaptation of Thi. Janakiraman’s Tamil short story “Payasam”, film-maker Vasanth S. Sai succeeds in bringing alive the spirit of this fabl
Short Story ‘Thenvarikka’ by Narayan: A Malayalam short story in translation The first Adivasi writer from Kerala, Narayan’s Malayalam is itself a translation of the dialect of his Malayaraya tribe. This story, like all his fic
TRIBUTE Henry Derozio: Early iconoclast Vidyarthy ChatterjeeA freethinker par excellence, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio’s alleged notoriety lay in his incessant exhortations to his students to cease conforming to
Retrospective of István Szabó’s films Steeped in history: The works of Hungarian film-maker István SzabóMargit KövesA retrospective of the Hungarian director István Szabó’s films reflects the awareness of the life of a generation that has been constantly exposed to
Essay Culture wars & claims of multiculturalism Sachidananda MohantyTo go beyond the commonly accepted “feel-good” factor that societies and individuals often adopt with respect to multiculturalism, it is necessary to
EVENTS Retracing India’s legacy of resistance, from 1857 onwards Suneet Chopra “India is not Lost”, an art exhibition organised by the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust to commemorate the country’s 75th year of independence, serves as
The Art vs Artist conundrum and the audience that is between them An effective way of taking revenge against artists is to consign them to oblivion.
SlideshowColours of desireA mother’s sari collection feels like an act of vengeance against a life that had deprived her of small joys in her youth.
