Culture How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of communityJanhavi AcharekarThe 2022 edition included different forms of art and disciplines not usually categorised as art.
CULTURE Late start to Kochi Muziris Biennale exposes organisational fault linesNidheesh M.K.Frontline Bureau
Photo Essay Langur Mela in Amritsar sees hundreds of children visit Bada Hanuman templeRaminder Pal Singh
Photo Essay Sital Fouzdar and the Dashavatar cards of Bishnupur Ashok Nath DeyMeet the last artist in the line of the family making these cards since the 16th century.
Institutions House of knowledge: The fascinating aura of the British LibrarySiddharth Pandey Celebrating 50 years in 2023, the British Library is brought to life by excellent staff.
Philately What one can tell from the topics the Central government chose to showcase on stamps over the yearsVikas KumarGovernments began commemorating achievements on stamps rather than communicating policy.
Protest anthems Do you hear the people sing?Vijayta MahendruPeople seek solace in revolutionary songs time and again when they fight oppressive regimes.
Museums A road map for museumsNaman Parmeshwar AhujaWhat are the structural shifts needed in museums to equip them to take proper care of inheritance?
Museums Chennai’s Museum of PossibilitiesSiddarth MuralidharanFunded by the Tamil Nadu government, the project is managed by the NGO Vidya Sagar.
MUSEUMS ‘Museums are better than textbooks’: Archaeologist Ravi KorisettarVikhar Ahmed SayeedRobert Bruce Foote travelled across south India for over 40 years collecting antiquities.
MUSEUMS Design Centre on Wheels: A mobile museum that promotes indigenous embroidery in KutchAmi ShroffThe project led to many innovations in motifs, designs, and scale.
MUSEUMS Dakshinachitra: A continuous cultural journeySiddarth MuralidharanDakshinachitra also curates a rich variety of folk art through special State and thematic festivals.
MUSEUMS Conflictorium: A platform to speak of the atrocities against tribesAnupama Katakam“A space that strives to engage every section of society with a variety of conflict issues.”
Museums Museums and the difficult topic of repatriationJyotindra JainIndia does not even have an inventory of its pieces in Western museums, unlike many former colonies.
Museums - The Lede Museums are needed to preserve cultural heritage Sabyasachi MukherjeeThis is one of the biggest challenges for contemporary societies: as important as the health of a society or the environment.
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.