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
The Kantara Phenomenon Bhoota Kola: Anchor for people in Dakshina Kannada and North MalabarGita JayarajPeople in these regions return periodically to a sure and familiar world through such rituals.
The Kantara Phenomenon Karthik Gowda: ‘The script is everything’Vikhar Ahmed SayeedInterview with the creative producer, Hombale Films.
The Kantara Phenomenon Kannada cinema: New kid on the blockRamesh ChakrapaniAfter ‘KGF’ and ‘Kantara’, audiences nationwide have suddenly woken up to the Kannada film industry.
The Kantara Phenomenon Vocally local: ‘Kantara’ is new cinema with moorings in local cultureM.K. RaghavendraAmong the recent blockbuster southern films, it is unique for not being “regional cinema”.
The Kantara Phenomenon Editor’s NoteVaishna RoyDespite the spectacular success of ‘Kantara’, the movie disappoints.
The Kantara Phenomenon - The Lede ‘Kantara’ a symptom of our times because of the culture wars it provokesSrikanth SrinivasanThe film has been embraced fiercely by conservatives while dismissed by detractors as regressive.
Heritage Dalhousie Square in a shambles as its grand old buildings fall apartSoumitra DasNothing has been done to preserve the legacy of Kolkata’s one-time hub of commerce and industry.
Lesser godsThulasi KakkatTheyyam, a ritual dance form performed in northern Kerala and parts of southern Karnataka, has been subversively empowering for certain communities.
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.
Interview Pushpendra Singh: Making waves with indie cinemaArun A.K.The avant-garde filmmaker’s works feature realism but also challenge reality with magical realism.
Exhibition Subversive print cultures of post-Independence India on display in LondonRahaab AllanaIt also presented the rapid advances in reproduction that enabled their wide dissemination.
A new phase of censorship creep in India A proposal to amend the IT Rules 2021 and the ban on a BBC documentary are part of a larger trend of Internet censorship, growing since 2014.
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.
