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
Cinema On the various shades of masculinity in cinema portrayalsSiddarth MuralidharanPanel discusses dimensions of masculinity at event celebrating gender affinities.
Short Story Another BeginningAyathurai SanthanThe story is set in the turbulence of an anti-Tamil pogrom in Sri Lanka 45 years ago.
Tribute Remembering the Mysore Lancers and their heroic charge in the ‘Great War’Vikhar Ahmed SayeedA tribute to the men who liberated Haifa from the Ottoman Turks in the First World War.
Philately How is the Sangh Parivar stamping its mark on Indian philately?Vikas KumarThe postage stamps issued by BJS and BJP governments lay open the Parivar’s internal conflicts.
Exhibition Tracing the evolution of Durga through a museum collectionSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayThe artefacts at the Indian Museum provide insights into changing image of the goddess from 3000 BC.
Tourism Reshaping Bihar into a tourism hubIsmat AraThe State government has come out with an “atlas” outlining the significance of 300 cultural sites.
For the love of HanumanRaminder Pal SinghThe annual 10-day Langur Mela in Amritsar during Navratri is unique for the children who visit the ancient Bada Hanuman temple dressed as langurs.
Photo Essay Langur Mela in Amritsar sees hundreds of children visit Bada Hanuman templeRaminder Pal SinghThe mela is held during Navratri and, according to historical chronicles, started centuries ago.
Cinema 70 Years of ‘Parasakthi’: A groundbreaking moment in Tamil cinemaSiddarth MuralidharanThe iconic movie catapulted Sivaji Ganesan and M. Karunanidhi into stardom.
Essay Dance as a means of negotiating identityRanjini NairA look at how dance became enmeshed in the politics of belonging and citizenship.
SHORT STORY ‘Surly face’: A Tamil story in translationC.N. Annadurai‘Sudumoonji’, translated from Tamil by V. Ramakrishnan.
LITERATURE Reclaiming the legacy of Tamil poet Subramania Bharati Mira T. Sundara RajanIt is time to give his widow, Chellamma, her due as his first biographer.
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.
