Lekh Tandon Star in the shadows ZIYA US SALAM Lekh Tandon (1929-2017) helmed several memorable Hindi films but remained an unsung hero ...
I.V. Sasi Trendsetting titan C.S. VENKITESWARAN I.V. Sasi (1948-2017), a giant among Malayalam film-makers, explored and dramatised the ...
Nobel Prize: Literature More English than the English A.J. THOMAS Kazuo Ishiguro, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a non-native speaker of ...
Obituary Everyman’s director ZIYA US SALAM Kundan Shah (1947-2017) stole hearts with his meaningful craft that offered a peek into ...
Translation New Custom (Naya Kaayada) THE man’s nostrils quivered, blasted by stench. As soon as he alighted from the bus, his ...
Translation Infidel (Kafir, 1938) GET away from here, you with your scary Mahadev face! Someone could get a fever just by ...
Architecture Building India DIVYA TRIVEDI Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru took a keen interest in fostering young talent in ...
Demolishing a legacy IN April this year, the iconic Hall of Nations, said to be the first pillarless building ...
India-Pakistan Feuding twins A.G. NOORANI Two poems that describe the ills that India and Pakistan share—the rise of religious ...
Archaeology Vadnagar’s wall of fame Vadnagar is a fortified town with a population of about 25,000 people in Mehsana district ...
Interview 'There is no language in the world which is pristine and pure' A. S. Panneerselvan Interview with Professor David Shulman, Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at The ...
Interview ‘Identity is an overused word’ THE longlist for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2017 was announced on July 27, with ...
Art history The Art of India—a coffee-table book from Frontline CHITRASUTRA, the ancient Indian treatise on painting, began in the oral tradition before ...
Celebrating Shakespeare The poet with a muse of fire ASIM KUMAR MUKHERJEE Shakespeare is celebrated for his plays and sonnets, but his life is no less fascinating.
The Red Fort Many-splendoured citadel ON the eastern edge of Delhi along the banks of the Yamuna river, which has shifted its ...
Interview: Arundhati Roy ‘We are all living in a graveyard of sorts’ ZIYA US SALAM Interview with Arundhati Roy.
Marathi Cinema Reclaiming the box office LYLA BAVADAM After decades of lull, Marathi films are attracting audiences once again.
Interview: Hungarian author Gábor Lanczkor Humanism in crisis MARGIT KÖVES Hungarian author Gábor Lanczkor on the cultural and political landscape in his country, on ...
Interview The storyteller of Kochi ZIYA US SALAM Interview with Anees Salim, whose “The Small-Town Sea” has just been published.
Contrasting mounds THE Harappan sites of 4MSR and 43GB situated 50 km apart in Rajasthan present contrasting ...
A complete sequence THE Harappan site of 4MSR witnessed a continuous cultural sequence from the Early Harappan ...
