Through my window

Dilemmas of Indian literary criticism

TRADITIONAL Indian poetics is in a crisis today. Its categories are proving clearly insufficient to explain several of the modern genres, forms and mo

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The ‘unknown’ factor

Internationally acclaimed film director and eminent Bengali poet Buddhadeb Dasgupta in an exclusive conversation with Frontline, talks of his film Anw

Ajanta's treasures

Shooting in the dark

The challenge of photographing the paintings at Ajanta.

Celebrating diversity

Yaadhum, a documentary tracing the roots of Tamil Muslims, evocatively portrays a syncretic tradition that allowed inclusiveness and peaceful coexiste

Buddhist wonders

Monumental effort

THE painted ceilings of the Buddhist caves at Ajanta have not drawn as much international attention as the murals. A reason could be that the painting

Surveillance and survival

In post-war Sri Lanka, Sinhala cinema is all about triumphal cultural nationalism. What options does a Tamil film-maker have, faced with the twin thre

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