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Arts & Culture
Exhibition
A date with Apollo
How an exhibition of sculptures at Mumbai’s CSMVS allows one to look at antique art not from the usual vantage point of Europe but of India.
Vishakha N. Desai
Tribute
Kumar Shahani (1940-2024): A polymath’s relentless search for a unique cinematic idiom
Shahani, who passed away in February at the age of 83, was among the most radical and original minds Indian cinema has ever produced.
Shaikh Ayaz
96th Academy Awards
Oscars 2024: Talk of war and peace, Nolan’s coronation, and Ken-demonium for Gosling
Even on a night ruled by sombre themes, the Oscars telecast maintained its chaotic mix of moods and tones by injecting a jolt of joyful silliness.
AP
Philately
From backbone to mere backdrop: How farmers disappear from stamps as priorities shift
Once a vibrant avenue for promoting farm policies, postal stamps now feature cultural motifs, sidelining the pivotal role farmers play in nation build
Vikas Kumar
Tribute
Kumar Shahani: Visionary filmmaker who pushed Indian cinema’s boundaries
From Maya Darpan to Tarang, Sahani’s legacy is marked by experimentation, intellectual complexity, and a lifelong dialogue with realism and the avant-
M.K. Raghavendra
Art
Allah Baksh’s Mahabharata paintings retell a timeless saga
Each image in this resplendent box set reproducing over 5,000 Mewari paintings of the epic from the 17th century is just as fresh and ebullient today.
Manjula Padmanabhan
Short Story
‘Scent of a Bird’: A Malayalam story in translation
Translated from Malayalam by A.J. Thomas.
Madhavikutty
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A captivating exhibition uncovers surprising links between theatre and nation building
Re:Public explores Delhi’s forgotten theatres, their connection to the city’s architecture, and how they shaped the capital’s cultural identity.
Trisha Gupta
How to write novels? Just do it!
Writing is as much an art as a craft, much like carpentry or plumbing. Here is how I learnt it, from gurus like Stephen King and Margaret Atwood.
Aakar Patel
Finding home in the act: How Aagaaz theatre trust empowers young lives through art
The arts-based community empowers children, teens, and working-class women to dream, challenge, and build a future where everyone belongs.
Ranjana Dave
Shakti: Still jamming with joy, still making history
The legendary band’s 2024 Grammy win for Best Global Music Album proves the power and popularity of its own unique brand of fusion music.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
A new biography delves into the turbulent life and subversive legacy of Michael Madhusudan Dutt
The book is a tribute to the enduring impact of the 19th century literary giant. However, it is marred by the biographer’s biases.
Sarbari Sinha
‘Cinema shouldn’t be limited to one kind of storytelling’: Don Palathara
The indie filmmaker believes the medium can transcend traditional narratives, pushing beyond the boundaries of storytelling itself.
Aditya Shrikrishna
Playing our lives, on a loop
Raj Kamal Jha’s Patient in Bed Number 12 is as much about the COVID-19 pandemic as about other plagues seeded by us that continue to rage.
Latha Anantharaman
‘There’s blood on my knuckles’
Srilata’s poems in Three Women in a Single Room House are intimate, personal, and deeply touching.
Manohar Shetty
Why are we not reading the likes of Jussawalla and Mehrotra?
Despite critical acclaim, Adil Jussawalla and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s later works remain overlooked. It is time to rediscover these poetry pioneers.
Vivek Narayanan
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim
What exactly do we mean when we call something Islamophobic?
Prathyush Parasuraman
An intoxicating history of opium
In Smoke and Ashes, Amitav Ghosh exposes colonialism’s true legacy and its echoes in today’s crises—all through the lens of the poppy.
Amitangshu Acharya
‘The Verdict’: A Tamil story in translation
Innocent young minds meet mixed messaging in schools. Will casteism triumph or be vanquished? Translated from the Tamil by Malini Seshadri.
Bama Faustina
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