CULTURE In search of the Banaras of Ustad Bismillah KhanShreevatsa NevatiaHad he been alive, the shehnai maestro would have turned 107 on March 21.
CULTURE Late start to Kochi Muziris Biennale exposes organisational fault linesNidheesh M.K.Frontline Bureau
DECEMBER 2, 2011 Renaissance manPOET, musician, lyricist, film director, writer, thespian, artist, winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke award in 1993 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001, Bhupen
February 28, 1992 The Amitabh phenomenonAMITABH BACHCHAN. The man behind the mystique of megastardom, whose 86 films in the last two decades have fed the fantasies of millions the world over
March 22, 1996 Moving the heartSEMMANGUDI SRINIVASA IYER, the ripe old sangita pitamaha, the ultimate authority on the theory and practice of Carnatic music for three generations of
September 10, 1993 Master of melodyIS Ilaiyaraaja a classical Western musician? Or is he a folk musician? Is he just a successful film music director? Or is he an experimenter in Carnat
Tamil literature Truly newVRIDHACHALEMPILLAY SUBRAMANIAMPudhumaipithan revolutionised the Tamil short story in form, content and language, making it truer to the lived realities of the times.
PK Fable for the timesC.S. VENKITESWARANPK is a film that, through an alien figure, throws up point-blank questions about religious beliefs, customs, rituals, temples of gods, priests, godme
Events Culture and identityDEEPA GANESH recently in HeggoduScholars and writers engage in a discussion on the Indian way of thinking at the culture course at Ninasam in Heggodu, Karnataka.
Vinod Kumar Shukla: A poet in a novelist’s shirt The PEN/Nabakov award for Shukla is an acknowledgement of a unique and extraordinary talent.
SlideshowOn the marginsCyclones have irrevocably impacted the lives of people on Bangladesh’s south-west coast.
