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
Spotlight Irula sensation Nanjamma shines light on tribal life with her musicJinoy Jose PThe National Award winner’s songs continue to inspire millions in Kerala and beyond.
INTERVIEW ‘A tired hero questioning his own relevance’: Vinay Shukla on Ravish KumarAditya ShrikrishnaThe documentary While We Watched chronicles a period of dejection in the Indian media.
Studio takesKetaki ShethDevika Daulet-SinghKetaki Sheth’s ‘Photo Studio’ is as much about studio photography in the age of selfies as it is an album of contemporary life and its attachments.
Photo Essay ‘Photo Studio’ tells a story about photography in the age of selfiesDevika Daulet-SinghThe collection by Ketaki Sheth is an absorbing album of contemporary life and its attachments.
What’s Brewing? New documentary shines light on Rajasthan’s heritage liquor traditionFrontline News DeskThe liquors were herbal or organic products and many brands were popularised as health tonics.
TRIBUTE: Birth Centenary Special Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Stories, songs, and socialismJuhi SaklaniHis films, often loosely labelled as middle-of-the-road cinema, deserve a more engaged appraisal.
Theatre Refined recreation: Stage adaptation of Ponniyin SelvanIlangovan RajasekaranThe stage adaptation of “Ponniyin Selvan”, presented in Chennai in June by Magic Lantern, does not disappoint as an honest attempt to retain the soul
Retrospective Sushil Majumdar: Forgotten legendSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayA new book and a documentary hope to reacquaint filmgoers with this doyen of Bengali cinema.
Interview ‘Forging solidarities across differences’: Nancy AdajaniaAnupama KatakamThe art critic says kinetic impulses guide the works assembled in ‘Woman is as Woman does’ at CSMVS.
Art ‘Woman is as Woman Does’: An ode to womanpowerAnupama KatakamAn exhibition at the CSMVS in Mumbai goes beyond art to become a celebration of femininity.
Boycott Bollywood Editor’s NoteVaishna RoyIt is the offer of the possibility of a pan-religion Indianness that makes Bollywood such a threat.
Data Card Lights, camera, right turnRamesh ChakrapaniBoycott calls and ultra-nationalist films show the project of weaponising Bollywood is complete.
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.
