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
Engaging with cultureInterview with K.V. Akshara, theatre director, playwright, translator and essayist, who heads Ninasam.
PlaytimeTHE Shivarama Karanth Rangamandira was packed and overflowing for the plays in the evening. Of the four plays that were performed during the week, two
Construction of traditionKRISHNAMURTHY HANUR, a folklore scholar from Mysore, was A.K. Ramanujan’s friend and fellow traveller during all his research expeditions in the State
Literature The mortals of DevdasAn actual relationship in the writer’s youth may have produced the protagonists of Devdas, but they are, in the end, a metaphor for the human self stu
Rani ki Vav A queen’s tributeLYLA BAVADAM in PatanRani ki Vav, a spectacular 11th-century stepwell in Patan, Gujarat, is now a UNESCO world heritage site.
Mapping the well, digitallyAS part of its conservation effort in 2011, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) teamed up with the Scottish Ten team and CyArk to digitally scan
Photography Identity narrativesAjoy Ashirwad MahaprashastaPortrait photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries from the Alkazi collection make for a rich visual interpretive history and contribute to a
Gabriel Atencio Ruiz Hero and humanThe Colombian-born artist Gabriel Atencio Ruiz brings the South American hero Simon Bolivar to us in flesh and blood.
Photography Identity narrativesAjoy Ashirwad MahaprashastaPortrait photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries from the Alkazi collection make for a rich visual interpretive history and contribute to a
Interview: Rahaab Allana Exploring the subcontinentAjoy Ashirwad MahaprashastaRahaab Allana on how the cultural history of the subcontinent has been shaped by images, some of which were on display at the exhibition.
Photography Colonial gazeAJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA. Pictures: The Alkazi Collection of Photography“Drawn from Light”, an exhibition of photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries by British and Indian photographers, shows how the new medium
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.
