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Arts & Culture
Engaging with culture
Interview with K.V. Akshara, theatre director, playwright, translator and essayist, who heads Ninasam.
Arts & Culture
Playtime
THE Shivarama Karanth Rangamandira was packed and overflowing for the plays in the evening. Of the four plays that were performed during the week, two
Arts & Culture
Construction of tradition
KRISHNAMURTHY HANUR, a folklore scholar from Mysore, was A.K. Ramanujan’s friend and fellow traveller during all his research expeditions in the State
Rani ki Vav
A queen’s tribute
Rani ki Vav, a spectacular 11th-century stepwell in Patan, Gujarat, is now a UNESCO world heritage site.
LYLA BAVADAM in Patan
Heritage
Mapping the well, digitally
AS 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
Gabriel Atencio Ruiz
Hero and human
The Colombian-born artist Gabriel Atencio Ruiz brings the South American hero Simon Bolivar to us in flesh and blood.
Photography
Identity narratives
Portrait photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries from the Alkazi collection make for a rich visual interpretive history and contribute to a
Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
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Visual history
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Exploring the subcontinent
Rahaab Allana on how the cultural history of the subcontinent has been shaped by images, some of which were on display at the exhibition.
Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
Identity narratives
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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
Critiquing nationalism
—Rabindranath Tagore
Photos from the Alkazi Collection
“Drawn from Light”, an exhibition of photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries by British and Indian photographers, shows how the new medium
AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA. Pictures: The Alkazi Collection of Photography
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