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Arts & Culture
Photography
Life in the raw: Review of the exhibition, Raghu Rai: A Thousand Lives—Photographs from 1965-2005
Stories of grandeur, religious experiences and political ambition jostle with those of everyday ecstasies, hardships, sorrows, humour, even ennui.
Malavika Karlekar
Propaganda
Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda
One always imagines that propaganda and brainwashing are modern inventions that Goebbels—aided by Leni Riefenstahl—perfected. Not true. It has been ar
Vaishna Roy
Reimagining Vallalar
The saint, the song, and the social revolution
A new music project titled Anbenum Peruveli radically reinterprets the work of the 19th-century Tamil poet-prophet in the year of his bicentenary.
Abhirami Girija Sriram
Propaganda — The Lede
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Endlessly shared till its beliefs pass off as the truth, the film trailer mirrors our world: fact and fiction, blurred by repetition.
Lawrence Liang
Propaganda
Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Indian cinema hardly yields space to Dalit, Adivasi, or Bahujan protagonists. It continues to be an elitist, casteist project.
Harish S. Wankhede
Propaganda
Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films
Potent tools for disseminating political ideologies and pushing stereotypes, these films offer insights into elections as well as everyday realities.
S.V. Srinivas
Kitchen Katha
The bean that carries a whiff of rain
A common kitchen ingredient, the black-eyed bean has a glorious lineage and, when boiled, a shockingly intense umami flavour
Kalpish Ratna
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Chronicling the early years of LGBTQIA+ movement in India
How Pawan Dhall, queer rights activist, researcher, and writer, has single-handedly created a remarkable archive of the early years of the movement.
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Brinda Karat: Communist with a bindi
Characterised by a lack of self-indulgence, this memoir narrates a story that describes her mission to end exploitation in the world.
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‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
The hypocrisy of a cruel literary environment conditioned by casteism and unique to India. Translated from Marathi by Priya Adarkar.
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The Carnatic wars
By honouring T.M. Krishna, The Music Academy champions the art of Carnatic music while subtly recognising validity in his critiques. Yet, protests aga
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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
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
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.
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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
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-
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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
‘Scent of a Bird’: A Malayalam story in translation
Translated from Malayalam by A.J. Thomas.
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