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Heritage

Magnificent ruins

EXPOSED bricks, vegetation growing out of structures, crumbling monuments. Ayutthaya resembles, at first glance, the quintessential heap of stones tha
LYLA BAVADAM
Cinema

A twist in the tale

NOTHING, not even the quirky intelligence of Anurag Kashyaps earlier works, could have prepared us for the stunning beauty of his latest film, Dev D.
UMA MAHADEVAN-DASGUPTA
Art

Vandals work

THE Tirumalai hill in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu stands in the midst of paddy fields as far as the eye can see. The plentiful November rains hav
T.S. SUBRAMANIAN
Art

Great diffusion

One of the greatest stories of the diffusion of ideas is that of Buddhism, which spread right across the Asian continent.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: BENOY K. BEHL

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Pralayan, Convener of the Chennai Kalai Kuzhu.-S. THANTHONI

Up his street

PRALAYAN, the brain behind the Chennai Kalai Kuzhus success, had a passion for art and literature even in his college days. In 1979, he attended a the
Bodhisattva, mural, Sumtsek, Alchi, Ladakh. Early Indic art does not strive to present photographic reality. Its purpose is to present the grace that underlies all of creation. This graceful bodhisattva moves us and elevates us through the marvellous lines of his form.-

Himalayan home

Monks who fled from Nalanda and Vikramashila nurtured Vajrayana Buddhism in the trans-Himalayan region.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: BENOY K. BEHL
At the Rehearsal of the Chennai Kalai Kuzhu's play 'Payanam', which deals with the migration of landless agricultural labourers to towns.-S. THANTHONI

Drama of life

The Chennai Kalai Kuzhu, now in its 25th year, introduced political theatre in Tamil Nadu in the form of street plays.
S. VISWANATHAN
Sculpted beam, stupa railing, Kankali, Mathura region, 2nd century B.C. The pulsating vine of the abundance of the natural order is carried by human figures as it courses through the world, bringing with it the wealth of nature.-

Vehicles of peace

From stupas, Buddhist art progresses to a point where the human form is used to convey ideas that transcend mortal existence.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENOY K. BEHL
PUNJABIS OF THE 'Partition generation' share feelings of guilt and remorse about the genocidal violence of 1947.-

Inheritance of loss

The film highlights the groundswell of introspection among the Partition generation.
CHITRA PADMANABHAN
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