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Art
Inspired etching
PABLO RUIZ PICASSO (1881-1973) was the most charismatic artist in 20th century Western art. Both his art and his life had colour and grandeur. Controv
PARTHA CHATTERJEE
Heritage
History from below
THE Revolt of 1857 must be set in the larger context of what colonialism was doing to India and its people at the time.
Heritage
A radical legacy
BHAGAT SINGH and his comrades like all other progressive groups and individuals of the time cannot be understood without reference to the historic i
Music
Khan of Shehnai
USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN (1916-2006), who first brought shehnai, a problematic reed instrument, to the concert stage nearly 70 years ago, passed away in h
Heritage
Looking back
AN important component of Frontlines news agenda over the past 25 years has been coverage of history. Going well beyond a report-it-as-news approach t
PARVATHI MENON
Music
Genius of song
WE walked 30 miles to hear you today but arrived only at the very end. We waited in the hope of offering our respects to you before returning to our v
Literature
‘Opium of the people’
TRENCHANT critics, as well as some ardent supporters, of the Marx-Engels-Lenin theory of Dialectical and Historical Materialism appear to agree that t
Column by E.M.S. NAMBOODIRIPAD. December 1, 1995.
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