Photo Essay Lesser gods: Theyyam performers among ST communities face discriminationThulasi KakkatThe ritual dance form is performed in northern Kerala and parts of southern Karnataka.
Photo Essay Langur Mela in Amritsar sees hundreds of children visit Bada Hanuman templeRaminder Pal Singh
What’s Brewing? New documentary shines light on Rajasthan’s heritage liquor traditionFrontline News Desk
Profile Ali Akbar Khan (1922-2009): Sultan of stringsLakshmi SreeramA tribute on the Ustad’s birth centenary.
Cinema Understanding the new ‘pan-Indian’ film Aditya ShrikrishnaBesides slick marketing, there is clearly a certain narrative that explains the stupendous success of films such as ‘Baahubali’, ‘KGF’, ‘Pushpa: The R
Hindi Cinema Opiate of the massesZIYA US SALAMWhether dabbling in mythology, as in the silent era, or Nehruvian socialism, or the escapist formula fare in the 1970s and later, Hindi cinema was alw
Women in cinema Missing angleGeetha RamanathanA greater range of women’s experiences and lives needs to be covered in depth before the daughters of India can see themselves as full human beings on
Interview: Mahesh Bhatt ‘Our cinema will emerge stronger’ZIYA US SALAMMahesh Bhatt. For all his candour in real life, his films, such as Arth (1982) and Saaransh (1984), have made the best possible statements on his beha
ART HISTORY When visuals speak: How the best critiques bring art to lifeR. Siva KumarThe publication of a new book of essays on art history inspires, in turn, this insightful piece that shows how the best art criticism makes a work of
'The Waste Land' turns 100 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot: A poem of its momentTabish Khair The significance of ‘The Waste Land’, which turns 100 this year, and the continuing appeal of T.S. Eliot’s oeuvre.
A poem of its momentTabish KhairThe significance of ‘The Waste Land’, which turns 100 this year, and T.S. Eliot’s oeuvre and continuing appeal. By Tabish Khair
Jai Bhim film controversy Casteists vs artists: Controversy surrounds Tamil film "Jai Bhim"Ilangovan Rajasekaran“Jai Bhim”, a gripping Tamil film portraying a tribal woman’s fight for justice, is in the eye of a storm after coming under attack by casteist and ri
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: Revolutionary geniusTakshi MehtaOn Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 184th birth anniversary, a celebration of the exemplary novelist who gave us our national song Vande Mataram.
International Museum Day How did the Indian Museum in Kolkata commemorate International Museum Day?Suhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayThe Indian Museum takes visitors on a journey through history with its rare public exhibition of never-before-displayed artefacts.
Interview: Anamika Haksar ‘Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon’ deals in bringing dreams aliveSNEHA KRISHNANInterview with Anamika Haksar, theatre doyenne and director of Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon.
The Art vs Artist conundrum and the audience that is between them An effective way of taking revenge against artists is to consign them to oblivion.
SlideshowColours of desireA mother’s sari collection feels like an act of vengeance against a life that had deprived her of small joys in her youth.
