History Tracing 200 years of the history of photography in IndiaMalavika KarlekarThis book is the product of substantial research into timelines, notes, and choice of images.
A missionary enterprisePRAVEEN SWAMIThe key elements of Zana Briski's Oscar-winning Born Into Brothels are questionable on points of fact, but these distortions pale into insignificance
Simmering silencesKUMKUM SANGARIIn Kaya Taran, Sashi Kumar explores the consequences of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots at the individual and social levels through the prism of Gujarat 2002
Mapping a political eraMAITHILI RAOSudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, a milestone in Indian political cinema, covers the turbulence that mark the pre- and post-Emergency days.
Was the Buddha born in Orissa?PRAFULLA DASWAS the Buddha born in Orissa? If a section of Buddhist scholars are to be believed, yes. A debate over the claim that Kapileswar, a place near Bhuban
Orissa's treasuresText & photographs: PRAFULLA DASArchaeological excavations in Orissa unearth a treasure trove of architecturally rich Buddhist remains.
Fetters on expressionDIONNE BUNSHAIT was Black Thursday for the feature film Black Friday. A day before the movie was to be released, on January 28, the special Terrorist and Disruptiv
The children of 1984SUDHANVA DESHPANDEThe horrors of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 are revisited in two recent feature films with pertinent questions about identities and memories.
A scathing indictmentT.K. RAJALAKSHMI in New DelhiThe exoneration of the historians involved with the "Towards Freedom Project" in the interim report of the Bandopadhyay Committee is evidence of the B
A road half-travelledSUDHANVA DESHPANDESwades, despite some outstanding sequences and good acting, disappoints because of its failure to confront politically the serious issues it touches u
Plays for the peopleARJUN GHOSHThe Jana Natya Manch's street play "Akhri Juloos" and proscenium production "Shambuk Vadh", performed to mark the 16th death anniversary of Safdar Has
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
