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Arts & Culture
Cinema
Inheritance of loss
The film highlights the groundswell of introspection among the Partition generation.
CHITRA PADMANABHAN
Cinema
Reality and dreams
Two films that trace the lives of two children one face to face with terror and the other in the world of her dreams.
MAITHILI RAO
Cinema
Sorrow of rivers
A documentary film festival in Bangalore helps create awareness about the water crises of the future.
VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED
Art
The great quest
After six years of wandering, Gautama Siddhartha attained his goal: he became a Buddha, one who had gained Bodhi.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: BENOY K. BEHL
Art
Stories in stone
Kazhugumalai is a virtual treasure trove of Jaina art and culture dating back to the 8th century.
T.S. SUBRAMANIAN
Art
Opulent sculptures
Epigraphist V. VedachalamS forte is the study of Jaina sites.
Art
Culture of peace
The Upanishads, composed in the 8th or 9th century B.C., form the basis of all major faiths that originated in India.
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENOY K. BEHL
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