Culture How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of communityJanhavi AcharekarThe 2022 edition included different forms of art and disciplines not usually categorised as art.
CULTURE Late start to Kochi Muziris Biennale exposes organisational fault linesNidheesh M.K.Frontline Bureau
Photo Essay Langur Mela in Amritsar sees hundreds of children visit Bada Hanuman templeRaminder Pal Singh
A theatre storyANNIE ZAIDIThe documentary points to the need for the theatre of the committed and the brave, and for the need to keep such theatre alive.
Rooted in theatreSHAYONI MITRA'Gaon ke naon theatre, mor naon Habib' is an insightful and lively documentary on Habib Tanvir and his Naya Theatre.
Unlikely colleaguesSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAYThe friendship between a French-Canadian Jesuit and a Bengali film-maker led to path-breaking work in film studies.
Memorable missionS. VISWANATHANThe tercentenary of Tranquebar Lutheran Mission is celebrated in Chennai.
The Ziegenbalg legacyONE of the highlights of the tricentenary celebrations of the Danish Halle Mission (Tranquebar Mission) in Chennai in early July was an impressive wee
Kitto's jazz yatraSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAYFor Carlton Kitto, Kolkata's uncrowned king of jazz, it has been a lonely crusade to keep the tradition of Bebop alive.
Islam and reformRAFIA ZAKARIAOn the debate that pits critics of Islam against those who seek change from within the faith.
Drama therapyBY SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY in KolkataA new theatre group of blind women holds out the promise to be a milestone in Indian theatre history.
Different tracksGOWRI RAMNARAYANTwo Hindustani artists reach out to the community of music lovers through a new web site.
Remembering PudumaippithanS. VISWANATHANIn his birth centenary year, Tamil literature lovers all over the world celebrate the master of the short story.
Dramatic exposeSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY in KolkataA Bengali play based on extensive research and investigation creates a genre of its own.
Protest, lament, celebrationGOWRI RAMNARAYANThis year's Bharatrang Mahotsav, the eighth edition of the theatre festival organised by the National School of Drama in Delhi, proves irresistible.
A new phase of censorship creep in India A proposal to amend the IT Rules 2021 and the ban on a BBC documentary are part of a larger trend of Internet censorship, growing since 2014.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.