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.
Beyond applausePRACHI PINGLAY in New DelhiContributions, both big and small, pour in to finance the promotion campaign of Shwaas, India's official entry for the Oscar Awards.
Flashes in the panGOWRI RAMNARAYAN in PanajiThe International Film Festival of India, while not lacking in glitz and glamour, falls short of expectations. Some outstanding films, however, save t
The Chalukyan magnificenceText and photographs: BINOY GUPTAWHO designed the first Hindu temples? Who constructed them? Where were they built? What were they made of? Why did successive rulers make them more an
The peacock at PanajiGOWRI RAMNARAYAN"WILL he, won't he, will he, won't he?" The echoes were all around. Would Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy announce Goa as the permanent venue for the I
A forum for the voicelessSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAYA Forum Theatre festival in Kolkata provides an opportunity to the downtrodden to express themselves.
A theatre of one's ownKEWAL ARORATheatre activity can flourish only when it is nurtured through enlightened sponsorship - in terms of finance, voluntary effort, or a sensitive appreci
Mumbai cheers up MooreDIONNE BUNSHAUNTIL recently, the only documentaries one saw on the big screen were government-sponsored Films Division shorts during which the audience would leave
The colour of profitANAND PARTHASARATHYThe fresh release of Mughal-e-Azam, after 44 years, may set cash registers tinkling again and launch a new trend of digitally `colourising' classic In
Secular surgeSUDHANVA DESHPANDESome recent movies produced by the Mumbai film industry project secular values, in a welcome change from the formula movies made earlier.
Breath of hopeMUKTA RAJADHYAKSHAShwaas, a Marathi film that has been nominated as India's entry for the Oscar awards, takes the film world by storm, winning a number of State and nat
Iraq on stageSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAYA Bengali play based on the American occupation of Iraq makes waves in Kolkata.
With a political instinctPABLO NERUDA became a trade union activist after joining the Communist Party of Chile in 1945, and is known as much for his political participation in
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
