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
Orissa's treasuresText & photographs: PRAFULLA DASArchaeological excavations in Orissa unearth a treasure trove of architecturally rich Buddhist remains.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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 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
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 great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
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.
