Archaeology The museum that Biswajit Sahu built in the SunderbansSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayMore than 10,000 items painstakingly gathered over the years are on display in remote West Bengal.
Archaeology The museum that Biswajit Sahu built in the SunderbansSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayMore than 10,000 items painstakingly gathered over the years are on display in remote West Bengal.
Museums As good as new: Bhau Daji and CSMVS are worthy of emulationLyla BavadamMumbai’s Bhau Daji and CSMVS, two of the country’s best maintained museums, were recently restored.
Philately What one can tell from the topics the Central government chose to showcase on stamps over the yearsVikas KumarGovernments began commemorating achievements on stamps rather than communicating policy.
Museums A road map for museumsNaman Parmeshwar AhujaWhat are the structural shifts needed in museums to equip them to take proper care of inheritance?
Museums Chennai’s Museum of PossibilitiesSiddarth MuralidharanFunded by the Tamil Nadu government, the project is managed by the NGO Vidya Sagar.
MUSEUMS ‘Museums are better than textbooks’: Archaeologist Ravi KorisettarVikhar Ahmed SayeedRobert Bruce Foote travelled across south India for over 40 years collecting antiquities.
MUSEUMS Design Centre on Wheels: A mobile museum that promotes indigenous embroidery in KutchAmi ShroffThe project led to many innovations in motifs, designs, and scale.
MUSEUMS Dakshinachitra: A continuous cultural journeySiddarth MuralidharanDakshinachitra also curates a rich variety of folk art through special State and thematic festivals.
MUSEUMS Conflictorium: A platform to speak of the atrocities against tribesAnupama Katakam“A space that strives to engage every section of society with a variety of conflict issues.”
Museums Museums and the difficult topic of repatriationJyotindra JainIndia does not even have an inventory of its pieces in Western museums, unlike many former colonies.
Museums - The Lede Museums are needed to preserve cultural heritage Sabyasachi MukherjeeThis is one of the biggest challenges for contemporary societies: as important as the health of a society or the environment.
Museums Tasneem Zakaria Mehta: ‘Museums are safe spaces for critical thinking’Lyla BavadamThe art historian and cultural activist says museums need to respond to contemporary culture.
Shah Rukh Khan: The new action hero on the block With Pathaan and Jawan, will he use his stardom to rewrite the genre or will the genre rewrite him?
SlideshowSea changeIndia could learn a few lessons from small island nations like Maldives on mitigating climate change.
