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“Meepao”, choreographed by Surjit Nongmeikapam, from PECDA Showcase 2022.

In a parched landscape, a dance competition keeps artists’ dreams alive

The Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Awards has created an ecosystem for dancers in India, where resources and opportunities remain scarce.
Ranjana Dave
A familiar game of “dog and the bone” is transformed into an exercise in spatial awareness at the Aagaaz learning centre in New Delhi.

Finding home in the act: How Aagaaz theatre trust empowers young lives through art

The arts-based community empowers children, teens, and working-class women to dream, challenge, and build a future where everyone belongs.
Ranjana Dave
Shahidul Alam during an interaction in New Delhi in February 2016. 

‘Photography is a reciprocal event’: Shahidul Alam

For the Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist, photography is a means to an end, and the end is to achieve social justice.
Ranjana Dave
Climate policy researcher Manish Shrivastava addresses the jury.

A scripted performance in Chandigarh puts stubble burning in focus

The performative hearing saw real activists and lawyers working not only within a script but also within conventions of the National Green Tribunal.
Ranjana Dave
Resistance fighters in Tibet’s freedom struggle are seen in the photogtraph in the background. The exhibit in the foreground consists of surveillance equipment used by the fighters. From Lhamo Tsering’s archives.

What the CIA did in Tibet is now on display at Kochi Muziris Biennale

An exhibition highlights how Tibetans trained by the US fought Chinese forces to free Tibet.
Ranjana Dave
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