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Art & Culture

The Atlas of Painting

Subhra Mazumdar

Artist Paresh Maity documents his travels on canvas, capturing sights and sounds beyond the seeing eye.

Kitsch Comeback

Miniaturists, Madhubani and billboard painters and graphic designers come together to critique urban Indian life in this arts project.

The Mother of All Epics

As a masterpiece of poetry, it remains unparalleled. As a signifier of a civilisation’s ethical and spiritual heritage, it is unsurpassed. What makes it so unique is that it is ‘alive’ in many senses of the word.

An Arrested Adolescence

There’s an entire generation of post-liberalisation readers who can’t seem to get enough of Chetan Bhagat’s fiction. Be puzzled, be very puzzled.

Renaissance Woman

Actor, director, social activist... Aparna Sen’s seventh film as director, The Japanese Wife, releases next Friday. She speaks on her new film and how her frustration with mainstream cinema led her to make her own movies.

Keeping the Spirit Intact

The Jashn-e Khusrau festival gave qawwals a new destination.

Carved, Not Scrambled

There are other things to do with an egg, besides cooking it.

A Family Album of India

Anusha Yadav seeks to document India’s social history using family archives with the Indian Memory Project.

Simple to Sexy

Not very long ago, Vidya Balan was overweight and old-fashioned. But somehow, she returned from the verge of self-destruction stronger and hotter.

Feminist Strokes

At the Art Mall premises in Delhi, International Women’s Day saw 100 women painters conceptualise the theme ‘Stree’.

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