Art & Culture

Death of the Political Cartoon

Hemant Morparia

Among those who killed it are cartoonists themselves

The Fraud of Vedic Maths

Hartosh Singh Bal

Those who seriously still think ancient India had devised a parallel mathematical system need to acquaint themselves with an inventive Shankaracharya called Bharti Krishna Tirthaji.

Write Like a Dancer

Tishani Doshi

How artiste Chandralekha’s refusal to separate art and life inspired my parallel careers, one drawing upon the other

Picture the Book

Jaideep Mazumdar

A catalogue of books or an art catalogue? It’s all the same when it comes to the one created by Seagull Books.

Being Adnan Sami’s Neighbour

Rahul Bhatia

The sounds began even before he moved into my next door flat. And for years they changed tune according to the state of the singer’s career and marriage. And then it all went abruptly silent.

Managing a Supermodel’s Suicide

Rahul Bhatia

How Viveka Babajee’s family handled the publicity after her death. And what happens next.

Fusion Footwork

Avantika Bhuyan

Dance is a test of endurance, says Pandit Chitresh Das, creator of a unique brand of dance that he calls Kathak Yoga.

Scent of History

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

World cuisine may take you places. But reminders of the past and our own nativity lie in foods which are sadly being fast forgotten.

Mystic Movement

Avantika Bhuyan

After the dark days of the Gujarat riots, there came a glimmer in Shabnam Virmani’s discovery of the diverse social landscape that the poet Kabir still inhabits.

Rajat Barmecha had no producer papa and hadn’t attended a single acting class. Yet the 19-year-old, who auditioned for a bit part, landed the lead role in Udaan and found himself in front of a standing ovation at Cannes.