Art & Culture
Loin(cloth) King
Sohini Chattopadhyay
A Paris show on Tarzan has become wildly popular. Curator Roger Boulay analyses the enduring heartthrob.
Ear for the Ordinary
In a film, you hear sounds other than dialogues and music: the hum of a lift, a sofa creak, a dog bark. These sounds come from improbable places. They are works of invisible artists called Foleys
The Great Art Mart 2.0
Everyone who’s anyone in the art frat is heading to Delhi for the second edition of the India Art Summit. International galleries, seminars, art walks, even an autorickshaw symphony, it’s all happening here
The Superstar Problem
Some film makers hope for the day when producers and the public will be liberated from the ‘star’. (By the way, we carry this essay only because a Hrithik interview fell through)
Here’s Looking at You, Tihar
A stellar cast of artists interprets life behind bars as part of an art-therapy project to rehabilitate the inmates of Tihar.
Pinch Yourself, This is Not Science Fiction
India to host to a TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference
Taking the Sarangi to the World
Last year, Ustad Kamal Sabri performed before a select audience at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo. Ever since, the maestro has been promoting the instrument and winning global recognition
‘My Reputation Can Take Mudslinging’
Ramachandra Guha in conversation with Rahul Jayaram on the turf war over the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in Delhi, which he believes is going down the drain
Centre Stage
Naseeruddin Shah is putting together a theatre festival to celebrate his performance group Motley’s 30th anniversary. Shah explains his obsession with theatre and why movies are not half as good
The Last Song of Dusk
The doyen of the Kirana gharana, Gangubai Hangal, has passed on. But her voice will live in our midst forever
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