Art & Culture

When Hitler Took a Bow

Jaideep Mazumdar

Shantigopal Pal rewrote jatra history by taking Hitler, Lenin and Marx to Bengal’s villages. As he takes his final bow, it’s time for a standing ovation.

The Shape Shifter

Manjula Negi

Boman Irani has never been to an acting school, but he is still an intelligent actor. He knows that audiences today appreciate complex characters, and playing just a good or bad guy isn’t enough.

Shutter Speed

Arindam Mukherjee

Even before the opening of his latest show, Atul Dodiya has sold all 12 works. But he says he regrets the commodification of art.

Picture Parr-fect

Ruhani Kaur

Magnum photographer Martin Parr doesn’t believe in the perfect pretty picture and uses the lens to dissect society, almost grotesquely.

What’s Your Type?

Itu Chaudhuri

Letters are everywhere. On the streets, in your newspapers, in art and literature. But it might take an exhibition on typography to make you fall in love with these shapes again.

From the Horse’s Mouth

Madhavankutty Pillai

The Kala Ghoda fest is supposedly about nine days of ‘cultural’ activity. But it’s really more a street fair.

How the Waste Was Shunned

Sajeda Momin

An ambitious project by artist Michael Landy in the UK invites artists to dump their ‘failures’ in a giant waste bin.

Balasaheb, You Are a Lucky Man

Manju Sara Rajan

Sir, you will not be watching MNIK. But because of your hue and cry, I saw it. So I think it’s only fair that you share my suffering.

Magical Reality

Avantika Bhuyan

Spiti’s bare landscape pulls you in as much does the warmth of the people from the valley, believes photographer Idris Ahmed.

Street of Art

Rahul Jayaram

Every year, for one day, a kilometre-long artery of central Bangalore becomes a platform for artists from all over India to display their works without engaging mediators like galleries.