Art & Culture

Renaissance Woman

Shradha Sukumaran

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

Subhra Mazumdar

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

Carved, Not Scrambled

Open

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

A Family Album of India

Avantika Bhuyan

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

Simple to Sexy

Shradha Sukumaran

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

Subhra Mazumdar

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

The Beatles are Fifty

Shovon Chowdhury

What can you possibly say about The Beatles that hasn’t been said before?

Propaganda on a Screen Near You

KA Shaji

Entertainment in Tamil Nadu is almost entirely motivated by politics, and the DMK is nowhere near loosening its grip on audiences.

The Pete Beat

Rahul Jayaram

He may have made James Bond move to his beat, yet percussionist Pete Lockett says he’s still learning.

Desert Rose

Radhika Bordia

Rukma Bai defied convention and faced ostracism to sing in public. Fame may have brought her acceptance from her fellow villagers, but they still won’t let their women follow in her footsteps.