Art & Culture
Remembering Tyeb Mehta
Avantika Bhuyan
Arun Vadehra of Vadehra Art Gallery picks five landmark paintings which defined the late Tyeb Mehta’s art
Did You Say Poetry Is a Bore?
Maybe no more. It’s leaving its stuffy image behind as performance poets jump onto stage and get the crowd high on their rhythm
It Don’t Matter If You’re Branded
Michael Jackson was the last pop star who mattered to you, me and everyone. At the end, his voice and words shall live on for much longer than anything he was slapped with
A World Away from Venice
A day before the art biennale, artist Riyas Komu escaped to the hills. Two years ago, his paintings were at the world’s biggest art extravaganza. This year, he just wanted to get away, anywhere but Venice
Unforgettables
Dylan, Morrison, the Beatles refuse to go out of our heads. Unlike techno, funk or whatever it was we heard yesterday
Play It Again
Hours before his death, sarode maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan couldn’t resist giving his last music lessons
Death of Ms Supermodel
Nobody could fully explain why she was special, but she was. Once. It was clear she was more than just a pretty face. Alas, that was the last we saw of her. A report from her funeral
The Final War for the Bollywood Throne
He is a megastar like none before. And he knows it. Or does he, really? Is his claim to the top slot in Hindi cinema as secure as is made out to be? And has he lost touch with the times?
No Country for Heroines
The Hindi film industry, for all its powdercaking and blockbusting, cannot disguise its utter disregard for lead female roles and the actresses that play them. It’s not just about the difference in pay, it’s about the industry’s attitude towards filmmaking
How They Made Total Ten
For weeks we followed the production of a low-budget film inspired by the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Here it is, the insanely comic making of a tragic film
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