Art & Culture
No Country for Heroines
Rubina A. Khan
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
Staging the World
From playing out Shakespeare’s classics in remote areas to generating funds for charity, the Bhaymmaman theatre of Assam is a unique phenomenon
Burkha Rapper
Sofie Ashraf is an artiste of her times, a creative force informed by the post 9/11 world, a daring new voice like none other
Museum without Walls
Public art is shaping up in Delhi. Unlike gallery art, this encourages people’s participation in conception
The Ear of Living Dangerously
Who mutilated Van Gogh? Himself, or his friend Paul Gauguin, as a recent book says?
Picking the Poor for Pictures
The images chronicle Mumbai’s underclass—migrants who pour into the city’s entrails from various parts of Maharashtra and other states
Accountant’s Memorial
Ledgers, balance sheets and sepia images of the first accountancy board. But actively missing are the Satyam books
The World Comes to Sankar
At 75, a Bengali writer who loves to claim his books have never travelled beyond Burdwan grabs international attention
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