Art & Culture

Bravo! Another Curtain Call!

Avantika Bhuyan

The Ministry of Culture has announced a slew of measures to put life back into the theatres of India. But theatre and its practitioners want and need much more.

God Is Not Dead

Anil B. Lulla

Kannada cine star Vishnuvardhan’s death threw Karnataka into turmoil. Just what mob mania is at play?

The Sound of Winter

Reshil Charles

If you think Delhi is a musically dead city, tune in once again and listen to these notes blowing in with the cool winds.

‘In a Way I am Indebted to Farhan’

Sourav Majumdar

At his cosy apartment off Peddar Road in Mumbai, the director of India’s 1978 cult film Don is shaping his second innings in Hindi cinema. After a 31-year hiatus, Chandra Barot, 67, is raring to have one more shot at moviemaking.

The Instinct of Aamir Khan

Manu Joseph

How he understands his audience, how he uses his gift of curiosity, how he managed to tame the media and why he is a different man.

A Passage in Kolkata

Jaideep Mazumdar

Kolkata’s Park Street is the most iconic road in India. Bridging the gap between Warren Hastings and Buddhadeb, it is a celebration, and, alas, a tragedy.

The Newsmakers

arindam

A compulsive daydreamer teleports himself to 2020 to doodle a future history of the newsmakers of the next decade.

The King and Eye

Avantika Bhuyan

For an exhibition on Bhutan, the current king himself, an avid photographer, gives us an insider’s view of his kingdom and its people.

Azure Allure

Sohini Chattopadhyay

From the colonial plantations of India to the ubiquitous pair of blue jeans, indigo has a fascinating story. And artists Laura Kina and Shelly Jyoti are telling it through their show.

Songs of War

Avantika Bhuyan

These young musicians from strife-torn places like Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka are rebels in their homeland. But they believe their music is a weapon of peace.