Art & Culture

The Curious Case of Shobhalal vs Shobhalal

Rahul Bhatia

What happens when your identity is stolen and used by another man? The true story of one Shobhalal is behind the film, Mohandas, which premieres 4 September

The Life and Mime of Jogesh Dutta

Jaideep Mazumdar

After 53 years and countless laughs, the Charlie Chaplin of Kolkata took his final bow before the audience. Silently, as always

Loin(cloth) King

Sohini Chattopadhyay

A Paris show on Tarzan has become wildly popular. Curator Roger Boulay analyses the enduring heartthrob.

Ear for the Ordinary

Rahul Bhatia

In a film, you hear sounds other than dialogues and music: the hum of a lift, a sofa creak, a dog bark. These sounds come from improbable places. They are works of invisible artists called Foleys

Everyone who’s anyone in the art frat is heading to Delhi for the second edition of the India Art Summit. International galleries, seminars, art walks, even an autorickshaw symphony, it’s all happening here

The Superstar Problem

Rahul Bhatia

Some film makers hope for the day when producers and the public will be liberated from the ‘star’. (By the way, we carry this essay only because a Hrithik interview fell through)

Here’s Looking at You, Tihar

Sohini Chattopadhyay

A stellar cast of artists interprets life behind bars as part of an art-therapy project to rehabilitate the inmates of Tihar.

Pinch Yourself, This is Not Science Fiction

Rahul Jayaram

India to host to a TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference

Taking the Sarangi to the World

Subhra Mazumdar

Last year, Ustad Kamal Sabri performed before a select audience at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo. Ever since, the maestro has been promoting the instrument and winning global recognition

‘My Reputation Can Take Mudslinging’

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Ramachandra Guha in conversation with Rahul Jayaram on the turf war over the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in Delhi, which he believes is going down the drain