Art & Culture

Natvar Bhavsar: ‘I’m a freak of nature’

Ritika Kochhar

A leading diasporic artist brings his first retrospective to India. Natvar Bhavsar tells Ritika Kochhar about the importance of homecoming

Forest Act

Anupam Chakravartty

Conservation and theatre break out of the proscenium in a wooded grove in Assam

Woven Winds

Shruthi Issac

The revival of the jamdani weaving tradition

Folk Theorems

Ritika Kochhar

Tribal art gets mainstream status in the marketplace

Desert Storm

Akhil Sood

Every year in winter, a village in Rajasthan becomes the nerve centre of electronic music. Akhil Sood on the making of a camping festival

Reena Kallat: Trapped in Hyphens

Rosalyn D’Mello

Reena Kallat is continuously re-imagining existing bodies of work to unravel their many possible permutations and combinations

Malavika Sarukkai: ‘I wanted to fly’

Malini Nair

Over the last five decades Malavika Sarukkai has reserved the right to dream in her performances. The Bharatanatyam dancer in conversation with Malini Nair

Sudhir Patwardhan: An Artist Every Day

Rosalyn D’Mello

Sudhir Patwardhan’s works draw their immediacy from the memories of the city

‘Music Is about Pain,’ says Jeff Bhasker

Prabha Chandran

Jeff Bhasker believes that the most important function of his art is storytelling. The Grammy-winning songwriter and producer in conversation with Prabha Chandran

Down the Rabbit Hole

Suprateek Chatterjee

Naren Chandavarkar and Benedict Taylor are mad lab scientists creating some of the most intriguing film scores of today. The composer duo in conversation with Suprateek Chatterjee