Simon Napier-Bell took George Michael’s Wham! to China and gave Marc Bolan his big break. The songwriter and music producer talks about his art and adventures—and Indian entanglements
The Sri Lankan artist who turns the darkest memories into an art of reconciliation
Often criticised as being purely aesthetic, Senaka Senanayake’s positive paintings are by no means emotionally inert
Rehaan Engineer lives by a simple diktat: whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his tongue
The fourfold ashrama classification is a forced attempt to over-simplify the individual
Censorship in liberal democracies has shifted from policing the entire terrain of representation to policing boundaries
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the poster boy of indie cinema, plays his most unnerving role to date
Independent music companies are putting the artist first and the moolah second to get musicians and listeners a better deal