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Art & Culture
Senaka Senanayake: Life Is Beautiful
Often criticised as being purely aesthetic, Senaka Senanayake’s positive paintings are by no means emotionally inert
The Engineer of Human Souls
Rehaan Engineer lives by a simple diktat: whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his tongue
The Faux Stages of Man
The fourfold ashrama classification is a forced attempt to over-simplify the individual
A Passage to Unfreedom
Censorship in liberal democracies has shifted from policing the entire terrain of representation to policing boundaries
Nawazuddin Siddiqui: The Anti-Hero
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the poster boy of indie cinema, plays his most unnerving role to date
Music: Put a Label on It
Independent music companies are putting the artist first and the moolah second to get musicians and listeners a better deal
You Can’t Please All
A recent storm raised in a teacup points to contemporary India’s uneasy relationship with a culture of reviewing
Nagesh Kukunoor: Give Trust a Chance
For those who have missed the Nagesh Kukunoor brand of cinema, Dhanak feels like a homecoming
Udta Punjab: Defying the Drumbeat
Udta Punjab gives you the reality of the north Indian state and not the mythic idea of it that pervades cinema and advertising
Achyut Lahkar: The Mobile Revolutionary
Achyut Lahkar who died recently will be remembered for creating plays that smelt of Assam and which brought the magic of cinema onto the stage
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