Art & Culture

The Girl Who Defeated Vidya Balan

Shaikh Ayaz

The remarkable story of Usha Jadhav, the National Award-winning actress who fought prejudices to emerge a success

Long Walk to Safety

arindam

Shannon Jensen of the US won second prize at the Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards 2013 for her work on refugees of Sudan’s Blue Nile State

An Underdog Wins

Kallol Datta

What emotion does to creativity

What Women Want

Devika Bakshi

Kasturba Panda ki Pantie cracks jokes about a housewife’s longing for liberation. While the humour may be crass, her desire is not

When Life was Beautiful

Ritesh Uttamchandani

Sooni Taraporevala’s photographs are not just of the Parsi community, they are of a city and way of life that no longer exists

Everything You Know about Tamil Films Is Probably Wrong

Nandini Krishnan

The Tamil film industry is an extraordinary place

The Gypsy Chronicles

Madhavankutty Pillai

Are Europe’s Roma descendants of India’s scheduled castes and tribes? Or of Mahmud of Ghazni’s prisoners-of-war?

Inside Irrfan Khan’s Mind

Shaikh Ayaz

The actor discusses the effort behind his effortless performances, the Oscars and why he thinks Hollywood is ready for an Asian hero

Thank You, Girls

Aastha Atray Banan

How a television show gave me body confidence

A Sense of Belonging

Trisha Gupta

Twenty-eight contemporary artists explore the idea of home not only as a physical space, but also in terms of racial identity, sexuality and even languages that are dying out