Art & Culture

When Literature Turns Hysterical

Sonali Kokra

A video project by American artist Clayton Cubitt explores the battle between mind and body, and the tension between art and sex

A Love Story With a Difference

Madhavankutty Pillai

Indian writing in English rarely ever matches the gems of vernacular literature, such as this Marathi novel

Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age

Anusha Subramanian

The first act of Amar Chitra Katha’s rescue is over. The brand has survived. But Act Two will be tricky

Inside Out Artist

Divya Saxena

Nikhil Chopra redraws history in performance

Facebook to Bhaktbook

Sumana Roy

A Hindu devotional song calls out to Facebookers seen as sinners in need of redemption

If women dancers faced the ‘devadasi stigma’, men didn’t have it easy either in a field where there was no readymade space for them. The story of VP Dhananjayan’s struggle to break away from Kalakshetra and establish himself as a solo male Bharata Natyam dancer

In Search of the Original Lovers

Aastha Atray Banan

23 years after it released, a remake reopens the conversation about Aashiqui. What made a simple romance starring relative unknowns such a huge hit?

The First Movie

Madhavankutty Pillai

The third of May marks one hundred years of the release of Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, the first ever Indian feature film. Paresh Mokashi, director of the Marathi film Harishchandrachi Factory, based on the making of Phalke’s film, recounts Phalke’s extraordinary adventure. As told to Madhavankutty Pillai

Not a Model Millionaire

Aastha Atray Banan

Vikram Chatwal is worth half a billion dollars, has friends among the elite of India and the US, and has dated some of the world’s most beautiful women. Why does someone like him keep going into self-destruct mode?