Art & Culture

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

Raider of a Costly Art

Shashank Kumar

The creator of Lara Croft, Ian Livingstone, on the tomb raider’s new avatar, and why it costs upto $50 million to create a single video game nowadays

Jamming with a Marley

Bhairavi Jhaveri

Reggae legend Bob Marley’s son, Rohan, who was in India this week to launch House of Marley audio products, on living and loving like his father

Tyranny of the Casting Director

Aastha Atray Banan

It is true. And sometimes they do not even bother to couch their demands in dignified terms

Nothingness in a Dress

Chinki Sinha

As a live installation at an art show against gender violence, Chinki Sinha finds herself discomfited by the male gaze

Art in the Time of Eternal Uncertainty

Shaikh Ayaz

Lahore-based artist Ali Kazim, whose paintings were showcased in Mumbai recently, talks about nudity, freedom of expression and why interest in Pakistani art is on the ascent