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Art & Culture

Fake and Lovely

The ugly truth behind the Beautiful People of the fashion world, and creating the Braille collection

An Actor’s Take on Shivaji

Nandu Madhav, best known for his turn as Dadasaheb Phalke in India’s Oscar entry film Harishchandrachi Factory, directs a successful play on Shivaji

The Art Market Slump

The hype around Indian art has died down. But this could actually be a good thing for the cause of art

The Leading Lady with Balls

Vidya Balan, the actress who decided to do it her way

‘I still don’t know how to make films’

…says the poster boy of Bollywood’s alternative cinema

Beyond The Scream

The Edvard Munch retrospective at the Tate Modern examines the career of an artist who gave the world its best known icon of horror

A Study in Adaptation

The BBC series Sherlock proves what good writing can do: transport characters and plots written in Victorian England superbly to the modern world of iPads and other detection devices

The People in Their Heads

A father tormented by visions of his dead son, a boy battling dreams of azaadi and football, soldiers fighting their inner demons... Djinns of Eidgah is a deeply disturbing play on Kashmir

The Enduring Charm of the Bindu

Syed Haider Raza explores his lifelong motif, the traditional Indian bindu, through 14 new works on display at his latest show in London

The Artist Who Found His Voice in Prints

Krishna Reddy on the lessons of Nandalal Bose, memories of Santiniketan and Paris, and disappointment of not selling in India

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