Art & Culture

The Pixellated Word

Janice Pariat

Rashid Rana explores contemporary experiences of living in a complex, coded world

Red Alert: College Street in Danger

Lhendup G Bhutia

An ‘evil’ mall is coming up on this iconic street in Kolkata that is considered the world’s largest second-hand book market

Miss Malini Dot Who?

Aastha Atray Banan

She is India’s most popular celebrity blogger, has a full-time staff of 10, and reaches out to a quarter million followers every month

Old New Delhi

Shruti Ravindran

A new photography show features the capital’s Modernist landmarks and the architects who gave them to us

Not the Final Whistle Yet

Shaikh Ayaz

Subhash Ghai wants his show to go on. Never mind his surfeit of flops as a filmmaker and the iffiness of his film school’s survival

The Ta-Dhin-Dhin-Ta Dude

Aastha Atray Banan

Karsh Kale’s appeal as a musician can be attributed to a fusion of tabla skills and charming looks

Not a Happy Ending

Michael Edison Hayden

Liberty Cinema, one of Mumbai’s last surviving art deco classics, is struggling for survival

Don’t Call Him a ‘Master’ Artist

Madhavankutty Pillai

Akbar Padamsee, whose paintings are suddenly finding huge valuations in the art market, talks about why numbers matter, the process of art and an obscenity case with amusing moments

Unmade in Pakistan

Shaikh Ayaz

Parodies of Indian blockbusters are a rage across the border

The Angriest Man on Television

Aastha Atray Banan

Raghu Ram, creator and host of reality show MTV Roadies, is a cult figure among Indian college students. But he says he is a shy recluse who has to live with a bodyguard