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Art & Culture

Don’t Call Him a ‘Master’ Artist

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

Parodies of Indian blockbusters are a rage across the border

The Angriest Man on Television

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

Ghungroo Feet

A cocktail of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Vedic chants and Norwegian black metal was recently served in Mumbai. It was odd, yet fun

Not Just Pretty Pictures

Activist Teesta Setalvad knows she has no hope of getting corporate funds for her cause. Thankfully, India’s community of artists has been supportive

The Idea of Poonam Pandey

She combined Indian cricket and nudity to build an improbable brand

The World according to a Cat Lover

The fate of both peasants and animals in Ramkinkar Baij’s art is a record of change in a post-industrial world

‘Kill the Indian First’

Reflections on Indianness from an Indian abroad

The village that refused to be a good story

The media went to gawk at the sight of a mass wedding in a ‘village of prostitutes’. But they were the real spectacle

Get the (Dirty) Picture

Why the movie matters even though it is far from groundbreaking cinema

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