Art & Culture

Look (Again) before You Speak

Janice Pariat

Artist Adip Dutta’s debut solo has succeeded in taking reality by surprise

My God

Suhit Kelkar

The sculptor of Maharashtra’s most popular Ganesh effigy wants to patent the look, but can divinity be turned into property?

If Buildings Could Speak

Trisha Gupta

Rabindranath Tagore’s architectural and interior designs are reflective of his national ideals, finds artist Samit Das

Our Own (Recently Resurrected) Tarantino

Shaikh Ayaz

Underrated most of his working life, Vijay Anand’s work is being referenced by a bunch of admirers like Anurag Kashyap, Imtiaz Ali, Sriram Raghavan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the Akhtars

Coffee and the Art of Motorcycle Curation

Anil Budur Lulla

A lone rider turns his passion for biking and vintage bikes into a quaint café-cum-museum enterprise

he Indian Museum in Kolkata recently broke open some cupboards lying forgotten on its premises. It yielded an exhaustive set of British records for natural dyes and textiles used in 17th century India

The Last of the Aryans

Shubhangi Swarup

Nobody knows of their real origin or if they are indeed Aryans. But, regarded as long-lost members of a purebred ‘Master Race’ settled in the Himalayas, Brokpas attract curious visitors, some of who try to satisfy their fantasy of having pure Aryan babies