Art & Culture

The Daguerreotype’s Second Life

Janice Pariat

At a residency in Goa, a photographer is trying to revive the world’s first widely publicised process of developing photographs

Of Home and Belonging

Janice Pariat

For a while now, a clutch of Indian photographers has been grasping at the idea of ‘home’. What their gaze alights on is not even always a physical space

The Call of the Camera

Priyanka Borpujari

When Rajesh Jala made one documentary on the son of a militant and another on children who stole shrouds for a living, he didn’t expect the films to transform their lives, least of all his own

The Library of Everyday Sounds

Prerna Raturi

Welcome to auditory history in the making: a couple of Indian initiatives devoted to recording the sounds of our lives

Why Hard Kaur is Hard To Miss

Lalitha Suhasini

This rapper seems to have left all her angst behind in Birmingham. In Mumbai, it’s an entirely new musical game, what with all the Bollywood flicks and many a reality show

Finders Keepers

Gautam Pemmaraju

A glimpse into the minds, habits and tics of those who keep for keepsake

The Company They Keep

Tushar Menon

Bollywood’s three ‘A’ Bachchans have a Bacon number of 2, so does Shah Rukh, but Aamir scores 3. Tsk tsk!

The Nehru You Never Knew

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Sat Paul Sahni’s first book of photographs was published this year, three months after his death. A Godrej almirah full of slides still remains, as do despatches from four wars

Bowler, Dancer, Tattoo-lover, Singer

Shahina KK

Sreesanth After many a memorable gig off stage, cricketer Sreesanth is making his musical debut on stage with the band S-36

The Ustad at 102

A Basu

Abdul Rashid Khan is feted as the oldest performing Hindustani classical musician. On a typical day, he does his namaaz five times, teaches, eats one meal and smokes a hookah