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Art & Culture

The Company They Keep

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

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

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

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

Where You Can See Tagore’s Passbook

The State Bank museum in Kolkata also boasts Rajendra Prasad’s current account application and the box that stored Gandhi’s ashes

The Singing Nun

Ani Choying Drolma joined a monastery to escape her father’s beatings and found a voice that has now got Warner Brothers lining up

The Strange Silence of Mahesh Bhatt

One of the things we missed most after Radiagate was him announcing a film called Phone Call. Precious words on his recent reticence

A Cartographer among Photographers

Alain Paiement uses a technique called mapping to put together hundreds of shots that offer an artistic aerial view of life

The Photographer of Dhobi Ghat

When Jyotika Jain was signed on for the movie, she had hundreds of photos of female train commuters but no clue what film photography meant

Women Who Rock

Growling, rasping and purring, here is the vanguard of female indie music, rocking stage after stage with performances like none other

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