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Art & Culture
The Candid Killer of Camera Shyness
Kolkata filmmaker Q’s movies are unlike anything seen in India. His latest, Gandu, is shot in digital SLR and features explicit sex scenes with risque rap lyrics
Vernacular Wikipedia
It’s not just Hindi and Tamil. The online encyclopaedia is serious about Wiki versions in Sanskrit, Pali and forgotten languages like Angika too
If Not an Oscar, the Oscar Library Will Do
Indian filmmakers keep boasting about their scripts getting into the Oscar Library. But the library rejects no script that is sent
The Legend of Santino Corleone
On the 39th anniversary of The Godfather’s release in the US, a film writer marvels at how Bollywood keeps reincarnating its most undervalued character
Dolls’ Eye View
Twelve artists toy with gender constructs, social compliance, colonial history and the innocence of childhood in this show on dolls
‘Husain Repeats Himself’
In a rare interview, artist Jogen Chowdhury speaks about his friend MF Husain, his guru Tagore and the thrill of selling a painting for Rs 150
The Quiet Royalties Heist
The Copyright Bill could dramatically change fortunes in India’s film industry. But the drama behind it is even more interesting
The Blog Is Endangered. Again
The obituary of the blog is being written again with the runaway success of Twitter. But, this is perhaps just the pause before it shifts shape again
Palette Politic
Artist Shuvaprasanna on why it’s not yet time to paint Mamata, the lies of Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee, and managing passenger amenities for the Railways
Death Becomes Them
The story of a troupe of dance refugees from war-torn Iraq, one of whom performs with a bullet inside him
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