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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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