The ten-day-long Delhi International Arts Festival extravaganza kicked off with some special acts by international artists.

For those who cannot come up with a clever way to pop the big question, there are proposal planners at hand.

In a critique of India’s unique identity card project, a group of artists offers alternative paradigms of individual recognition.

Sonia Faleiro’s ‘Beautiful Thing’ is a vivid narrative of Mumbai’s bar dancers and how the ban of 2005 imperilled their livelihood.

68 km from Bangalore, a bunch of nature lovers discovers two rare species of carnivorous plants

Francesca Cassio performs at the intersection of Western and Indian classical music. It’s a harmonious blend

Growing up, Miyuki Kamimura didn’t hear stories of gnomes and fairies. His was a childhood with tales of people with half-faces and burnt skin. We learn of life in the shadow of Hiroshima

The uniquely spicy flavours of Mudaliar food are in danger of being lost to future generations. Thankfully, some cuisine conservationists are at hand

Stealing the show is becoming something of a habit with this young Polish troupe. Rajasthan loved them too

Rajasthan’s folk music might be endangered, but its causes are ever relevant: caste and women’s empowerment

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