The North-South Mellifluence
Young exponents of Carnatic and Hindustani classical music are bringing the north and south a little closer with their collaborations
13 January 2011
Children’s Days
No tantrums, no parental cajoling, no reprimanding. The Bookaroo fest was three days of fun, with stories, doodles and secret languages
09 December 2010
Gandhi, the Untouchable
Artist J Nandakumar had his show cancelled because he dared to show Gandhi trampling on Dalit rights. He fights on
06 October 2010
His Master’s Strings
As Pandit Ravi Shankar crosses 90, his disciple Subhendra Rao tells us how his guru groomed him for the world.
14 July 2010
Tied to His Strings
As he turns 75, sitar player Pandit Debu Chaudhuri traces the evolution of his music.
09 June 2010
Monumental Love
A Bollywood-style extravaganza based on the Taj Mahal, presented by India’s ‘second lady’.
06 May 2010
A New Mould
Mrinalini Mukherjee on how exhibitions allow her to view her own works in a new light and why there can be no retirement for an artist.
06 May 2010
A Tawaif’s Tale
Vikram Sampath on the challenges of researching a book on 20th century singer Gauhar Jaan.
21 April 2010
The Atlas of Painting
Artist Paresh Maity documents his travels on canvas, capturing sights and sounds beyond the seeing eye.
02 April 2010
Keeping the Spirit Intact
The Jashn-e Khusrau festival gave qawwals a new destination.
24 March 2010
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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