A vibrant new film festival portrays the multiplicity of claims on Indian cities, the freedoms they enable and the burdens that still weigh them down
06 April 2016The sacred blends with the erotic, and popular culture with medieval miniatures in the art of Bhupen Khakhar
17 February 2016How translation from Indian languages to English is giving regional literature a dedicated new readership, turning linguistic rivals into potential allies
06 May 2015The women whose imaginations currently fill Delhi’s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art are many things, their work an inventory of artistic possibility
02 December 2013Two recent exhibitions blur the distinction between portraiture and ‘performance’
18 October 2013Twenty-eight contemporary artists explore the idea of home not only as a physical space, but also in terms of racial identity, sexuality and even languages that are dying out
27 February 2013Richard Bartholomew, as a compilation of his writings reveals, was an art critic who didn’t let his friendships with the top artists of his time suppress his voice
14 October 2012Project Cinema City excavates quirky connections between the Hindi film industry and the city of Bombay
31 August 2012Spandan Banerjee’s National Award winning documentary traces the origins of a popular Bengali folk song and its strange journey across the world
16 July 2012The Kalighat paintings were remarkable critiques of city life in early 19th century Calcutta, even when the subjects were ostensibly religious ones
30 May 2012Brahma 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, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle