The fate of both peasants and animals in Ramkinkar Baij’s art is a record of change in a post-industrial world
31 March 2012Rishi is the least Kapoor-like of the Kapoors: shorn of the family mannerisms and preoccupation with their image. Now, on the eve of turning 60, he is getting the roles of a lifetime and relishing them too
16 February 2012In her latest collection of stories, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala writes of people you feel you already know. In her assured hands, that may not be a bad thing
06 January 2012The biopic of a Pahari miniaturist, now considered the most important Indian painter of the 18th century
15 December 2011In Jaisalmer, tour guides and hotel managers can be as interesting as the place itself
25 November 2011The difference between Deepti Naval the actress and Deepti Naval the writer
17 November 2011Kapil Das’ photographs capture the whimsy of this world without exoticising it
02 October 2011Rabindranath Tagore’s architectural and interior designs are reflective of his national ideals, finds artist Samit Das
18 August 2011While Alice Albinia, the non-fiction writer, refuses to tell a well-worn tale, Albinia the novelist succumbs easily to reductive depictions
22 June 2011For nearly 30 years now, photographer Sunil Gupta has been trying to capture Indian gaydar in natural light
18 May 2011Brahma 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
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