With more than 12 shows featuring names such as Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur and Anupam Kher, Season 6 is poised to be the largest-ever edition of Delhi Theatre Festival
Advertisement
Arts
- Glimpses from a morning at the Amul dairy cooperative society in Gujarat 
- Curator of the sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the performance artiste says in art, politics must not be offered on a platter, but can emerge through slippages and cracks 
- Festival director Ritu Sarin lets us in on this year’s highlights: a masterclass with Adil Hussain, conversations with Andrey A Tarkovsky and Kiran Rao and an interactive web documentary featuring oral histories and archival materials from FTII’s women graduates 
- He was one of the funniest people I have known. If there was pain & anger, there was also mischief & a wicked sense of humour, writes Naseeruddin Shah about his late friend 
Advertisement
- His thumri renditions enriched the Purab Ang tradition 
- ‘Sculpting the Century’ is a repository of Indian artworks featuring 23 artists 
- The Kathak dancer blends storytelling with dance and music to present a picture of the arts in the royal darbars. 
- Acclaimed multi-disciplinary artist Sarah Singh’s work amalgamates architecture, theatre, film and design 
- He was the inflexible guru who shaped modern Indian drama’s lexicon. On his birth centenary, a grateful student remembers the NSD founder 
- 60 emerging artists from across the country are displaying their works at the 34th Ravi Jain Memorial Foundation exhibition 
- The landmark retrospective honours the modernist 
- “Viksit Bharat ke Rang-Kala ke Sang” at the Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, Shimla 
- Pahari art’s lyrical beauty captivates CM’s family | Paintings a cultural ambassador for Himachal 
- A deep understanding of India through the millennia is a must for the Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum project 
- Run by his great-granddaughter now, Gurbaksh Singh’s utopian town remains a defiant oasis, scarred but battling ahead 
- Bharatanatyam dancer and Padma Shri recipient believes in going beyond human-centric perspectives 
- Ram Katha over the centuries has produced nearly 300 versions — unique interpretations with a basic structure that celebrates victory of good over evil. Now, a once gentle, contrite Ram is a weaponised Superman. Sita is reduced to a meek figure. How many of us want to resurrect our Ramlila memories? How much do our young wish to remember these? 
- Holds the record of drawing 10,000 Ganeshas in one of his art works 
- Dr Anchal Arora, Assistant Professor, Concept Creator of Art-Attack Club at University School of Financial Studies, GNDU, emphasises on integrating creative discourse with hands-on training to encourage innovation 
- The festival invites artistes and audiences from across the country and the world 
- A series of 21 photographs of courtesans taken in 1874 by Darogha Abbas Ali 
- Agha Hashar Kashmiri’s century-old classic play ‘Sita Banbas’ kickstarts Ank’s 50th anniversary celebrations 
- Celebrating the legacy of Mohan Khokar, the first Punjabi student of dance guru Rukmini Arundale 
- Skarma Sonam Tashi is the first artist from the region to win a National Award 
- Anuparna Roy has won Best Director award at Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti section 
- Created in 1928, it is the star of Cartier’s sold-out exhibition 
- What explains the world of Shiva lingering in plain sight at these temples dedicated to Krishna and Vishnu? 
- Women artists have questioned the hierarchies of the art world, talked about difficult topics, and pushed the boundaries with their approach 
Advertisement



