Arts

Monica Arora “And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best...

An exhibition on the works of masters who visited India between 1857 and 1947, and demystified the land and its people

Exploring the unique connection between Pahar & Pahari folk

As in other walks of life, it is easy to fall for clichés in art. Those who break the stereotype soar in unexpected directions

R Umamaheshwari Simultaneous conversations and multiple dialogues run across generations, it seems, at the Ivy Lodge in Kasauli. Be it in the paintings of Amrita Sher-Gil or the art of her nephew, Vivan Sundaram, signifying political expressions with objects, sound...

Each new generation has found solace in Madan Mohan’s music and each new music director discovered lessons to be learned

Artists transform residues of waste through an alchemy of intention and imagination

Sreevalsan Thiyyadi The pine trees at Mussoorie reminded young CV Chandrasekhar of the hill-slopes in Shimla where he grew up as a child. The lanky artiste had just reached the Himalayan range, travelling 2,500 km from Madras. The metropolis was...

‘Lakshmanrekha’, about a man who revived his village’s water sources, has received two IDPA awards

National School of Drama director Chittaranjan Tripathy shares his vision for the institute and why his solo show ‘Gunno Bai’ continues to win over audiences, now in China too

R Umamaheshwari Hostel nights in our times in JNU, Delhi, were incomplete without the quintessential radio. And Akashvani was incomplete without at least one number by this singer. There was something about the lilt in Talat Mahmood’s voice: it wafted...

He felt no ownership with his work, and though his unassuming persona did not conform to the image of an iconoclast, his poems shook up an unequal social system

An all-santoor line-up is planned to mark the second death anniversary of Pt Bhajan Sopori

No official pavilion, yet Indian artists command attention with thought-provoking installations and artworks

With actors and audiences from diverse backgrounds, playwright Atamjit has been successfully staging his plays in America

While superstitions have long orchestrated the doom of rudra veena, the instrument is also unwieldy, limiting the number of its exponents

Siddharth Pandey Whenever the epithet ‘Dev Bhoomi’ is used with reference to the religious landscape of Himachal Pradesh, it is usually a select list of temples that readily comes to mind. The official website of the Himachal Pradesh government, for...

Monica Arora Sreemoyee Singh’s ‘And, Towards Happy Alleys’ is a gem of cinematic brilliance, a symphony on Iranian poets, filmmakers and, most importantly, women. Here are women who go on living with grace and dignity, refusing to be quietened, despite...

Krishnaraj Iyengar There is no India without Sindh, says filmmaker Susheel Gajwani, reminding us how the words ‘India’ and ‘Hindustan’ originate from ‘Indus’ or ‘Sindhu’. His fierce passion has finally found form. After having directed several Hindi and Marathi movies,...

Sarika Sharma Manjit Bawa’s first-ever painting sold for Rs 50. Over the last one year, his artworks have been auctioned for as high as Rs 25 crore, making and breaking records. Bawa, born in the small town of Dhuri in...

Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990) had an aura of ephemerality around her. She loved the sea, the sand, the wind, the sun, the light, the shadows, the trees, the flora… Her drawings and canvases were not biomorphic; rather, her...

Malvika Kaul Anarkali Shyam, Champi Bai Shyam, Rajesh Shyam, Santosh Maravi and Sanjay Pancheshwar live in the remote village of Patangarh, and in villages spread in the Mandla forests of Madhya Pradesh. Along with several others, they create the ‘Gond...

Sarika Sharma Gauhar Jaan, celebrated as colonial India’s most renowned ‘tawaif’, had a mastery over several styles and languages, including French and English. This versatility and range have always inspired Sharmistha Chatterjee, the Bengali singer who recently wowed her...

Monica Arora It isn’t just another art show. Hosted by New Delhi-based Latitude 28 art gallery, ‘Come With Your Own Light’ is a curation of artist Komal Mistri’s unique experimentation of spending time in delivery rooms and maternity wards...

Shailaja Khanna An unusual, first-of-its-kind jugalbandi involved sarodist Amaan Ali Bangash and vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty. Despite belonging to totally different musical lineages, they recently performed together in Kolkata. The duo’s apparent personal chemistry translated into an ease on stage,...