Arts

Neha Saini Amritsar, October 30 In an attempt to open the doors to the glorious past and history of Amritsar, Itihaas, a city-based organisation in association with Timeless Amritsar and Rang Punjab has put up an exhibition, ‘Reflections of the...

Nonika Singh The story that is not on camera determines the story that is on camera, says acclaimed filmmaker Sarvnik Kaur as she talks about the challenges of documentary filmmaking. Her latest documentary, ‘Against the Tide’, that won the special...

Krishnaraj Iyengar It would be truly fascinating for Punjabis to learn that a classical music tradition of the state is upheld solely in West Bengal. It is almost as though a dialect of the Punjabi language is spoken by Bengalis...

Behind these innocent and attractive little compositions is a whole world of satire, innuendo, double-speak and the like

Sarika Sharma DHARAMSHALA International Film Festival (DIFF) returns with a new edition and a line-up of documentary films that is at once stellar, moving and inspiring. Among others, it would showcase ‘I Am Sirat’, a collaboration between Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa...

Shailaja Khanna MIAN TANSEN created his own version of Raga Kanhra and that came to be known as Darbari, as it was rendered in the darbar (court) of Emperor Akbar. Called the emperor of ragas, as also the raga of...

Sreevalsan Thiyyadi SIX decades have passed since Parveen Sultana sang Raga Yaman to brief her prospective guru, who was testing the potential of the 10-year-old girl keen to learn Hindustani classical. Even today, at 73, the acclaimed musician cannot but...

Jalandhar, October 17 In a celebration of artistic collaboration and cultural exchange, 21 foreign and Indian artists have converged at DAV University to showcase ‘ArtEco’, an International Socio-cultural Art Project. The six-day endeavour, comprising workshops and an exhibition, will conclude...

R Umamaheshwari When they weren’t busy ruling over (and oppressing) us, some of them in the British colonial edifice indulged in theatre, if only to amuse themselves. “Anglo-Indian society, especially in northern India, is to a great extent dependent upon...

“The dharma of release, where calm prevails, And the dharma of kings, where force prevails, How far apart they are.” — Ashvaghosha A long time ago — it might have been some 40 years — Peter Brook, that legendary director,...

Nonika Singh A SLICE of Sikh history extolling the community’s valour and sacrifices, Punjabi film ‘Mastaney’ has been a runaway hit. But in September, as it released in Seoul, South Korea, it made trade pundits sit up and take notice....

Sarika Sharma INDIAN art has found itself on a high in the last few weeks. On August 31, SH Raza’s ‘Gestation’ went for Rs 51.75 crore at Pundole’s Mumbai auction, setting a new record for an Indian artwork. Less than...

Monica Arora If you hold thisDazzling emeraldUp to the sky,It will shine a billionBeautiful miraclesPainted from the tearsOf the Most High…Look inside this hypnotic gemAnd a kaleidoscope ofTitillating,Soul-raisingSights and coloursWill tease and seduceYour eyes and mind. — Suzy Kassem, poet-philosopher,...

If not all, so many poets have commented upon the times they lived in

Amritsar, September 23 The IAFA hosted a solo art exhibition by artist Rashmita Kanojia, who is exhibiting for the first time in city. The three-day exhibition was on Friday inaugurated by senior artist and president of art gallery Shivdev...

Sarika Sharma Whenever the nation found itself in the throes of an ethical crisis, there was one man nudging its people with his quiet activism. Whether it was ‘Prisoners of Conscience’, a historical record of the traumatic period of Emergency...

Krishnaraj Iyengar “I hardly play tabla!” he chuckles. “But I am indeed a scholar and a passionate composer,” Pt Sushil Kumar Jain, 76, humbly adds. Known to have been a formidable tabla player in his youth, he accompanied many luminaries....

Shailaja Khanna One conventionally thinks of a successful life in classical music as a series of concerts and accolades. But there is another equally significant, though often forgotten, aspect of life for a musician. A life spent in acquiring knowledge,...

Palampur, September 18 “There is no parallel to classic art works of renowned artist Sardar Sobha Singh Ji”, said Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Cabinet Minister, Punjab. The minister visited Sobha Singh Art Gallery, Andretta, 11 km from here, today. He...

Jaskiran Chopra IT isn’t for nothing that the 1960s are called the Hindi film industry’s golden era; they stand out for some exceptional films. This memorable decade was about exquisite cinema with magical, immortal music when handsome heroes and awe-inspiring...

Nonika Singh HER glass is full to the brim. As Mona Singh clocks 20 years in the industry, she has much to raise a toast to. If ‘Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin’ made her a household name, ‘Made in Heaven Season...

Krishnaraj Iyengar ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram, Patit Pavan Sita Ram’ — the simple, soul-stirring bhajan is etched in the consciousness of millions across India. It also happened to be the signature hymn of Mahatma Gandhi and became synonymous with his...

Amritsar, September 5 Ahead of the G20 Summit being hosted by India in New Delhi, an Amritsar-based artist painted a portrait of US President Joe Biden to welcome him to the auspicious event. Jagjot Singh made a 7ft by 5ft...

Krishnaraj Iyengar Like Nelson Mandela said, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”, a great service to India would be to nurture its gifted child musicians. Bengaluru-based Bhoomija’s...

Sarika Sharma The docuseries ‘First of a Kind’ on Prime Video shows a clip of singer AP Dhillon sitting on the stairs of his Gurdaspur home two days before leaving for Canada in 2015 and strumming a tune on his...