These British Artists Reimagined India As A Picturesque Fantasy
In 1825, English artist George Chinnery left Calcutta for Macau, chased away by his disgruntled wife Marianne and his creditors....
Arts And Aesthetics
Behind The Taj Mahal, The Artisans Of Agra Struggle to Survive
Agra is known as the home of the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world and a...
‘The Odyssey’ Explores The Lasting Impact Of Moral Injury
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” a new adaptation of Homer’s epic tale of Odysseus’ perilous journey home after the Trojan War,...
The Enduring Legacy Of Kashmir’s Poet‑Saints Who Bridged Faiths
Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points. In April 2025, India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries...
Raghu Rai: The Trailblazer Who Documented India’s Vast Diversity
In April, as India’s governing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ran elections in parts of the country, a visionary...
‘I Played With These Words As If With New Toys’
The long arm of the library has made a writer of me. This long arm, a composite of many libraries,...
Artists Trace The Journey Of Food, Environment And Livelihoods
Food is shaped by environmental and landscape change. In a recent art exhibit, the artists traced informal dairy economies in...
Googoosh, The ‘Voice Of Iran,’ Has Gone Quiet – And That’s Her Point
Before Beyoncé, before Cher, before Madonna, there was Googoosh. The 75-year-old Iranian megastar catapulted to stardom in Iran during the...
Kundalini Tradition – A Model Of ‘Divine Feminine’ Beyond Binary Gender
The notion of the divine feminine is a recurring motif in American pop culture, playing with the assumptions people make...
Book Review: Kathakali Padangal (Kathakali Verses)
The traditional art forms of Asia have been used for socio-political, moral and religious purposes; they have resorted to pure...
मैं प्रेम में भरोसा करती हूं. इस पागल दुनिया में इससे अधिक और क्या मायने रखता है?
टूटी शादियों वाली इस अस्तव्यस्त धरती से मेरा सलाम. यह सराय अब टूटकर बिखर रहा है. चीज़ें हवा में तैर...
CAA: Protesters Cheered On By Actors, Artists & Singers
With a voice known to millions of Indian movie goers, Zubeen Garg crooned one of his old songs with patriotic...
The Taliban Tried To Wipe Out Afghanistan’s Film Industry. This Is What Survived.
A young woman lounges in a meadow, daydreaming about her love. Her friend sings and decorates her long hair with...
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Dead At 88
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature, whose imaginative power in "Beloved," 'Song of Solomon"...
Tamil Nadu Is An Unexpected Japanese Haven in South India
India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has long been characterised by its mountains, its proximity to the Indian Ocean, and...
Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie in 2019 Man Booker Longlist
British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie’s yet-to-be-published novel “Quichotte” has made it to the longlist of this year’s Booker Prize. Rushdie...
From Nazis to Hippies, End Of The Road For VW Beetle
Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico....
A Review: ‘Malevolent Republic’
In this, his first book, K S Komireddi takes on the challenge of exposing the Hindu right wing’s egregious ubiquitousness,...
This 10-second-long film by JNU students tells us what’s wrong with Kiran Rao’s ‘Change’
A woman handed over glasses of milk to two children, a boy and a girl. They could be siblings, the...
Ibne Insha: The Romantic Revolutionary
The town of Phillaur in Ludhiana in Indian Punjab is an unremarkable town. In 2017, it briefly got in the...
Noted playwright, actor and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad dies at 81
He succumbed to multiple-organ failure at his residence in Bengaluru. Girish Karnad (81), well-known writer, playwright and actor, passed...
मेरे लेखकों! तुम्हें इंतज़ार किसका है और कब तक?
इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं है कि भारत के लेखकों और कवियों ने साहित्य अकादमी से मिले पुरस्कार (और एक मामले...
कविताः अंतिम इच्छा (राजधानी में एक किसान की आत्महत्या पर)
खून रोती आंखों वाली माँ, बेवा, बच्चे और खेत, सबके सब तड़पकर जान दे देंगे फिर भी नहीं बदलेगी नीयत...
पेरूमल मुरुगन और वन पार्ट वुमन: प्रणय कृष्ण
मुरुगन ने किसी प्रथा पर कोई मूल्य निर्णय नहीं दिया है, अच्छा या बुरा नहीं कहा है, उन्होंने सिर्फ एक...
