‘Pandemic threw into sharp focus inequalities of life: extended holiday and workers’ struggles’: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
Their suffering had a deep impact on me. In the isolation of a badly managed lockdown in rural Goa, I drew nourishment on the bleakness and blinkered hope of our time to edit this book again, cutting out its fat, reassigning
Chaos of conflict zones and a canvas: Looking at human catastrophe through art
Incisive works of art portray the human predicament in conflict zones
Makeover: Major international film festivals opts for hybrid version
Many major international film festivals opted for the hybrid version this year to salvage editions and support the global entertainment industry
Marathi film Karkhanisanchi Waari only Indian entry at Tokyo International Film Festival
The 149-minute film tells the story of the Karkhanis, the last joint family of Pune, which after the family patriarch dies, undertakes a road journey to Pandharpur to immerse his ashes in the holy Chandrabhaga river.
‘Estuary’: A reflection of contemporary society where students are at the mercy of the establishment
Lack of faith and misplaced concerns derail the dreams of a new generation
Mira Nair’s adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy for small screen resonates with contemporary India
Mira Nair’s adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy for the small screen resonates with contemporary India
Book Review – Chorashastra: The Subtle Science of Thievery by VJ James
It was one of those references to the science of thievery that award-winning Malayalam writer VJ James one day found in the library of the space research organisation, where he worked.
Body and Blood: New novel wilts under the weight of its soaring ambitions
Its rickety quest for truth and self-belief hits the wall somewhere in the novel's ardour for exploring the leap of faith and separating the spiritual from the material.
What Cannes film festival is doing to support struggling filmmakers
Cannes film festival may have been cancelled this year, but it has nevertheless assembled a compelling 2020 official selection list to rally behind struggling filmmakers
Book Review: Al Arabian Novel Factory – A gripping tale which symbolises brutal societies and ruthless regimes
Al Arabian Novel Factory is the sequel to Jasmine Days, the story of young radio jockey Sameera Parvin, an immigrant in the city from Pakistan, and her guitar-playing colleague Ali Fardan.
Hazy lens
Indian filmmakers stare at a loss of production year as uncertainty persists over international film festivals
Book Review: Exquisite Cadavers is about a young couple navigating life in London
A genre-busting book delicately handles identity politics and oppression
MP’s Namaste Orchha festival is newest addition to international tourism calendar
The Namaste Orchha festival in Madhya Pradesh is the newest addition to the international tourism calendar.
Book Review: Amma – Perumal Murugan’s book is a moving portrait of a mother by her son
Tamil author Perumal Murugan’s new book is a moving portrait of a mother by her son
Udaipur World Music Festival: In tune with the times
From neo-folk to rock and Sufi to electro jazz, the fifth edition of the recently concluded Udaipur World Music Festival set a high tempo
‘There is a great amount of talent inside prisons’: Swaraj Jail University’s Manish Jain
The Sufi band owes its origin to Swaraj Jail University , a new radical journey in India’s correctional system.
Harry Potter’s magical world can help illuminate science: Roger Highfield
The help from science wasn't exactly scientific—it was rather a bit of advice on staying healthy outside your country from a winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi weaves new learning
A multimedia exhibition on the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth weaves a new learning
Jack the Ripper’s female victims get new life
Forgotten for over a century, five female victims of Jack the Ripper get their identity back
The bot and the book at Jaipur Lit Fest
There may be even special categories of awards that would be given away to celebrate successful union between AI and humans in creative endeavours in literature, music and cinema.
CAA is completely unconstitutional, says author Madhav Khosla at Jaipur Lit Fest
In an impassioned speech, Alva narrated growing up in the country as an equal “in a society that accepted us as we are whether someone is Muslim, Hindu or Christian”.
After Yoga, it’s now the turn of Sanskrit to take the global state
With its importance cutting across disciplines and boundaries, Sanskrit is now being talked about as the next biggest cultural export from India to the rest of the world after yoga.
Want to see relationship between place and its people? Visit this photography exhibition
Ajeesh Puthiyadath and Salim Abdulla, the Indian photographers living in Doha, narrow in on Doha’s popular corniche, Islamic art, souks and the FIFA World Cup to be hosted by Qatar in 2022 to define life in the Gulf nation.
JLF 2020 will talk about some pressing issues that we can’t afford to ignore
The global anger against the climate change catastrophe will be reflected at the JLF, where the presence of US environmental lawyer and writer James Thornton will add to the simmering debate on hazardous pollution in the nati
Bombay rose: A tribute to Priyanka Chopra at the Marrakesh International Film Festival
The Marrakech film festival, which was held from November 29 to December 7, had Gitanjali Rao’s hand-painted animated film Bombay Rose vying for the festival's top prize, the Golden Star.
Vanni | A new graphic novel revisits Sri Lanka’s disastrous civil war
Three years ago, a theatre group from Sri Lanka came to the famous Under the Sal Tree festival at Goalpara in Assam to stage a play—Payanihal (Passengers)— that seeks reconciliation between the Tamil and Sinhalese commun
How Gandhi and his teachings are helping march of minority in Japan
In July this year, an economics professor at the University of Tokyo turned heads when she hit the campaign trail in the parliamentary elections in Japan. Ayumi Yasutomi, a transgender, ran on the promise of “saving our c
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