Swetha Ramakrishnan

In the year 2010,a bustling market place in Kabul was obliterated because of a raging flood.

Bihar’s much talked-about folk form,launda naach,comes into focus in a play by a Delhi-based group

Delhi gets a taste of Bihar’s much talked-about folk form,launda naach,through a play that entertains yet questions definitions of morality.

A play on Dadasaheb Phalke encapsulates all elements of a Bollywood film.

Carnatic vocalist Nisha Rajagopal on singing for theatre and exploring Hindustani classical music.

A Pride and Prejudice like novel set in ’80s Delhi

Norway-based Sudesh Adhana’s contemporary dance adaptation of Premchand’s Godaan is about longing and life on a farm.

Come March and Alliance Francaise is set to celebrate the annual Francophonie Week through a series of performances,conferences and a mela. Mithushi Khurana,culture head,Alliance Francaise,says,“This is the first time that the festival is week-long,as opposed to the four-day programme held annually. We are excited about the closing concerts featuring Indian band Then and Now and French band Lo Griyo.” We present the highlights.

In 1929,Mahatma Gandhi and his wife,Kasturba,were stranded in Kasauni for two weeks due to heavy rains,en route to Almora for an agitation against the British.

Tapan K Ghosh’s novel Bollywood Baddies: Villains,Vamps and Henchman in Hindi Cinema celebrates Bollywood’s much marginalised bad guys.

Photo-artist Paulius Normantas’ exhibition captures the stories of Indian and Hungarian gypsies.

Photo-artist Paulius Normantas’ exhibition captures the stories of Indian and Hungarian gypsies.