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Steeped in HistorySubscriber Only

November 24, 2015 04:47 IST

What began as an architectural tour of India’s ancient stepwells became an obsession for Chicago-based journalist Victoria Lautman, who is now documenting their decaying state.

Epic ShadesSubscriber Only

November 23, 2015 01:14 IST

Artist Bharat Tripathi narrates the Ramayana through 12 canvases in his latest exhibition

Can you feel the bass? Music that’s not just heard, but feltSubscriber Only

November 22, 2015 14:46 IST

The Ska Vengers' Taru Dalmia is on a mission to crowdfund and build a mobile sound system in India to take music out of clubs, and straight to the people.

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First Sangrur Heritage and Literary Festival highlights the richness in cultureSubscriber Only

November 22, 2015 14:28 IST

Bringing eminent writers, poets, artists, filmmakers on one stage at the first ever Sangrur Heritage and Literary Festival.

A life on the lines: Celebrating three decades of Nasreen Mohamedi’s workSubscriber Only

November 22, 2015 01:00 IST

When she was alive, Nasreen Mohamedi’s work was barely noticed by the market and almost never reviewed. Today, an exhibition in Madrid celebrates her as a modern master. Who was this reclusive artist?

This story has two primary characters, a river that represents nature and a community representing the humankind. Here, all these different people have a same voice, the same state. The narrative evolves between men and river and their relationship. It’s intimate and it’s ruthless. We find dependency and destruction at the same time. It’s a contradictory affair. The river gives so much to its people and at times it takes away everything. Riverbank erosion generally creates much more suffering than other natural hazards like flooding; as while flooding routinely destroys crops and damages property, erosion results in loss of farm and homestead land. In the winter of 2011, I travelled to the villages near Ishurdi district. Padma, the largest waterway of Bangladesh flows right beside. At first the place seems abandoned. Drowned and broken houses, floating trees are all that remains. These are traces of life that was once here. Slowly I discover life in the villages. People who are still living here, many as refugee in others land. They have lost their house, farmlands almost everything. Some has left the places as they ran out of all the options.While a global warming, climate change is still being questioned, here, like many other places is facing consequences. Over the years the river changed it’s course. While doing it, it has taken so many. When the monsoon arrives and the river runs fast. The lands get washed away and disappear. Places I have photographed do not exist any more. River erosion continues with dire consequences for this land and community.

The light fantastic: A glimpse of Bangladesh through photographer Sarker Protick’s eyesSubscriber Only

February 10, 2016 15:08 IST

Bangladeshi photographer Sarker Protick’s work offers intimate glimpses of his country.

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Living in His ImagesSubscriber Only

November 21, 2015 05:42 IST

The revolutionary architect and urban planner Le Corbusier was also a camera person, who worked behind and before the lens.

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Colouring your city: How street art is changing DelhiSubscriber Only

November 19, 2015 14:33 IST

There is a growing culture of street art spreading its canvas in Delhi

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A River Runs Through ItSubscriber Only

November 19, 2015 00:29 IST

For his award-winning debut feature film, Kothanodi, Bhaskar Hazarika reimagines the mesmerising fables of his home, Assam

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India’s the most exciting place that’s having the gender debate: Tina BrownSubscriber Only

November 19, 2015 00:08 IST

Tina Brown on the global summit, ‘Women in the World’, and the feminist debate in India

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Staple Guns, Solitaire & SatireSubscriber Only

November 18, 2015 00:16 IST

THE greatest danger Talya Lavie feared during her mandatory military service with Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) was a paper cut. Zero Motivation, her award-winning debut feature, reflects this paradox, of both the grandiose and the mundane, at a remote military outpost. The Israeli director, screenwriter and comic book artist was inspired by the pencil-pushing platoon […]

Native HandSubscriber Only

November 18, 2015 03:57 IST

Moroccan-French artist Achraf Touloub’s handmade work throws new light on the Persian miniature tradition.

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Chhath Puja: All you need to know about the festivalSubscriber Only

November 17, 2015 13:44 IST

Celebrated on the sixth day after Diwali, Chhath is an ancient festival dedicated to the Sun God for a period of four days.

In Their ElementsSubscriber Only

November 16, 2015 06:30 IST

India Habitat Centre has launched an year-long photo festival, knit around the theme of sustainable development.

A way in the dark: Meet Afghanistan’s first female professional photographerSubscriber Only

November 15, 2015 00:01 IST

Afghanistan’s first female professional photographer, Farzana Wahidy, on learning to become her own person in a troubled country, shooting under perilous conditions and why she focuses exclusively on women.

Drawing up the capital: Nehru’s impact on modern Indian architectureSubscriber Only

November 15, 2015 00:00 IST

On Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary year, photographer Ram Rahman weaves an architectural narrative around Delhi, a city rooted in tradition but one that looked to the future.

We had much more freedom, there was nothing to lose: Arpita SinghSubscriber Only

November 15, 2015 00:00 IST

Artist Arpita Singh on her new solo, the constant changes in her oeuvre and being inspired by an empty box of Brooke Bond Red Label tea.

Equestrian CharmSubscriber Only

November 10, 2015 06:15 IST

The Hermès Horse exhibition offers a peek at the century-old history and culture of the French brand through its first-ever client — the horse.

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Touching BassSubscriber Only

November 10, 2015 06:14 IST

Yossi Fine, one of the world’s foremost bassists, on playing at the Jodhpur RIFF, discovering his Indian roots, and being called ‘the Jimi Hendrix of bass guitar’