Saaed Akhtar Mirza’s Naseem captures the turbulent days before the Babri Masjid demolition
From food politics to personal experiences to histories of discriminatory practices, a handful of contemporary practitioners are trying to negotiate a place for Dalit identities in the Indian art world
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Most flee on our appearance, and with good reason, as we level their forests, set fire to their habitat and spray poisons on the fields they live in
The digital space is essentially a space of erasure by dead information
John was recently conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards for his pioneering work in teaching theatre to children and young adults
Once the realm of socially awkward nerds, coding is now being pitched as a new interactive playground for children
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Gandhi never visited Rashtrapati Bhavan as it is now, but his visits to the viceroys who once lived there were like encounters between the might of an empire and the moral force of a nation.
Gulammohammed Sheikh, Gigi Scaria, Reena Kallat and Anpu Varkey on the inspiration they find in the father of the nation
What is interesting about these stories is the conflict that’s generated when social expectations are at odds with individual aspirations and desires
With two of his documentaries - one new and one old - streaming online, the filmmaker, 70, talks about reason, censorship, caste politics and the Babri Masjid Verdict
‘Buddies’ by Arthur J Bressan Jr is the first feature film to be made about the HIV/AIDS pandemic
My parents were bold outliers in a world where silence and tolerance of bigotry turns into tacit acceptance and approval.
A play, Desdemona Rupakam, explores relationships between famous couples of classic literatures by interrogating the bedroom as a site of vicious power struggle
Dignity from gorillas, a ‘free love’ attitude from bonobos and singing talent from gibbons - there’s a lot that we can learn from apes
From today, The Indian Express begins a series, in partnership with Rashtrapati Bhavan, bringing little-known anecdotes and records and rarely-seen-before photographs that document stories of history, heritage and culture from the seat of power to the people
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Long before Belarus’s streets erupted in protest, a theatre group had been exiled for its dogged, but peaceful, resistance to the Alexander Lukashenko regime
As its most famous tourist attraction reopens after six months owing to COVID-19, a look at how Agra survived the lockdown and what the future holds.
The crack of dawn feels like a new beginning, as if you are starting life all over again, having discarded any rancour, anger, envy and bitterness from before
Gomber was so impressed by the Marathi director’s passion and eye for detail that he offered him Rs 15,000 a month to help him earn a living from projects he cared about
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The most riveting photographs in the collection, published in the book 'Dialects of Silence: Delhi Under Lockdown', are of doctors and health workers on duty
With its pugnacity and lightning-quick strikes, the mongoose has a formidable reputation as a hunter





