Multiple crises in my home country, Germany, and around the world have reopened debates on the signi...
history and culture
Goan village on a quilt | Savia Viegas records the stories of Carmona on denim
Quilts and memories go together — the varied scraps of fabric forming a harmonious, scrapbook-like w...
The last custodian of bela, a lesser-known craft of block printing from Kutch
On April 30, ajrakh, the widely known craft of resist-dyeing from Kutch, got a Geographical Indicati...
Looking back at a friendship that spans almost four decades is no mean task but art critic, cultural...
Ancient Egypt's 'screaming' mummy woman may have died in agony
It is a startling image from ancient Egypt — a mummy discovered during a 1935 archaeological expedit...
Indonesian villagers dress corpses in ritual for the dead
A family on an Indonesian island poses with a relative dressed in a school uniform, while an elderly...
How Chitpur lithographs democratised art
A recent exhibition in the capital provides an unparalleled glimpse into a pivotal chapter of India’...
How Purab Ang Gayaki Utsav keeps alive the thumri tradition in Bengal through a concert series
At a time when Bengal is screaming ‘We Want Justice’ against the atrocities meted out to women , one...
Saryu V. Doshi has been a force in the art world since the 60s. At the time, as a newly independent ...
Bengaluru | ‘The dream is not over’: Arundhati Nag on 20 years of theatre space Ranga Shankara
As Ranga Shankara, one of Bengaluru’s cherished theatre spaces, prepares to celebrate its 20th anniv...
Durga Puja pandals | When Kolkata rivals the Venice Biennale
Every year, during Durga Puja, nearly three crore people visit Kolkata’s pandals — up for just five ...
