Tribute | James Baldwin: Remembering the Iconic Writer and Civil Rights Activist in his Centenary Year
Thinking with Baldwin. Yes, this happens when you read an author and cannot get their words out of your head. Their words become the background music to your thoughts. For this to happen, writers must be incredibly in love with life while in search of their roots, battling their own
Kerala’s IDSFFK: Where Political Cinema Challenges Mainstream Narratives
At a private screening in Soho House, Mumbai, of Karan Tejpal’s Stolen, a slick and tightly wound independent film that premiered at Venice International Film Festival 2023, something snagged within me. The film traces two brothers (played by Abhishek Banerjee and Shubham), belonging to the cream of Delhi, who somehow get
Controversy | Justice Hema Committee Report Reveals Harassment Female Actors Face in Malayalam Film Industry
The much-awaited report of the Justice Hema Committee, the government-appointed panel in 2019 that studied issues faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, comprises explosive accounts of harassment, exploitation, and ill-treatment being faced by women. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives The Justice Hema Committee report released on August
Destination India: Foreign Artists’ Vivid Portrayals of Colonial India (1857-1947)
The English geographer, historian, and cartographer James Rennell, known for his strikingly accurate maps of India, wrote in the preface to his 1788 book, Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; or The Mogul Empire “…almost every particular relating to Hindoostan is [sic] become an object of popular curiosity.” Rennell, of course, was using the
Hema Committee Report Shows Kerala’s Lauded Film Industry Harbours a Sinister Underbelly
Justice K. Hema Committee’s roller-coaster journey outpaces the darkest crime thriller movie. It took nearly five years for the committee’s report to see light, and that too in a redacted form, facing unending hurdles until literally, the last minute. Yet, even the truncated report has exposed—without mentioning any names—the widely-admired
Perfume: A Tamil Story by Ashokamitran in Translation
“You want me dead!” he shouted at his wife. “Eat something and go. Your lunchbox is ready,” his wife said. But he was already halfway to the Dadar suburban station. All she had asked him was to get their boy ready for school. There was a common toilet and a
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“Together We Sing” – A Frontline Perspectives Documentary
WATCH | Together We Sing: A Frontline Perspectives Documentary Through interviews with community leaders, academic experts, and local residents, the documentary explores the historical development of Muharram. | Video Credit: Reporting by Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed; Camera by Rabi Debnath; Editing by Samson Ronald K.; Voice over by Saatvika Radhakrishna; Additional
Gulammohammed Sheikh Retrospective: 60 Years of Indian History in Prints
Gallery Sumukha, at Wilson Garden, Bengaluru, is currently hosting a retrospective of prints by the artist Gulammohammed Sheikh. While the first part, titled “Gulammohammed Sheikh: Graphic Prints”, ended on July 27 (from June 29), the second part, titled “Mind Prints: Digital Works”, is on until September 14 (from August 17).
INTERVIEW | Gulammohammed Sheikh reveals how the digital medium tends to kill the imagination
This show of your graphic prints from the late 1950s to the present is marked by remarkable shifts in technique. What are the basic ideas and concerns that link them? Each print has its own story. They also relate to the context and the period in which they were created. The