Recreating Ramlila What: This Dussehra, Aryan Heritage Foundation brings to you a Broadway style Ramlila called Sampurn Ramayana — in 3 hours. The grand celebration includes modern music, sound, choreography, lighting and stage design, presenting a unique exuberance of mythology in a contemporary context. The title track of the show is sung by Udit Narayan […]

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This unconventional exhibition of installation art explores the space between acceptance and transcendence of pain Ma in Japanese culture means the space or interval defined as a void. Exploring the impermanence of life, the silence, the pain and everything that comes in-between, artists Sunaina Bhalla and Sachiyo Sharma have together created a conceptual installation in […]

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The literary retreat at Nainital over the first weekend of October was marked by passionate discourses and intimate sessions with celebrities Clear blue skies. Lush green mountains. A slight chill in the air. This picturesque landscape transformed into a literary haven for readers and writers at the ‘Himalayan Echoes — Kumaon Festival of Literature and […]

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Commodified life What: L. Rakesh was a light man before he became an assistant to B-grade superstar, Sapna. Rakesh, a sensitive narrator, introduces the milestones of this actress’ life while exposing the objectification of the female body, the male chauvinistic media that exploits a woman’s image and the toll it takes on Sapna, who is […]

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The sculptures on display at the exhibition, Earth Diaries, highlight the degrading environmental state of the earth The first look at Vipul Kumar’s sculptures takes you to an apocalyptic scene — a place pointing to an impending destruction, which is a result of human actions. These sculptures are on display at an exhibition in Threshold […]

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Please mind the gap captures the story of a trans man and his struggles with gender norms while commuting daily in the Delhi Metro “Doors will open on the right. Please mind the gap.” Every Delhiite is all too familiar with this automated warning in the Metro. Thousands board and disembark the Delhi Metro, encountering […]

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Musical alliance What: Immerse yourself in an evening of seamless music this weekend. Habitat World presents the launch of Indo-Russian collaboration featuring Siddhartha Banerjee on classical veena, Asya Shivaya on flute and Saurabh Gogo on tabla. Drop in as the three of them come together with this unique collaboration for the first time. When: September […]

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Sudip Chatterjee interprets the meaning of life, reality and the creation of universe through his paintings Birth. Sex. Death. Artist Sudip Chatterjee explores the journey of life through these three chronological stages with paintings. His works are on display at an exhibition in Triveni Kala Sangam. Titled Realization and Beyond, it reflects the artist’s own […]

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