Culture & Books

Proma Chakraborty -October 3, 2019

A group of contemporary enamel art makers bring forth an exhibition which blurs the boundaries between art and tradition A show stopper down the centuries due its brilliant looks and glossy surfaces, the art of enamelling on surfaces has remained unique. Reliving this erstwhile tradition in an entirely new avatar of collector’s art via the […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 20, 2019

Open Frame Film Festival’s 19th edition is all set to tell compelling stories and represent diverse voices through a host of documentaries and films Sexual identities of the differently abled, concept of virginity, being asexual in India – exploring many such compelling topics, the Open Frame Film Festival is back with its 19th edition. Dedicated […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 13, 2019

A busy Metro station in the city, Mandi House, presents stories of Partition through an exhibition, put together by the 1947 Partition Archive “When Partition was announced, my father drove back in his 1926 Austin to take us and our household items to Jhang, which had now become a part of Pakistan.  The one incident […]

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Meghnad S -September 13, 2019

Millennials need to realise that it’s all their fault. All of it

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Proma Chakraborty -September 13, 2019

‘If army is war, art is love’, says Col Jaspreet Gujral, whose lonely vigil at Siachen re-awakened the artist in him Posted at Siachen glacier back in the 1990s, Col. Jaspreet Gujral, had time to himself in absolute solitude when he decided to take a go at his childhood interest – art. “Armed with an […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 6, 2019

Satrangi – the annual exhibition at Ojas art gallery – explores and follows the legacy of traditional Warli tribal art Soil, cow dung and rice paste – all constituents of Warli tribal murals back in 2500 BC, has now come a long way. Illuminating parallels between the traditional Warli works – with a contemporary take […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 30, 2019

The third edition of Delhi Contemporary Art Week will showcase works of 50 artists from across South Asia Fifty artists, seven galleries, seven days. Showcasing the cusp of the contemporary — all in one space — the third edition of Delhi Contemporary Art Week is back. DCAW is conceptualised to be the ultimate destination for […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 27, 2019

Anand Narain, a Delhi-based painter, captures the spirituality and beauty of Varanasi in his latest exhibition titled ‘The Spiritual Gold – Banaras’ “Parakastha hoti, lakchya ki astha mein doob jane ki,  Ma Gange tu mujhe in sabh se paar jane ka, abhay dan de.” (If I had high ambition of drowning in my goal Ma […]

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