Culture & Books

Proma Chakraborty -April 4, 2019

A Cuban film festival with a stellar lineup of films documents and explores stories from that intriguing country Best buddies Malu and Jorgito’s friendship is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malu belongs to an upper-class family and her single mother stops her from playing with Jorgito whose mother is a poor socialist that is proud […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 29, 2019

You know the story, you loved the movie. Now watch Mughal-e-Azam on stage, songs and all Some stories are timeless, and Mughal-e-Azam is undeniably one of the classics when it comes to love sagas. Replete with glamorous costumes, fantastic cast, mesmerising music and an impressive set, Mughal-e-Azam is a spectacle that simply should not be […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 28, 2019

East Delhi does not even have basic facilities like drinking water and safety as Patriot discovered during a visit on the day the government announced its success in launching an anti-satellite missile Educated and uneducated, employed and unemployed, young and old – most of the people living in the urban villages of East Delhi are […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 22, 2019

An exhibition that captures the scenario of today’s world through narrative sequences and two-dimensional canvases “Bodies falling, fallen, prone, smouldering, pierced by flying arrows, dissolving, are castaways, debris from refurbished histories.” Cast in a grave overtone, artist Ranbir Kaleka is back with a set of multi-surface video projection on display at an exhibition titled ‘Fear […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 14, 2019

Most of the prominent galleries in Delhi are already booked for the entire year, some even for the next few years Taking a stroll, glancing through the artworks at the countless galleries in the city, will perhaps awaken the creative bug in you that has been long supressed and forgotten. With this new-found inspiration, you […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 14, 2019

Nineteenth century European explorers often set out to find sources of rivers. In India, they were intrigued about the Brahmaputra. Though large swathes of Tibet were mapped, the origin of the river remained an unsolved riddle until an illiterate tailor from Darjeeling who finally solved the mystery. Stories like these, lost in history, are being […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 7, 2019

Five women photographers travel across the country to explore the many identities of women through their lens From the strikingly brilliant tattoos that mark the bodies of tribal women to the busy, exhausting lives of women in the ladies compartment of a Mumbai local trains, the identity of a woman goes far beyond just gender. […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 7, 2019

Here is a collection of works created by French artists Maite Delteil in late 1960s, undiscovered till now, featuring contemplative women trying to find their place in the society A visit to a house studio in Anthe, France, last year led to the chance discovery of several unseen paintings from the 60’s. All striking paintings […]

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