Culture & Books

Proma Chakraborty -October 4, 2018

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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Proma Chakraborty -September 27, 2018

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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Proma Chakraborty -September 27, 2018

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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Proma Chakraborty -September 20, 2018

Social media is providing a safe space for people to come out and vocalise their struggles with mental health, creating awareness in the process “Cutting myself became a habit. I managed to get a blade from a razor or sharpener and just cut myself. I did not feel any pain. Watching the blood oozing out […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 20, 2018

A group of 35 artists has come together for an annual series that depicts contemporary art in the country “It’s a bonanza for all art lovers,” says Sunaina Anand, director of Art Alive gallery, while describing its annual art series — Art Now. The exhibition that brings together the works of artists from across the […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 13, 2018

The Delhi chapter of Urban Sketchers has put together an exhibition of on-location sketches of the tombs of Delhi If you have visited a monument in Delhi on a Sunday morning, you must have come across a group of people immersed in their canvas or drawing books, quietly sketching in a corner. Some of these […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 13, 2018

A two-wheeler taxi service exclusively for and by women is changing the lives of semi-skilled and unskilled women by making them financially independent Every morning, 19-year-old Noor wakes up, dons her pink uniform, puts on her helmet and rides off on her pink scooty for work. Rewinding to last year, she had no idea how […]

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Proma Chakraborty -September 6, 2018

Trainers at a skills institute in South Delhi are transforming the lives of several students by grooming them to join the workforce “Please stop talking. I think I will have to change your seats again.” The most common warning given by school teachers in all classrooms since ages. It’s quite the same in the skill […]

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