Culture & Books

Proma Chakraborty -September 6, 2018

The 18th edition of the Open Frame Film Festival is back with a stellar line-up of documentaries and film discussions In Shahbad Dairy, on the outskirts of Delhi, a bunch of girls are stuck with the chores of cooking, cleaning and looking after younger siblings. Here toilets are a luxury and they are bound by […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 30, 2018

Thousands of trees have been felled at Noida’s Sector 91 forest to convert it into a biodiversity park, a move which has been protested by some groups and supported by others As one walks into the forest in Noida’s Sector 91, numerous tree stumps and excavators greet them. Around three months back, Noida Authority started […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 30, 2018

This exhibition has captured the struggles of people living on the fringes of society with photographs so powerful you will feel connected with their reality Shiju Basheer’s photographs narrate their own stories — capturing the struggles of people from across the world, his collection is set to be exhibited in a series titled Unscripted Lives. […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 23, 2018

Live music gigs held on the terraces of North Campus apartments are a new form of entertainment for small, select audiences Imagine listening to acoustic music while sipping your favourite drink on a rooftop lit with fairy lights on a windy August evening. No, this is not a scene from some fancy club or a […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 23, 2018

Bakula Nayak transforms forgotten remnants of past into art and gives them a new life in her exhibition ‘Intimate Strangers’ Bakula Nayak describes herself as a raconteur. Old bills, journals, an old alarm clock, a half-filled bottle of ink with torn label, she collects it all and breathes new life into them. These vintage objects […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 17, 2018

Photographer Rajib De brings out the contrast between a city from the past and a new emerging city in India through his photography exhibition “Nothing in life is permanent.” Hampi, the once magnificent city of the fourteenth century, is now deserted. A new polis, Newtown, is rising out of the rural soil of West Bengal. […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 17, 2018

Korean pop is taking the world by storm with its dance, fashion, music and India is no exception New Delhi: “There’s this thing about K-Pop, once you’re into it there’s no going back,” says Erika Lepcha excitedly. The 22-year-old is one among the several young Indians who have been captured by the craze of Korean […]

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Proma Chakraborty -August 9, 2018

Several documentaries have been made on Delhi, highlighting the issues that bedevil the capital and encouraging citizens to think critically about them On January 20 this year, a fire in Bawana Industrial area claimed the lives of 17 workers. Approached by a professor to compile a report on one of the worst fire tragedies in […]

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