Culture & Books

Proma Chakraborty -August 2, 2018

Artist Sonali Pithawe’s work exhibits motifs of leaves on all her creations, to highlight the bond between human and nature She paints what she observes. Sonali Pithawe Chouhan is deeply affected by nature and her works reflect the same. Portraying the relationship between nature and humans, her creations are on display at the exhibition ‘Strength […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 26, 2018

Meet a new breed of fearless social influencers who are taking Instagram by storm, one post at a time. From the ridiculous to the sublimely artistic, they have the ability to strike a chord with 18,000-48,000 followers No inhibitions. No filter. No photoshop. Meet the new Instagram generation who dares to bare it all in […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 26, 2018

Sharon Lowen’s repertoire is the star attraction of the dance festival that looks at the changes in classical dance through exhibition, performances, workshops and seminars ‘Study the past if you would define the future’ — Confucius. Taking inspiration from this, a dance festival, ‘Looking Back to Move Forward’, exploring the continuity and change in Indian […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 19, 2018

Shenpa, a dance theatre production, explores the Buddhist concept of attachment and tries to analyse how and why we get hooked to something Shenpa, the Tibetan word for attachment, is a bit more than just that. A looser translation would be the hook, the urge that suspends all logic. A contemporary piece attempts to explore […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 12, 2018

The exhibition ‘Death of Architecture’ raises provocative questions on changing urbanscapes and calls on citizens to demand better cities Can architecture die? Or is it just constantly changing? From colonial buildings to spanking new institutions, every city has its distinctive architecture. The ‘smart cities’ idea seems so other-worldly, like a fantasy township in outer space. […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 5, 2018

An exhibition that gives a glimpse of prints and patterns of vintage handloom textiles Four decades back, Pavithra Muddaya and her mother started reviving antique crafts and preserving c. That journey is documented in ‘The Story of Vimor’, an exhibition at India International Centre. Vimor — which means pure in Indonesia, as does pavithra — […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 5, 2018

Music, fashion, theatre, painting, academics. Mauraya Sharma has mastered it all. Meet the 14-year-old child prodigy as he forays into the world of public performance this weekend Mauraya Sharma was all of six when he began his creative journey; designing and creating clothes for his dolls. A journey that took him to the London School […]

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Proma Chakraborty -June 28, 2018

The exhibition ‘Homecoming’ gives us a glimpse of the culture of North East India as recollected by artist Dilip Oinam Artist Dilip Oinam has been living in Delhi for the past 19 years. A native of Manipur, he hasn’t quite come to like the crowd and concrete jungle of the capital. Lately, missing the lush […]

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