Ramlila goes digital

With modern technology and fusion music, the Capital saw the retelling of Ramlila in a Broadway-style musical this Navratri Every Navratri, the entire country witnesses the dramatic enactment of Ramayana in the same storytelling tradition that has been passed down since ages. This year, keeping pace with the ways of Gen X, a Broadway-style Ramlila […]

When pain is an inspiration

This unconventional exhibition of installation art explores the space between acceptance and transcendence of pain Ma in Japanese culture means the space or interval defined as a void. Exploring the impermanence of life, the silence, the pain and everything that comes in-between, artists Sunaina Bhalla and Sachiyo Sharma have together created a conceptual installation in […]

Soiree On A Lake

The literary retreat at Nainital over the first weekend of October was marked by passionate discourses and intimate sessions with celebrities Clear blue skies. Lush green mountains. A slight chill in the air. This picturesque landscape transformed into a literary haven for readers and writers at the ‘Himalayan Echoes — Kumaon Festival of Literature and […]

Sculpting realities

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 […]

Track 3

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 […]

Poetry on canvas

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 […]

A place for the blues

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 […]

A stroke in time

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 […]