Beyond news bytes

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 […]

Get on the time machine

On the occasion of World Photography Day, here’s an exhibition of vintage cameras and rare photographs Back in 1901, Maharaja Dev Shamsher Rana was the Prime Minister of Nepal for just 144 days and was sent to exile in India by his brother. More than a century later in 2012, his great-great-granddaughter Isha Singh Sahney […]

Natural musings

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 […]

#InstaSensation

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 […]

At the feet of the guru

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 […]

Art of attachment

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 […]

Structural sensibilities

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. […]

The six-yard saga

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 — […]