Bringing memories home

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 […]

Art in transit

Delhi Metro stations are transforming into hubs of exhibitions and artworks to bring art one step closer to commuters As you walk out of Delhi airport Terminal 1D, and take a Metro at the newly opened Magenta line , you simply can’t miss the bright blue peacock mural with iconic landmarks of Delhi in the […]

Film fiesta

With a stellar line-up of films, Jagran Film Festival is back with its ninth edition, all set to travel across 18 countries Six children from Australia and India come together in Chennai to perform a dance routine. As they get ready for the performance, children along with their families share the challenges they face and […]

Documenting Delhi’s dumpyards

The exhibition ‘City of Waste’ captures the lives of waste pickers — their struggles, aspirations and dreams Mohan, a young boy from a small village in Uttar Pradesh tirelessly scrubs bottles in a glass bottle recycling factory at Kanchan Kunj in Delhi. Encouraged by his parents, he left home and got recruited through a thekedar’s […]

Catch the classics

Navrasa Duende is back with the second edition of classic film festival featuring cinematic gems from across the world “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” says a peeved Rhett Butler as he walks out on Scarlett O’Hara, in the parting shot of Gone with the Wind. How often do you get to watch […]

From Slovakia with love

She came for an internship, stayed for a Master’s and is now a part of the art scene in Delhi. For Jana Bednarova, the love affair with India continues Like most foreigners, Slovak painter Jana Bednarova wanted to visit India because she was fascinated with the exotic stories she heard from friends. Never did she […]

Looking back at Kabul

A solo exhibition of paintings by Anita Anand gives us a glimpse of the beauty and art of Afghanistan Anita Anand paints what she sees. Her works do not follow a particular theme, there is no set techniques or genre she follows. Displaying her paintings for the first time in an exhibition ‘Kabulana’, at India […]

Life lessons from a pumpkin

Swati Mohan’s dance theatre festival in Gurgaon talks about being ourselves instead of constantly worrying about being someone else A pumpkin is a pumpkin. It doesn’t worry about being anyone else. This is the premise behind Danza Performing Arts’ ninth annual summer dance theatre festival this weekend titled ‘Be a pumpkin. It’s great’. “It’s all […]