Window to a community: artist Rabab Zaidi’s gallery in Jamia Nagar

For anyone living in the Capital, the first thought that comes to their mind when they hear the word ‘magenta’ would be the Metro lines. Taking a cue from this and paying a tribute to the same, Centre for Art and Free Expression (CAFE) in Jamia Nagar named their gallery space Gallery Magenta.

Decoding millennial mindset

Millennials need to realise that it’s all their fault. All of it

The story as magic

Dastangoi, an ancient form of storytelling now much in vogue, uses words and gestures to engage, entice and entertain the audience “Barbaad gulistan karne ko bas ek ullu kaafi thha, Har shaakh pe ullu baitha hai, anjaam-e-gulistan kya hoga…” (A garden can be ruined by a single owl, but what happens when there is an […]

A lot can happen over coffee

Cafés have become a cultural melting pot where people go to read,write and work It’s such a Western thing, the café and bar culture. After a hard day’s work, people halt at a bar and have a drink. It’s this nebulous space — public and private at the same time — where people throng to […]

Events of the week

TEAM PATRIOT BRINGS TO YOU THE CITY’S MOST HAPPENING EVENTS. TAKE A LOOK AND PLAN YOUR WEEK AHEAD Remembering Manna Dey What: ‘Zindagi kaisi hai paheli haye, Kabhi toh hasaye, kabhi yeh rulaye’… This alluring song from the famous film “Anand” reverberates in our mind even today. Bollywood’s legendary singer Manna Dey has immortalised many […]

Promoting the proscenium

About a decade ago, a young mechanical engineer left his job to pursue his dream — to make a mark in the theatre scene in Delhi and to experiment with different genres. Now, Sunil Rawat is one of the founder-members of Saksham Theatre Group, which for the past nine years has been holding a theatre […]