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Celluloid Renaissance Reconsidered: V.K. Cherian’s History of the Malayalam New Wave and its Creative Gaps
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (104+ words) Published : Apr 01, 2026 19:50 IST - 7 MINS READ This may not be the best book on the rejuvenation of Malayalam cinema in the last quarter of the 20th century, but it may prove useful to readers interested in the basics of this remarkable body…...
How a School Play Captured the Ecological Stakes of the Great Nicobar Project
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (441+ words) How a School Play Captured the Ecological Stakes of the Great Nicobar Project'Frontline Magazine...
‘Far from Home’ and the Politics of India’s Refugee Apathy
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (366+ words) Published : Mar 31, 2026 15:37 IST - 11 MINS READ When did you first think of documentary as a medium to tell a long story? What kind of preparation did you do before setting out to make a documentary? I remember there were a couple…...
Antique chairs tell India’s cultural story
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (264+ words) Published : Mar 30, 2026 16:36 IST "From his years of experience dealing with antique furniture, my father, Anand Gandhi, could immediately surmise that the Ashoka emblem did not belong to the chair.We guess that this chair was used by an official of…...
Richard Burbage: Shakespeare’s Star Actor Who Transformed Theatre
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (226+ words) Published : Mar 29, 2026 08:00 IST - 9 MINS READ Burbage's fame as actor obscured his other great talent'that of a painter. For a while it was believed that the famous Chandos portrait of Shakespeare was done by Burbage'a theory which has largely been disproved....
Is Indian Cinema Losing its Moral Voice?
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (133+ words) Published : Mar 28, 2026 16:31 IST - 9 MINS READ Let me clarify: the concern here is neither censorship nor the policing of artistic expression. At stake is something far more foundational. It is the recognition that a vibrant democracy derives its strength from the…...
Luc Besson’s Dracula: Romance over revenge
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (281+ words) Published : Mar 28, 2026 15:30 IST - 5 MINS READ A recent bout of fever accompanied by a breakout of rashes had me rushing to the doctor, who confirmed what I had suspected all along: I am allergic to the sun. Although half-dead from the…...
Bagishwar Jha and the Legacy of the BFJA, 2025
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (514+ words) Published : Nov 10, 2025 18:37 IST - 12 MINS READ Commonly known simply as B. Jha, Bagishwar Jha was visibly proud of the BFJA, whose affairs he shepherded for more than 40 years in some honorary capacity or the other. So honorary were they that the old…...
Haren Ghosh: India’s First Impresario and His 1947 Death
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (359+ words) Published : Mar 28, 2026 15:41 IST - 17 MINS READ His life was as triumphant as his death was tragic. Art-lovers with long memories observed the 75th death anniversary of this iconic figure four years ago. If Federico Garc'a Lorca was the most celebrated victim of…...
How Shilpa Gupta uses art to challenge power structures
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (514+ words) Published : Mar 27, 2026 12:46 IST - 7 MINS READ How has Mumbai influenced your artistic practice? I grew up in quiet, mixed suburbs with several temples, churches, and mosques. Starting art school in the ominous years of 1992-1993 left a deep impact.On the one…...