Veteran artist Shuvaprasanna, who is addressing changes in West Bengal politics with his art, says he does not sit in an ivory tower, but connects to people by going beyond his medium

Blood, sword and suffering are the heartbeat of Fatima Bhutto’s literary soul. And it was fear that propelled her poetry, says the heir to Pakistan’s tragedy-scarred Bhutto family.

The baadshah of Bollywood playback singing, Mohammed Rafi, who gave Indian cinema 40 golden years of haunting melodies, was one of the few survivors in the industry who lived through

THE COMPASSION of the Buddha and personal suffering combined to script a religion of pain and redemption for journalist-politician-writer Arun Shourie, who recalls the trauma of bringing up his disabl

Bengal’s theatre of protest against oppressive systems is still bustling with action. From plays like Utpal Dutt’s Dushwapner Nagari in the 1970s to Fandigram, a satire on the post-Nandigram violence and the most recent Poshu Khamar, based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the state’s intellectual fraternity has been cornering the ruling dispensation on burning issues.

Classical flute exponent Pandit Haripra-sad Chaurasia is helping the West relate to the Indian culture in a rather unusual way. He has encouraged at least 22 of his foreign students, mostly from the US and the Europe, to adopt Indian identities at his gurukuls. “They love the flute, they love me and they love India. And they want to

Classical flute exponent Pandit Haripra-sad Chaurasia is helping the West relate to the Indian culture in a rather unusual way. He has encouraged at least 22 of his foreign students, mostly from the US and the Europe, to adopt Indian identities at his gurukuls. “They love the flute, they love me and they love India. And they want to

Novelist Daman Singh, the daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said the three attributes that set her father apart from the rest are his clear conscience, integrity and simplicity.

Do you know why Vatsyayan wrote Kamasutra? To sell scented oils to white people! Or so says popular New York-based stand-up comedian Vidur Kapur, who will have you in splits with more quirky answers like this one. Originally a Delhi boy, Kapur’s comedy is a heart-wrenching mix of theatrics, pathos, irony, self-depreciating humour,

New media is the buzzword on the high streets of Indian neo-contemporary art. And that means much more than just digital art, computer graphics and interactive hi-tech art.