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Experiencing the varied range of emotions & chaos
This has been a week of losses. I lost two people for who I have a great deal of respect and affection. One was my former news editor from Indian Express R.N.
Meta goes bigger with over 300 entries
For a theatre lover, the last six days must have been the best days of 2013.
Of refugees, exiles and the struggle to survive
The Mega Award Festival which is on in Delhi at Kamani and LTG has thrown up some good theatre like Gasha which was prepared in a month of workshops and interviews and visits to Kashmir.
‘If you don’t unlearn, you will never learn’
When I was on my way to spend an afternoon with the legendary painter Akbar Padamsee, I had very little idea about how it would turn out.
Creating a space called home in a world of boundaries
What is a homeland after all? Is it a sense of belonging to one’s very own or just a piece of land with a boundary line on all sides or a specific language, or is it ethnicity?
Elephanta returns, bigger and better
With a variety of dance styles and music performances, the Elephanta Festival is back with a bang in its 24th year.
Look for crucial signs and nip stress in the bud
It is difficult to keep up with the ever-increasing competition as a dancer in today’s world.
Her, whose oeuvre is the ‘mother’land
She fawns over everything old, which is but a priceless gold after all, and needs to be treasured for life.
A foodie and art lover’s beloved sheher Dilli
Years before being a foodie became fashionable, one of my former editors had rather grandiosely declared that there should be national awards for cookery like the Padma awards.
An attempt to bring back to life the art of prints and drawings
Printmaking is one art form that needs great skill, patience and competence. Be it carving a block of wood from which prints are made or making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass etc.
