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Four heart-warming tales from across the border

Every time Dolly Basu faces an audience, she gives them, something to write home about. It was no different when she adorned the garb and soul of Pakistani women, slipping from character to character, churning one story after the another. Antar Hote Udaasi was a class act that left the crowd spellbound. Based on four short stories

Poetry gets set in motion on stage

ON WARM evenings, when a small piece of sky, filled with colourful kites, climbs down into the courtyard of a small village house, it tempts one to grab the tailing strings of kites and spiral upwards to peep beyond the horizon. Holding one such string, Punjab’s Kewal Dhaliwal has risen against the wind to explore the “beyond” of the

Presence of China, Japan at Hong Kong fair

The night of the Chinese purse and the appetite for conspicuous consumption! Hong Kong launched its biggest international art fair “ARTHK10” with the aim to solidify its place as the Asian hub of the global art market.

An actor’s director

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He grew up in a dreamland, where every emotion was allowed free artistic expression.

Exporting theatre

My earliest exposure to “international theatre” was thanks to the British Council.

Listening to the shades of strokes

Three Indian galleries at the Hong Kong Art Fair, but it took foreign galleries to bring the best Indian names to the fair at HKArt10.

Mirror images of today’s Pakistan

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Who are you, defenders of the universe? Call it a quest or a question — the words do their job. They make you pause and ponder.

An alternative grammar for aesthetics of stage

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Few have the patience and the passion required to reach out for the stars and change the world.

Thespian who rooted for Hindi theatre in Bengal

Tribute / Shyamanand Jalan (1934-2010)

Hong Kong fair: Art paradise of the East

The Hong Kong Art Fair, which begins this week, springs Hong Kong as the art paradise in the East. One of the most vital galleries in the art world, Hauser and Wirth make their debut and in their unveiling, they will showcase the

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.