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
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
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
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