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‘Boys should be taught to respect women in school’
25 Dec 2012 4:20 AM ISTAs a 23-year-old brutalised and gangraped victim fights for her life in the capital, novelist, columnist and award-winning documentary filmmaker...
‘our songs should wake people up’
15 Dec 2012 4:19 AM ISTThe sounds of heavy metal from boutique venues in Kabul, women jiving at gigs, youngsters strumming guitars — the Afghanistan of today is a ...
Amanullah’s tryst with India
10 Dec 2012 9:15 AM ISTArchaeology has become a tool of interactive art for Afghan artist Amanullah Mojadidi, who is working on a multi-media land installation art at...
‘Cannot lose touch with heritage’
28 Nov 2012 3:51 AM ISTFor leading artist Paresh Maity, a globalised painter with an eye for diversity of Indian life, ‘identity is very important for any form of art to...
‘Left Front hamstrung by Leninist dogma’
24 Nov 2012 5:30 AM ISTThe Left Front in India is caught in a 19th century view of the world, says historian Ramachandra Guha.Left’s decision to keep away from the coalition...
Now, art you can wear
16 Nov 2012 2:51 AM ISTTemple art was the trademark of traditional Indian clothes and accessories for centuries. But the arrival of contemporary art has given Indian...
Wear your art on your sleeves
16 Nov 2012 2:34 AM ISTTemple art was the trademark of traditional Indian clothes and accessories for centuries, setting them apart from western apparel with a distinct...
‘Music spells freedom for me’
9 Nov 2012 2:51 AM ISTFolk music is silently tipping the gender balance in northern, eastern and southern India with more women from little known village communities using...
Dogged by identity crisis
6 Nov 2012 4:16 AM ISTThe dilemma over the dual identity of state and nation still haunts writers in Manipur 65 years after independence because of the alienation of the...
Festival fervour leads to choking of Yamuna
25 Oct 2012 6:47 AM ISTHundreds of idols of Goddess Durga were on Wednesday immersed in Yamuna river from a bank near a bird sanctuary and park in the national capital,...
Delhi pujas go the theme way
23 Oct 2012 3:40 AM ISTInnovation in times of financial crisis — this is a theme that seems common to the Durga Puja preparations across the Capital.As the puja committees...
The re-invention of printmaking
18 Oct 2012 4:30 AM ISTThe decline in the art market in the aftermath of the economic meltdown has given the 15th century artistic tradition of printmaking a reason to...