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Arts & Culture
HERITAGE
Bihar’s forgotten Gandhi Ashram cries for help
Once frequented by Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose, the Ashram in Khoraitha village is overgrown with shrubs and its walls are dilapidated.
Reena Sopam
Culture
Paperclip: Pinning down truth in the age of misinformation
Digital storytelling platform fights fake news by sharing captivating anecdotes and lesser-known facts about India’s diverse cultural heritage.
Anusua Mukherjee
BUDDHISM
Monk’s 1956 diary illuminates post-Independence Indian Buddhism
Bandara Manatunga’s account of “temporary monkhood” offers rare insights into Buddhist practices during a transformative period for the religion.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
History
Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg: Protestant missionary who left a lasting mark on Tamil society and literature
His pioneering efforts in education and social reform challenged caste barriers and laid the foundation for future resistance.
S. Gunasekaran
Art
Souza’s monsters mirror society’s ugly truths
A moving tribute to artist Francis Newton Souza in his birth centenary year.
Janhavi Acharekar
Tribute
Ismail Kadare (1936-2024): The writer who outsmarted a dictator
The Albanian novelist used metaphor to critique tyranny, gaining global acclaim.
Frontline News Desk
Cinema
50 years of Manthan: A Benegal masterpiece that stirred India’s social conscience
The 1976 classic offers a nuanced take on caste dynamics, patriarchy, and rural development, showcasing Dalit characters as agents of change.
Harish S. Wankhede
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Saikat Majumdar: ‘The scariest thing is the chance to live by your own convictions’
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
In a parched landscape, a dance competition keeps artists’ dreams alive
The Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Awards has created an ecosystem for dancers in India, where resources and opportunities remain scarce.
Ranjana Dave
‘Gangster’: A Marathi story in translation
Translated by Jerry Pinto.
Baburao Bagul
Art and the political imagination
An ongoing exhibition in Paris upholds Palestinian right to statehood by displaying works by artists from populations uprooted or exiled by violence.
Rahaab Allana
V.V. Ganeshananthan wins 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction for Brotherless Night
The Sri Lankan Tamil-origin author’s novel highlights the “epic-scale tragedies of the Sri Lankan civil war”.
Frontline News Desk
Birds of the air: A Hindi story in translation
Translated by Vanashree and Bindu Singh
Phanishwar Nath Renu
‘Sanitary Panels would not have been possible without the Internet’: Rachita Taneja
This election season, the webcomic has covered everything from ethics of NOTA to the media’s softball interview questions to Prime Minister Modi.
Aditya Mani Jha
‘I don’t think Indian theatre is at a crossroads’: Amal Allana
The theatre director talks about her biography of her father, Ebrahim Alkazi, a pioneering force in Indian theatre.
Ritika Kochhar
Art of resistance: Venice Biennale, 2024
At the 60th edition, works on politics, war, sexuality, identity, and anticolonial defiance converge to make a grand statement against oppression.
Shaikh Ayaz
‘All We Imagine as Light’ by Payal Kapadia scripts history with groundbreaking Grand Prix win at Cannes 2024
The film becomes first Indian film in 30 years to win the award; Kapadia the first Indian female director to compete in Cannes main competition.
Frontline News Desk
Sergej Tschachotin: Anti-fascist scientist who used ‘Pavlovian Reflex’ to understand propaganda
German documentary Sergej in the Urn by Boris Hars-Tschachotin explores Sergej’s scientific contributions and his courageous political activism.
R. Mahalakshmi
In Booker-winning Kairos, Jenny Erpenbeck offers an East German perspective
Despite being tipped for a Nobel Prize in literature and receiving worldwide acclaim, Erpenbeck is relatively unknown in her home country of Germany.
Deutsche Welle
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