People from across the country head towards Jantar Mantar with their grievances. VARTIKA MATHUR probes what makes the venue such a hot rally destination 

A demonstration taking place at Jantar Mantar. Photo: V. Sudershan
If Mahatma Gandhi got us freedom through non-violence, he also bequeathed us the art of protest. People’s anger, frustration, anxiety, deprivation and […]

R.V.SMITH recalls the majesty of the Yamuna river, now almost dead  
 
The pollution of the Yamuna and the plans being made to clean the river have so far not yielded concrete results, with some even going so far as to affirm that the river will never be clean again. And yet the Yamuna was considered […]

Art works by Tihar inmates to go on display at Maati Ghar 

A painting by a Tihar inmate “A man commits crime when his negativity dominates his positivity. To keep his mind calm, we keep him engaged,” says Sunil Kumar Gupta, Public Relations Officer of Tihar jail who has been working here for 12 years. […]

Art fairs can exclude M. F. Husain, but for Ravi Gossain, the maverick artist is too big to be ignored  

One of Ravi Gossain’s works
SHAILAJA TRIPATHI
Timing is everything. Now, who would know it better than gallery Ragini and artist Ravi Gossain? At a time when the art fraternity and connoisseurs in general are mourning […]

A painting from the series ‘Ghost — Stretched Bodies’ by artist Bose Krishnamachari which will be presented at the first session of ‘Arty Acoustic’.
Madhur Tankha 
NEW DELHI: To revive the good old days of serious art discussions in the Capital, Gallery Ragini is launching a unique initiative involving interaction with a prominent “desi” contemporary artist every […]

Well into his eighties, artist Serbjeet Singh continues to transmute paints into a transcendental presentation as is evident in his recent Himalayan canvases, says noted travel writer and author

BILL AITKEN
The secret of Serbjeet’s Singh’s ongoing excellence as a painter (he is now in his eighties) lies in the embracing of the four-letter word “life” (or […]

Award-winning author Chimamanda Adichie discusses her fiction and her approach to her writing in an e-mail interview.

 
R. KRITHIKA
Chimamanda Adichie announced her arrival on the world stage with Purple Hibiscus (2003), which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award besides being short-listed for the Orange Prize and the Jo hn Llewellyn Rhys Prize. […]

Theatre should engage, engross and entertain, believes director-actor Amir Raza Husain. 

Virat and Amir Raza Husain. Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash
P. ANIMA
Amir Raza Husain is a man of candour and strong views and makes no bones about it. Husain firmly believes the purpose of theatre is entertainment and has strived to win over his audience […]

As “Chal Chalein” makes it to theatres, Mithun Chakraborty walks down memory lane.  

Mithun Chakraborty says luck is his X-factor. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
ANUJ KUMAR
‘I’m a showman. And there are three professions that suit a showman – cinema, aviation and hospitality. I am happy that I made it in two out of three.” Mithun Chakraborty is […]

Sharmila Tagore made her debut with “Apur Sansar”. Photo: K. Gopinathan
Rana Siddiqui Zaman
How did it happen
I was just 13, studying in Kolkata’s St. John’s Diocesan Bengali medium school. It was a time when Satyajit Ray was looking for a young girl to play the role of a pre-teen bride in his film ‘Apur […]