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Art Matters: Reliving Rabindranath Tagore's 'Kabuliwala' - From Kolkata to Kabul
A short story by Rabindranath Tagore has inspired a Bengali and a Hindi film, classics by Tapan Sinha and Hemen Gupta respectively. Now, it has inspired a photo exhibition called Kabul to Kolkata, that has travelled from Kabul to Delhi, and Dhaka and Kolkata to rave reviews.
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Nirbashito: A Pen, the Sword and an Exile
It may have been mere coincidence. But two things happened on March 24 this year. Nirbashito got the national award for best Bengali film and Supreme Court scrapped Section 66A of the IT Act that made online posts a potential crime.
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SPACE Theatre Ensemble's Next is 'Voice from the Belly'
Performing in colleges, living rooms and parks across the country, the Space Theater Ensemble is consciously targeting younger audiences, hoping to sensitize them to social issues.
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Art Matters: The Deval Club
At a time when public interest in classical music and dance is declining, the Deval Club in Kolhapur continues to defy this trend.
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Art Matters: The Gandhian's Gandhi
The Gandhi Ashram has organised an exhibition of paintings by artist Haku Shah to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi.
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Art Matters: Ahmedabad's Heritage of Neglect
Ahmedabad's Municipal Corporation has drawn up a list of nearly 12,000 heritage buildings which include temples, mosques and private homes reflecting different architectural traditions of great beauty and style.
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Art Matters: Weaving East and West
Fabrics play a vital role in the ceremonies that mark every stage of religious, cultural and social life in India. Jasleen Dhamija, renowned textile expert and editor of 'Sacred Textiles of India', gives a fascinating overview of the significance of fabric through time in the new Marg publication.
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Art Matters: Remembering WWI Indians in Britain's War
Britain recently marked the centenary of World War 1 this year to commemorate the remarkable journey, contribution and experiences of Sikh soldiers, who left their families behind. The exhibition titled 'Empire, Faith & War: The Sikhs and World War One' shows the untold or largely forgotten contribution and experiences of Sikh soldiers.
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Art Matters: Experiencing Indian Music
The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk music, pop, and Indian classical music. India's classical music tradition, including Hindustani music and Carnatic, has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras.
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Art Matters: 'Jaya He' at Mumbai Airport
The Art project at Mumbai airport initiated by Sanjay Reddy, Vice President of the GVK group, has propelled Mumbai into the A-list of National Geographic's 'Smart Cities' across the world. With an expected annual footfall of 40 million, the terminal can claim to be the most visited museum in the world.
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Village Boycotts Independence Day Celebration By HIV+ Children
HIV positive people continue to face social boycott and discrimination in many parts of the country. The ordeal of 49 HIV positive girls in Surat, one of Gujarat's most industrialised and prosperous cities, clearly underscores the prevalence of such discrimination and social rejection.
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Art Matters: The Weave of My Life
'The Weave of my Life - a Dalit woman's Memoirs' is an autobiography by an award winning Dalit writer and feminist, Urmila Pawar.
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Art Matters: Artists On War And Peace
After a month of war in the Gaza Strip that has left more than 1900 Palestinians dead - students, activists, artists, writers and poets came in solidarity to Jantar Mantar in the capital, to express their outrage against the barbaric war. Called the 'Global Day of Rage against Gaza', the group of protesters sent out a clear message that such an act...
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Art Matters: Artists on War and Peace
After a month of war in the Gaza Strip that has left more than 1900 Palestinians dead - students, activists, artists, writers and poets came in solidarity to Jantar Mantar in the capital, to express their outrage against the barbaric war. Called the 'Global Day of Rage against Gaza', the group of protesters sent out a clear message that such an act...
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Art Matters: The Weave of My Life
'The Weave of my Life- a Dalit woman's Memoirs' is an autobiography by an award winning Dalit writer and feminist, Urmila Pawar. The author links her mother's act of weaving baskets, aaydans, to her own 'act of writing'. Translated for the first time into English as The Weave of My Life, her memoirs describe the long journey from a Konkan village t...
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Art Matters: Reliving Rabindranath Tagore's 'Kabuliwala' - From Kolkata to Kabul
A short story by Rabindranath Tagore has inspired a Bengali and a Hindi film, classics by Tapan Sinha and Hemen Gupta respectively. Now, it has inspired a photo exhibition called Kabul to Kolkata, that has travelled from Kabul to Delhi, and Dhaka and Kolkata to rave reviews.
-
Nirbashito: A Pen, the Sword and an Exile
It may have been mere coincidence. But two things happened on March 24 this year. Nirbashito got the national award for best Bengali film and Supreme Court scrapped Section 66A of the IT Act that made online posts a potential crime.
-
SPACE Theatre Ensemble's Next is 'Voice from the Belly'
Performing in colleges, living rooms and parks across the country, the Space Theater Ensemble is consciously targeting younger audiences, hoping to sensitize them to social issues.
-
Art Matters: The Deval Club
At a time when public interest in classical music and dance is declining, the Deval Club in Kolhapur continues to defy this trend.
-
Art Matters: The Gandhian's Gandhi
The Gandhi Ashram has organised an exhibition of paintings by artist Haku Shah to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi.
-
Art Matters: Ahmedabad's Heritage of Neglect
Ahmedabad's Municipal Corporation has drawn up a list of nearly 12,000 heritage buildings which include temples, mosques and private homes reflecting different architectural traditions of great beauty and style.
-
Art Matters: Weaving East and West
Fabrics play a vital role in the ceremonies that mark every stage of religious, cultural and social life in India. Jasleen Dhamija, renowned textile expert and editor of 'Sacred Textiles of India', gives a fascinating overview of the significance of fabric through time in the new Marg publication.
-
Art Matters: Remembering WWI Indians in Britain's War
Britain recently marked the centenary of World War 1 this year to commemorate the remarkable journey, contribution and experiences of Sikh soldiers, who left their families behind. The exhibition titled 'Empire, Faith & War: The Sikhs and World War One' shows the untold or largely forgotten contribution and experiences of Sikh soldiers.
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Art Matters: Experiencing Indian Music
The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk music, pop, and Indian classical music. India's classical music tradition, including Hindustani music and Carnatic, has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras.
-
Art Matters: 'Jaya He' at Mumbai Airport
The Art project at Mumbai airport initiated by Sanjay Reddy, Vice President of the GVK group, has propelled Mumbai into the A-list of National Geographic's 'Smart Cities' across the world. With an expected annual footfall of 40 million, the terminal can claim to be the most visited museum in the world.
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Village Boycotts Independence Day Celebration By HIV+ Children
HIV positive people continue to face social boycott and discrimination in many parts of the country. The ordeal of 49 HIV positive girls in Surat, one of Gujarat's most industrialised and prosperous cities, clearly underscores the prevalence of such discrimination and social rejection.
-
Art Matters: The Weave of My Life
'The Weave of my Life - a Dalit woman's Memoirs' is an autobiography by an award winning Dalit writer and feminist, Urmila Pawar.
-
Art Matters: Artists On War And Peace
After a month of war in the Gaza Strip that has left more than 1900 Palestinians dead - students, activists, artists, writers and poets came in solidarity to Jantar Mantar in the capital, to express their outrage against the barbaric war. Called the 'Global Day of Rage against Gaza', the group of protesters sent out a clear message that such an act...
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Art Matters: Artists on War and Peace
After a month of war in the Gaza Strip that has left more than 1900 Palestinians dead - students, activists, artists, writers and poets came in solidarity to Jantar Mantar in the capital, to express their outrage against the barbaric war. Called the 'Global Day of Rage against Gaza', the group of protesters sent out a clear message that such an act...
-
Art Matters: The Weave of My Life
'The Weave of my Life- a Dalit woman's Memoirs' is an autobiography by an award winning Dalit writer and feminist, Urmila Pawar. The author links her mother's act of weaving baskets, aaydans, to her own 'act of writing'. Translated for the first time into English as The Weave of My Life, her memoirs describe the long journey from a Konkan village t...
