From vernacular crafts to designer intervention, India’s textile referencing to Mahatma Gandhi has only grown in heft and weft
A new crop of artists is reinventing botanicals
And you don't need a green thumb to collect them.
Kiran Rao: Up close and personal
On a summer afternoon, director-producer Kiran Rao greets us in a white lace Péro dress. Her striking curls have been left unbound; her golden-rimmed glasses are perched high on her nose and her effervescent warmth is contagious.
The great Indian hustle behind the Cannes red carpet
From stylists to photographers, creatives from India are funding their own trips to the South of France in the hope of landing interesting clients.
At 86, Arpita Singh continues to feel the urge to paint every day
A soothing colour palette and floating figures lend a certain whimsicality to Arpita Singh’s paintings, but their perceived is loaded with meaning.
THE HOUSE OF SABYASACHI
The couturier, Sabyasachi Mukherjee opened his new flagship store in Mumbai, inside the grand structure of a neo classical landmark.
TARQ has a charming new home
This Mumbai art gallery opens its new space with Sameer Kulavoor’s thought-provoking exhibition, ‘Edifice Complex’.
T. Venkanna’s erotically charged artworks actually relay a crucial message
The artist’s ferociously beautiful artworks hint at his prodigious brilliance.
BHARTI KHER: THE PEOPLE WATCHER
Bharti Kher’s fantastical creatures are truth-tellers, hewn out of a reality we tend to overlook or rarely acknowledge. The remarkable artist, known for her larger-than-life installations and head-turning sculptures, talks about her work.
Small Wonder
Pakistani printmaker Bushra Waqas Khan’s convention-stripping, doll-sized gowns are deeply layered in form and meaning, discovers Radhika Iyengar.
An Ancient ‘Tiger God’ Helps Communities and Big Cats Coexist in India
Across the central and western parts of the country, reverence for the deity translates to tolerance for predators
Is this the most important Indian art exhibit of the season?
Shifting Selves, an art exhibit by Sarmaya Arts Foundation in collaboration with TARQ Art Gallery, is having an unflinching conversation about identity and belonging
India’s Vibrant and Idiosyncratic Truck Art
The drivers go to great lengths to beautify their trucks, which are also their homes
Remembering the London Refuge for South Asian Nannies Far From Home
Abandoned by their employers after a months-long sea voyage, countless women found shelter here
Meet the Man Recreating Ancient Musical Instruments Lost to Time
Tharun Sekar’s creations include the yazh, a harp-like instrument played in India 2,000 years ago.
Honouring the Overlooked
The New York Times’ obits editor, Amy Padnani salutes the obscure, the forgotten and the ignored in the newspaper’s well-known series
Rising star of the moment Adarsh Gourav on his breakout role in Netflix’s The White Tiger
Netflix’s The White Tiger starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkumar Rao is one of the most anticipated films of the year. But it also stars Adarsh Gourav as the unlikely lead who steals the show
For Indian teen who launched village library, it’s about more than books
Eighteen-year-old Sadiya is used to taking on challenges. This one came closer to home: setting up the only library in her family’s ancestral village to open up new worlds for young readers
"The finest hotel in Bombay” now lies in a shambles
The Watson’s Hotel in Kala Ghoda may or may not have inspired Jamsetji Tata, but it did impress visiting travellers, including Mark Twain
Hari Kunzru: On his novel, Red Pill
The distinguished author talks about his new novel, Red Pill