Forced out of their country for fear of persecution, this small community has found a home in the city. They are, however, considered ‘kafir’ by their own people
The Day the Music Died
The then Information and Broadcasting minister of India found the Bollywood songs too vulgar, and an opportunist Radio Ceylon stepped in to create the legendary film songs’ countdown, ‘Binaca Geetmala’
A unique university in Rajasthan is teaching women how to fly
Banasthali Vidyapith, an 83-year-old institution in Tonk district, trains women in aviation, nanotechnology and pharmacy
A corpse burner’s wrestling pit
There was a time when upper-caste ‘pehelwans’ wrestled in the ‘akhada’ that belonged to the low-caste Dom community
The unseen Dom women
Within Varanasi’s community of corpse-burners, the Dom women remain absent from public spaces
A day in the life of a corpse-burner
‘When I was 13 years old, I began drinking. It was the only way I wouldn’t faint from the smell of melting flesh,’ says Gagan Chaudhary, a corpse-burner
A Ramayan not about Ram
A 16th century woman poet flouts conventions and gives Sita a voice
Sooni Taraporevala: To Bombay, with love
Sooni Taraporevala’s Mumbai series gives a fascinating glimpse into the character of an ever-changing city and its people
Reena Kallat: I wanted to use nature to demonstrate how we could co-habit
Artist Reena Kallat’s latest exhibition, ‘Earth Families’, is a proposition for a unique future
Born a cremator: An Indian boy's fight for an education
Yogi, a Dom, born into Varanasi's community of cremators, is given an opportunity to study and try to change his future.
Why do Indian and Pakistani textbooks tell wildly different histories?
There is a stark difference between the history of partition taught in Indian school textbooks and in Pakistani textbooks. By placing the Indian and Pakistani versions of history next to each other, The History Project tries to underline the obvious biases.
Will Virtual Reality change the direction of Indian storytelling forever?
Around the world, creators and innovators are experimenting with the immersive technology. At last, someone is trying it out in India too.
The Inheritance of War
Through a series of visual narratives, a Lebanese photographer tries to piece together the identity of her country before the outbreak Lebanese Civil War that left her country brutally scarred.
Chuppan Chupai (Hide and Seek)
Film maker, Saad Khan talks about his documentary, Chuppan Chupai (Hide and Seek) that pans the lens towards the underground gay and transgender community in Pakistan.
David France's How to Survive a Plague
Former Senior Editor of Newsweek, David France makes his directorial debut with a documentary that tells the story of the unsung AIDS activists who took to the streets in the 1980s. The documentary was nominated for an Academy Award.
Are Artists from the 1970s still relevant today?
Ana Mendieta and Betty Tompkins' works were recently exhibited in Chelsea's art galleries. Why are their works still relevant? What pulls art aficionados to their work even today?
And Then One Day
And Then One Day (Penguin Random House, India) is a beautiful memoir and a remarkable debut for veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah.
Amy
Academy Award winning film maker, Asif Kapadia walks me through his experiences while making "AMY"
Going Solo: Aditi Veena Gupta
Independent muscian, Aditi Veena Gupta is all set to release her EP, Daddy's Little Girl.
On & Off Stage with Ayad Akhtar
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Ayad Akhtar talks to me about 'Disgraced' and his writing process.