2014: Arts

2014 has been a wonderful year for validating Indian contemporary art

A Non-Violent, Vegetarian Atheism

A Punjabi Sethi speaks of her introduction to Jainism through marriage

Stardust Forever

A cast of icons leaves us to replay its golden hours in our lives

Dude Ascending A Stair

Vibrant, eclectic, democratic—the India Art Summit catches fire

The Calendar Of Art

Perhaps, a second volume is needed to do justice to this fascinating subject.

Swim In A Bubble

P3 doors have opened wider to allow the reapers of the new economy. And the media ensures it occupies our...

'Twixt Ma And Religion

With 200 colour and 60 black-and-white photographs, the book is a visual treat. One only wishes it was better...

Memoir In Memoir

The remarkable life of the sprightly actress from an elite Muslim family of Aligarh who briefly worked in...

Steamer Rides

A new promiscuousness swamps our screens as Bollywood goes on testosterone mode. A sign of our evolved times,...

Devika Rani To Ash: The Whole Shebang

Each decade of Indian cinema has thrown up its own notion of beauty—from the likeness of a goddess, the...

The Pink Period

Artists never had it so good. Their works are fetching the highest prices, ever. But is there need for...

Shakti's Postcards...

Pop diva Tina Turner takes a boatride down the Ganga. Madhu Jain chats her up.

Stirred, Not Shaken

Maqbool

Shakespeare has not got too lost in translation here

Line of Uncontrol

Embedded and almost hidden in discourse, often weighed down by quotes from eggheads of times past and...

Mother Courage

Madonna rules, okay.... Mommies. They have other things to do. And they balance it.

A Potted Panorama

A must-read for those interested in contemporary art as its Cinderellas—art from south India, sculpture,...

O, Marrakesh

Soukoo, Soukoo!

Indian stars step out of the fringes to dazzle all at the international film fest in Morocco

Psychotramp

I only wish she hadn't got carried away by Freudian psychoanalysis...