Beyond The Gully: The Changing Shape Of Indian Hip-Hop

The rap revolution led by Divine and Naezy has disrupted the music industry in unprecedented ways. Let’s take a trip.

Everything Is Big In Uzbekistan

The man most of the world knows as Tamerlane and generally reviles, as a ruthless invader, is revered in his native Uzbekistan as Amir Timur.

TASLIMA NASREEN

A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS A WOMAN

SWIZERLAND

AJITPAL SINGH

RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE

The artistic triumvirate of RAQS Media Collective – Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi and Shuddhabrata Sengupta – has been in the field of art since 1992.

SHAMELESS

The Sequel to the bestselling LAJJA

THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FACE

SAHAR MUSTAFAH

MIRA NAIR

A SUITABLE BOY

MARTIN PARR

IN CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST AND CURATOR RAVI AGARWAL

AMIR KELLY

I try to display what it’s like to be a first-generation Indian immigrant in the UK. I don’t try to use my Indianess as a calling card, rather music.

Kavya Trehan Maalavika Manoj

They are young and free. They’re playing festivals, releasing records and breaking stereotypes.

Best Of Fest

Sarah & Munbir Chawla [Magnetic Fields]Sid Khanna & Tanvi Gupta [Nariyal Paani]Anup Kutty [Ziro Festival]

The Ring Of Truth: Myths Of Sex And Jewelry

From Shakuntala to Scheherazade to Marilyn Monroe, from Ancient India and Greece to Medieval Europe to modern cinema, sexual desire and jewelry, particularly rings, have been very often connectead. Why do jewels keep appearing in stories about marriage and adultery, love and betrayal, loss and recovery, identity and masquerade? What is the mythology that makes finger rings symbols of true [or, as the case may be, untrue] love across the world? Wendy Doniger’s new book offers a riveting cross-cultural history of jewellery and its role in seduction, romance and infidelity.

The Man Without A Plan Ashim Ahluwalia

Ashim Ahluwalia knows a thing or two about taking you on an adventure through his visual offerings.

A State Of Freedom Neel Mukherjee

I’ve always been interested in the movement of people, whether in terms of physical movement, ie, migration, relocation from one place to another, or more metaphorical movement, such as change.

Brown Girl Aaradhna Patel

Her mother is Samoan, her father Indian, but she hasn’t known any home other than New Zealand.

artist with a camera

people, communities, landscape might be part of his repertoire but at the heart of it, the entire image is what resonates and draws him in. one of the most versatile indian photographers, bharat sikka’s artistry is intellectual, deep and captivating. each image makes you think, feel, and builds a mystery, and that’s the beauty of his craft. his style has undoubtedly influenced many photographers and his subjects have always had a story. 2017 will see him exhibit two completely differing bodies of work.

conscious acting vikrant massey

thankfully, stardom hasn’t hit vikrant yet. he is humble, grounded, bursting with opinion on everything and loves good conversations. his on-screen debut as ranveer singh’s mucker in vikramaditya motwane’s lootera was something that flipped his life around—interestingly it was a role that he had almost lost.

on writing, love & yoga

award-winning journalist. bestselling writer. master of yoga. ira trivedi is probably one of the most interesting writers from india. even though she earned an mba from columbia business school, her love for writing took centrestage and each book she has written has left people intrigued and enraptured. she was all of 20 when she published her first book of fiction, and ever since has explored various subjects and diverse mediums, some true and hard-hitting while some, insightful and entertaining.

All That Jazz - Sanjeeta Bhattacharya

Sanjeeta was only 18 when she made heads turn with a music gig in the capital.

the violin player

two men have made bauddhayan mukherji the filmmaker that he is, today. one lived till 49 only because he had bauddhayan with him, and the other changed the course of his life without even knowing. the first was his father, a physically-disabled poet, so all he gave bauddhayan was books and an immense love for literature. the other was satyajit ray, whose book ekei bole shooting showed him what he wanted to do in life.

Here & Now Alia Bhatt

Four years ago she set foot into the film industry—with her very first stride she established her presence.

The Power of Three Gauri Shinde, Nitesh Tiwari, Sujoy Ghosh

Close of the year. Closest to how big it gets in Bollywood. The last act of a play, they say, overrides everything you’ve seen before. So here it is, Indian Cinema rolling out in all its glory the most beauteous bouquet —Shah Rukh Khan as the grown-up guide to Alia Bhatt in Gauri Shinde’s Dear Zindagi [Alice Munro would be pleased?], Sujoy Ghosh creating a Durga not with 10 hands but with a mother’s heart in Kahaani 2, and Nitesh Tiwari taking leaps and bounds from his maiden Chillar Party to the million-dollar play field that’s Dangal. Bollywood saving the best for last; each of the three finish-liners setting their own tone—some breezy and some brutal. We speak to these filmmakers to give you a glimpse of what it means to be up for a truly grand finale.

Bringing Them to Book Shashi Tharoor

ST. Two ornate tiles in blue carry his initials outside his room, but with that calm demeanour, it might as well be mistaken for a saint’s.

Mr. Mickey

A fashion thinker, influencer, philanthropist, Editorial Director for the super cool Paper Magazine, Mickey Boardman is a very important figure in the fashion world; he is an authority who has used his power not only to talk up fashion but also to talk against any kind of wrong doings in fashion.

On A New High - Rahul Bose

One of the most prolific actors of Indian Cinema, Rahul Bose was, is and will probably always remain the face that changed the landscape of Arthouse cinema in our times.

American War Omar El Akkad

Have you ever met a man who has written four entire novels but decided that only one is good enough to go out to the world?

Girls On A Song

Dot., Banat Kaur Bagga, Kalyaani Sakkarwal.

Inform

‘Driven, Passionate and Very Lost’ A Monologue Varoon P. Anand.

Mom

Debut director Ravi Udyawar’s relationship with films goes back to balmy Sunday afternoons spent watching black and white films on Doordarshan.