Have you read the new book by Madhusree Mukerjee called ‘Churchill’s Secret War’? This article in Harper’s Magazine asks her six questions about her research and the book that it led to, chronicling Churchill’s attitudes toward India and the stesps that he took during WWII, which contributed to the Bengal famine of 1943, for which […]
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Pramod Kumar reviews ‘Women Changing India’ for the latest Tehelka Magazine.
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‘Sikkim’ a movie by Satyajit Ray on the small mountain kingdom was banned by the Indian government soon after its completion. It was screened for the first time in India at the India International Centre last week (on the 27th), and Eka’s team at DAG went to see it. Here’s their review – you read it here first!
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Applications are now open for the Attingham Trust’s courses in 2011! The Attingham Trust, for the study of historic houses and collections, offers a special insight into one of Britain’s greatest contributions to Western art: the country house, together with its collections and landscape setting, as well as the development of the royal palace in
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As part of our ongoing preparations for the ‘Deen Dayal Studio’ exhibition we’re doing with IGNCA, Eka was recently in Hyderabad, the hometown of the Deen Dayal family today and the scene of much of the photographer’s activities. We got sneak previews of the Falaknuma Palace too, reputed to be one of the most fabulous
The IGNCA, as usual is up to interesting things. We saw this advert in the paper recently for an exhibition/ workshop/ lecture and general celebration of Masks, Puppets & Picture Showmen of India. We hope to make it (and write a review) but if you get there before us, do let us know what you
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Premjish Achari is currently pursuing his M.Phil. in Visual Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, where his dissertation explores the historiography of Kerala Temple Architecture. His areas of interest include ancient Indian art, the origins of Indian iconography, colonial modernity and neo-Buddhist visual culture. He has curated the show ‘Let the Music Take You’ at the
Schedule of a six day long Nomadic Fair & Festival at ICCR.
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You can finally watch the long-banned Satyajit Ray film on Sikkim, says BODHISATTWA MAITY in tehelka Magazine.
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A new computer modeling study shows how the movement of wind as described in the book of Exodus could have parted the waters.
The Red Sea did part! Read More »
