Chennai hosts Red Bull Moto Jam | Video Credit: The Hindu It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a bike. And it’s up in the air. At the recently-held Red Bull Moto Jam in Chennai’s Island Grounds, bikes flew in the air and cars raced sidewards. Even as the motorists had fun with their […]
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Race bikers at Chennai’s Napier Bridge | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For motorheads, Chennai is the place to be this weekend. The city will host the Red Bull Moto Jam, which is one of the biggest motorsport festivals in India, featuring daredevils doing wheelies and heart-stopping stunts on two-wheelers and four-wheelers. Leading the line-up is […]
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Cosplayers strike a pose at Comic Con in Chennai last year | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement What brings Vecna from Stranger Things, Batman, Goku from Dragonball Z, No-Face from Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away and several katana or sword-wielding Japanese warriors all under the same roof, in Chennai? In its first edition in Chennai last year, […]
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I started out as a content creator in 2015. When I started, I had tunnel vision. I thought, main toh apne kamre main videos bana rahi hun; isse agey kya hi meri duniya hogi? (I am making videos in my room, what would my world be other than this?). I did not think I would have […]
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The making of a biennale is all shades of chaos. A week ago, scaffoldings, stacked prints, and the trusty measuring tape were all that characterised the preparation for the ongoing fourth edition of the Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB). But today, an elderly woman with a cascading plait, walks straight into VR mall’s makeshift gallery, once […]
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Art and spaces that hold art have for long been synonymous with quietude, hushed whispers, and silent observation. Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai on December 5, however, painted a contrasting picture. The recently-renovated gallery was bursting at the seams with over 60 artists, their 200-plus pieces of work, and enthusiastic patrons and well-wishers, at the […]
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A series of abstract artworks by A Viswam on display | Photo Credit: special arrangement Walking through Lalit Kala Akademi today envelopes one in a journey of the city’s artistic culture. For one sees the dance of Radha/Krishna on a canvas as well as their grandmother’s folktales come to life, all within the same walls. […]
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A scene from last year’s Christmas play | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Michael Muthu is peeved. Lately, with all the focus on gifts, snow, Santa Claus, the North Pole, pixies, and elves, he feels the real meaning of Christmas is getting lost. And through Mellow Circle’s annual Christmas play, he plans to shine light on […]
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Art by Sitikanta Samantsinghar On a wall at Apparao Galleries, there are four abstract paintings by John Tun Sein that are colourful and chaotic. Not too far away, one can spot Chantal Jumel’s Pinpricks Tamil Geometry with intricate kolam patterns on white paper. Parth Kothekar’s intricate papercut art meanwhile, makes you stop in your tracks […]
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Shreya K A photographed women at leisure, in Kerala When you imagine women outdoors, where do you see them? Is she immersed in a phone conversation while hard at work at her vegetable shop? Or is she with a friend, sharing a quiet giggle as they climb down a flight of stairs? At the Women […]
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