Mathematics, history and art. I B Radhika Rani’s painting exhibition, 1024, is a seamless blend of the three. The artiste has showcased 27 works that explore the evolution of numerals through the ages. “I have always been fascinated by history. A numeral is a figure, symbol, or letter that stands for a number. It was […]
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Explore Cubbon Park @ Bangalore Local Walks For Sriram Aravamudan, a writer, blogger and video maker focussed on Bengaluru’s culture since the early 2000s, kickstarting Bangalore Local Walks was “a happy turn of events”. “I was invited by the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) in mid-2022 to conduct a local history walk in Malleswaram […]
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“History is one way of telling stories, just like myth, fiction or oral storytelling.” The words of speculative fiction author Ursula K Le Guin caution readers as they embark on Nikhil Gulati and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer’s journey through the Indus Valley. Penguin Random House’s newly-released graphic novel The People of the Indus is a 192-page […]
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The challenge for policy-makers in India is how to be creative about our own problems given our strengths. Pulapre Balakrishnan has written a highly readable and insightful take on the story of India’s growth and development since independence from British colonial rule. Though this story has been told many times, in India’s Economy from Nehru […]
Continue ReadingTamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy’s trailblazing historic novel Ponniyin Selvan, written in the fifties, has been adapted into a two-part movie by filmmaker Maniratnam. Ponniyin Selvan 1 or PS-1 has rekindled interest on the Chola dynasty, the ancient Tamil rulers, their contribution in South Indian history, the famous Thanjavur Big Temple, and Tamil culture. It was […]
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Sonia Shirsat is on the verge of completing 20 years of her “accidental” entry into Fado, the Portuguese semi-classical music form, which has been around in Goa for over 100 years Sonia Shirsat is on the verge of completing 20 years of her “accidental” entry into Fado, the Portuguese semi-classical music form, which has been […]
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A round up of books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and a compilation of cinema essays released at the just-concluded Coimbatore Book Festival A round up of books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and a compilation of cinema essays released at the just-concluded Coimbatore Book Festival ‘A tribute to a great master’ S Anand Film […]
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Seventy-five years ago, India gained Independence from British rule and went on to become one of the largest democracies in the world In January 1950, India became a republic. While this was much to celebrate, the India that Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inherited was that of an economy battered by colonial exploitation and the horrors […]
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A round up of books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and a compilation of cinema essays released at the just-concluded Coimbatore Book Festival A round up of books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and a compilation of cinema essays released at the just-concluded Coimbatore Book Festival ‘A tribute to a great master’ S Anand Film […]
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Students revisit history on rocky hills surrounding Madurai and document rock art dating back 5,000 years Students revisit history on rocky hills surrounding Madurai and document rock art dating back 5,000 years Just before the pandemic struck, Ahil Rishi Rajasekaran was birdwatching at Usilampatti when some locals inside the forest area mentioned Chithirikal podavu (cave […]
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