Bhumika Popli, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

These canvases are inspired by the literary designs of Kafka and Freud

Written over a hundred years ago, the works of writer Franz Kafka and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud still find relevance with those who question the...

This way to Taiwan

It is 4 p.m. in Taiwan. A couple of hours after having touched down at the Taichung International Airport, we are now proceeding to...

The building blocks of Rabindranath Tagore’s architectural imagination

The contributions that Rabindranath Tagore made to Indian literature, arts and culture are too numerous to take any real account of. The Nobel laureate’s legacy...

From a small town in Kerala, this artist has now landed a show in Switzerland

Creativity doesn’t wait for an ideal set of circumstances. It can function just as fine with the barest of materials available. And the life...

Memory chamber: A new museum in Delhi aims to preserve an artist’s vision

Delhi can do with a few more museums, especially of the kind that are independently funded and where artistic excellence is given due importance....

Food Review: An excellent addition to NCR’s café circuit

At any given day, if asked for a preference between a restaurant and café, I’ll choose a café. Cafés hardly disappoint. They are warm...

‘Tourism sector is the engine of our economy’ Udaipur, from 9-11 February

Q. You’ve been working in the tourism sector in Argentina for more than 20 years now. Could you talk about some of your business...

Satish Gujral: Creative Control

In 1982, when Satish Gujral was commissioned to design the Belgian Embassy in New Delhi, there was an uproar within the local fraternity of...

This group of contemporary artists will shape our cultural currents in the future

Winners of the Lalit Kala Akademi’s 59th National Academy Award were announced earlier this month. Among the 15 artists on the list of awardees,...

Return of the Sorcerer

The Londoners who happened to be watching the special BBC show on 9 April 1956, featuring an Indian magician, were left aghast at the...

A perfect combo of food and décor at this outlet

Lazeez Affaire Address: K-12, Hanuman Road Area, Connaught Place Meal for two: Rs 1,600 for two people (approx.) If along with good food, the setting of a...

Piraji’s art teaches us the value of tradition and meaning of modernity

Piraji Sagara, who died in 2014, always preferred to work with wood, a medium that can pose serious difficulties for even veteran sculptors. The...

New show charts out the future of Indian art through works of masters and novices

Imagine a group show where the list of participants includes almost all the biggest names from the spheres of Indian contemporary and modern art....

Mirrors, cameras, colours: Decoding Sudhir Patwardhan’s art

‘Art does three things: it hurts, wounds and heals.” So says Sudhir Patwardhan, whose own paintings can often be read as visual allegories of...

Breaking the Anglophone barrier

The cultural dominance of the English language, worldwide, owes a lot to its colonial legacy. Things are no different in India, where English is...

‘Miss Laila is about what goes on inside the minds of people’

Q. Some novelists tend to steer clear of using overtly political themes in their work, while there are those, like you, who get most...

Into its sixth year, Bloomsbury India aims for a million sales

After completing five years in the publishing industry, Bloomsbury India is looking towards a brighter future. “We are confident of achieving sales of a million...

Welcome the new wave: International group of artists takes Delhi by storm

Aaja, Aaja, Aaja meri barbaad mohabbat ke sahaare Hai kaun jo bigdi hui takdeer sawaare A short video clip of this song featuring actress Noor Jehan, from the...

A restro-bar with good food & great ambience

Sixth Empirica Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi Meal for two: Rs 1,200 (without taxes) Sixth Empirica is the latest restro bar in the list of multi-cuisine eating places...

Darkness Visible

Shruti bheed mein se nikalti hui Barfi ki taraf aayi . Shruti ne barfi ki taraf dekha . Chalti jeep mein se barfi ne Shruti ki...

Stories of loss and hope, told through impressions and memories of Partition

'Freedom was a necessity, but the subcontinent was hurried into it. It should have been more systematic so that the security and safety of...

Nucleya Fusion

You have made your mark as one of the most exciting, experimental and edgy musicians in India. Could you start by telling us how...

‘My aim is to promote India’s half-forgotten folk melodies’

Singer and music director Runki Goswami hails from West Bengal. She recently performed a live set dedicated entirely to folk songs at Delhi’s India...

Raza’s legacy

At the Delhi studio of the late legendary painter Sayed Haider Raza, there is a canvas depicting what looks like an incomplete painting.There are...

Activewear motivates women for fun workout

Kica, a new brand for active wear symbolises movement and inspires women to inculcate the habit of fitness in their daily lives. The brand...

Gripping works of art to be presented by a group of youngsters in a new show

A range of captivating artworks, which resulted from an interdisciplinary arts residency programme, Dharti, will be on display at the Serendipity Arts Trust, New...

‘I am happy as long as I don’t lose audience attention’

Govind Nihalani burst onto the Indian film industry in the early ‘80s with his human document on the violent oppression of a worker, Aakrosh, which...

Battling cultural discrimination with the empowering language of art

Mana Contemporary, a cultural centre in New Jersey, USA, is leading a protest against President Donald Trumps’ administration, which has proposed to curtail funding...

The home of my heart

Traveling is often considered a rewarding experience for the soul, and if you happen to be an artist the reward increases manifold, as you...

History Through Fragrances

There is a touch of magnetism about Delhi’s Chandni Chowk. A walk through these narrow alleyways can lead you back in time. They give...

Stuck in time & space: A photography exhibition that brings out old narratives

An impressive photographic exhibition, In the City, a Library, is to be showcased at the third edition of the FOCUS Photography Festival in Mumbai...

Festival to celebrate the best of South Asian poetry in Delhi

The Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) is organising a three-day South Asian Literature Festival in Delhi from 24-26 February. This year marks the 30th...

‘Indian classical music is now learned, performed globally’

Acclaimed classical vocalist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Pandit Jasraj is a doyen of the Mewati gharana. On 28 January, when he turned 87, an...

Walking for the love of food around Delhi’s heritage sites

Food Walks are a delightful experience. Walking around town with a focus on food can be a perfect weekend plan. Along with tasting various...

Blind walk organised in Delhi to make us see the plight of the visually-impaired

Wrap the handkerchief around your eyes and practice tapping left, straight and right with the walking stick provided to you. This place has a...

In January, Jaipur becomes the world capital of literature

To the delight of literature lovers across the world, The Zee Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has announced its dates for its upcoming tenth edition....

Where visitors can get a taste of India’s rich and endangered pastoral culture

Jaisingh Bhai has led an enviable life. A pastoralist by profession and a bhajan singer in his spare time, the sexagenarian has traversed the...

Making classical music resonate with the masses

Versatile Indian Classical vocalist Smita Bellur performed at the ninth edition of Jodhpur Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) last month. She has performed at...

Theory of Reconstruction

One of the works-in-progress at the Art Life Restoration Studio in Delhi’s Defence Colony dates back to 1887, and it is marred with a...

Group 1890 returns to the forefront with a historic exhibition in Delhi

The subject of the latest show at the DAG Modern is memory. The exhibition, titled India’s Indigenous Modernism, brings 10 of the 12 artists...

Vivid and distinct forms on display at Delhi’s Art Alive

he Delhi based gallery Art Alive has brought together a collection of sculptures by 16 contemporary Indian artists. The exhibition has a mix of...

Songs of the south: How Bangalore is trying to reinvent itself as an art hub

Bangalore is much more than a tech city. Yes, the art scene of Bangalore is also making waves across the country. With festival like...

An artist who stayed true to his roots while always experimenting with form

If there is one artist who was at the centre of the modernist movement in India, especially during the post-Independence era, it was, without...

Bibliophile’s brew: Can café culture save our bookstores?

Ever wondered, what could enhance the pleasure of a cup of steaming hot coffee? A book, may be? Coffee and books easily go hand...

Delhi’s forgotten book bazaar that Ghalib used to frequent

Yahaan toh mushairoyon ke dor chalte the/ Sher-o-shayari ki baatein hoti thi .” When Nizammudin, who uttered these words, tells me about the golden...

Wrought in metal: Giving a modern twist to ancient Indian mythology

Quoting Picasso, the ceramist and painter-turned sculptor S. Nandagopal tells me that an artist should be thinking about his art all the time. Nandagopal...

Kasparov’s Rae Bareli tweet ‘a playful jest’

Ladakh is not a cakewalk for BJP

Arvinder Lovely joins BJP ahead of Delhi’s turn to vote

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