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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicArt and culture

Topic: Art and culture

Delhi was an intellectual hub in ’90s. It felt like anything was possible: Artist Bharti Kher

At the panel discussion, Responsibility Response, artist Subodh Gupta said people in India often know art through celebrity and price tags, not through engagement or understanding.

Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi is 75. Its family is building an archive

Many of Mandi House’s cultural institutes came up within the same decade. Rabindra Bhavan, which houses the three akademis, was Nehru’s vision, an act of nation-building.

In Nagaland, even the Indian Army turns to art to connect with local community

Art historians in Delhi sought to unpack how artist Lepden Jamir's carved wooden artwork expresses a larger Naga sovereignty.

Swan Lake meets Odissi & pakhawaj in Germany. It was a conversation, not fusion

Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake met Odissi with a new narrative drawn from Nala and Damyanti, the ancient Indian epic of exile, devotion, and reunion from the Mahabharata.

Theatre is now Bengal’s cultural star. Not cinema or literature

Two Bengali plays bagged 9 of the 13 awards at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards. It’s perhaps the state’s biggest haul at India’s most prestigious theatre awards.

India launches cultural centers to preserve folk arts

Seven new centers established to safeguard rural and tribal traditions.

SubscriberWrites: Steering the nation on the wheels of ideology and religion

The ruling party’s narrative is largely based on infrastructure development, their rhetoric on reclaiming our lost culture, the uniformity of laws, and a nationalism that dictates selectively.

What’s the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic all about? ‘Miserable tea’, flawed beauty, loneliness

Wabi and Sabi are similar but distinct concepts, yoked together far more often outside Japan than in it.

Low-light photography brings Ajanta murals to life for the first time in Delhi

Art historian Benoy Behl unveiled 30 years of his work at Delhi’s IIC, enthralling visitors with his low-light images and digital restorations of Buddhist cave paintings, Chola-era murals.

How US Burning Man festival, doused by floods this yr, became a symbol of counterculture

During this annual event, people come together to make art & burn a large figurine called 'The Man'. This year, though, rainfall & floods left 72,000 stranded and panicked.

On Camera

The Supreme Court is losing its credibility. It should frighten us all—Maneka Gandhi

The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.