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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

SC cracks down on ‘reel & influencer culture’ in premises—no photos, videos in high security zone

Photography, videography allowed only for official purposes. Use of phones, cameras, tripods, selfie sticks banned. Mediapersons restricted to lawn area in low security zone.

Delhi through vintage Russian camera lenses. This exhibition captures monuments to malls

In Taana Baana, photographer Rajeev Srivastava captures the layered rhythms of Delhi through vintage lenses. His images range from solitary streets to cosmic blooms.

When a photo travels the world, does it retain its meaning? asks artist Lucy Soutter

The photobook, The Routledge Companion to Global Photographies, explores a range of topics at the intersection of photography and climate.

India doesn’t know its visual language yet. Neville Tuli is trying to change this

At an IHC photo exhibit, curator Neville Tuli opened up his trove of rare photos—many of which document seismic churns in India’s history, each of them a coming-of-age moment.

Why West Bengal’s photography didn’t get the same global fame as Bangladesh’s images

In West Bengal, photography flourished as a dynamic art form painting a rich picture of urban life. But in Bangladesh, the 1971 Liberation War was the heart of its photographic story.

‘Why do we take photos?’ Chennai’s 4th photo biennale is inspired by Dayanita Singh

Inaugurating the Biennale’s first exhibition, Tamil film director Pa Ranjith said that there is a growing gap between people and art, and spaces like the CPB are crucial for bridging it.

A leopard’s gaze, a tiger’s stripes: Brigadier Bikram Singh’s pandemic hobby turns into art

Indian Army officer's wildlife photography is part of a seven-day exhibition titled Bioscope at New Delhi's IIC.

Cuba beyond postcards. This photographer didn’t want to come back with just ‘travel pictures’

With his series on Cuba, Rohit Chawla has ventured into painting. 'Almost everybody’s a photographer now. I had to reinvent the game to stay relevant,' he said.

Hamilton Studios is racing to save Mumbai’s post-Partition faces. UK archivists are helping

Maharajas to mugshots, one of India’s oldest photo studios is reinventing itself & digitising over 20,000 artefacts from 1947-1967. ‘Fail to preserve history and narratives can be misappropriated.’

On Camera

Telangana govt must look to Delhi for lessons in managing a metro

The Telangana government, which has still not even fully absorbed the TGSRTC, is now going to take over the Hyderabad metro rail. Expectations are not high.

Investors eye Union Budget to unlock gains in state companies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government may ramp up share sales in the fiscal year starting April 1 to offset a slowdown in revenue growth.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.