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TopicSculptures

Topic: sculptures

How the Indian subcontinent overlooked its terracotta history — the hidden clay traditions

Susan Bean delivered a lecture titled 'Hidden in Plain Sight: Clay Sculpture in South Asia’ at the India International Centre on 12 February in New Delhi.

Red bricks from demolished homes and the burden of identity at India Art Fair

The buzziest artwork at India Art Fair resists definition—Girjesh Kumar Singh sculpts people and their bags from bricks pulled out of rubble. The exhibition is titled Haal Mukaam.

‘Illegally removed’—India to bring back three ancient bronze sculptures from Smithsonian museum

The artefacts include 12th-century Somaskanda, 16th-century Saint Sundarar with Paravai, and 10th-century Shiva Nataraja.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.