Friday, August 21, 2026

A Weekly Dose of Khalid Mohamed

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  In my early days in Delhi, living in a one-room set in Laxmi Nagar, Jamna Paar—a location that elicited sympathetic smiles from polite com...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Dimagee Naxals and the Orwellian Thought Police

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 (George Orwell) “The other is hell,” said Albert Camus. It was quite an existential statement. But in the hands of Edward Said, the “Other”...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

The Symbolism of Backpacks in E. P. Unny and Ai Weiwei

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 (Cartoon by E P Unny) Social revolutions often throw up symbols that remain fresh in the socio-cultural and political imagination, even tho...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Solitary Companions: A Critique of Naina Dalal’s Paintings

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   (Naina Dalal) The title ‘Solitary Companions’ tells it all; the mood of the retrospective of Naina Dalal, curated by Girish Shahane a...
Monday, April 22, 2024

DELHI COLLAGE OF ART: An Art Carnival that could Grow into An Art Fair

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  (Ashwani Kumar Prithviwasi: The Founder Director of Delhi Collage of Art. It is a portrait painted by Piyush Aswal, a first year student a...
Monday, February 5, 2024

White Cube Versus Colorful Walls: Galleries and Changing Visual Experiences

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  (Image courtesy: Net) White, as far as galleries are concerned, is not a racial index. Ironically, it stands for neutrality. It reflects a...
Friday, December 1, 2023

Blinding Visual Silence of Artists from Kerala and Elsewhere During the Gaza Crisis

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  (Work by Banksy in Gaza) Art is the child of its circumstances. Art could happen in isolation but the resultant work is always a product...