Migrant death ship to be shown at Venice art fair
The remains of the worst known Mediterranean migrant shipwreck, in which up to 900 people died, will be exhibited at the prestigious Venice Biennale...
Rachel Harris on Alchemy festival: “Our audience is our society”
By Reena Kumar
The team behind the Southbank Centre's annual Alchemy festival is hoping to challenge media portrayals of Pakistan this year with a rich...
Suba Das on Sukanya, Ravi Shankar’s posthumous “gift to the world”
By Reena Kumar
IT IS NO mean feat directing the world premier of the late Pandit Ravi Shankar's opera, which was penned in the last...
Riz Ahmed warns of consequences of lack of diversity on screen
STAR WARS actor Riz Ahmed has warned that more youngsters could be lured into extremism if the media continues to fail representing Asian and...
Alchemy: Sayed Hasan artist behind My Grandad’s Car collaboration reveals inspiration behind exhibition
By Reena Kumar
My Granddad’s Car is the result of a project between two artists, Sayed Hasan and Karl Ohiri who met while completing an...
Noted UK-based artist Balraj Khanna pens book on Partition
Celebrated UK-based painter-author Balraj Khanna was seven at the time of Partition and the traumatic event had such a deep impact on him that...
Aakash Odedra explores refugee crisis in new project
It was a visit to a refugee camp in Athens that sparked the inspiration behind Aakash Odedra’s latest project. In #JeSuis, the choreographer, who...
Two Indian authors on Wellcome Book Prize 2017 shortlist
Two Indian-American authors have been shortlisted for the 30,000 pound Wellcome Book Prize, which celebrates fiction and non-fiction works engaged with the topics of...
London book fair puts spotlight on India
The annual London Book Fair, which ran from Tuesday (14) to Friday (17) at the Olympia Exhibition Centre, opened a Spotlight on India series...
Gurinder Chadha reveals inspiration behind Viceroy’s House
By Reena Kumar
BRITISH film director Gurinder Chadha has spoken about the inspiration behind her latest period drama that centres around the final months of...
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