While a few dancers started taking classes online, they had to discontinue due to poor internet connection and the lack of technical know-how. Others resorted to construction work and agriculture …
Art
The Traumatising Nature of Comedy for Bahujans in India
Forcing the marginalised to laugh at traumatising gibberish masquerading as 'comedy' is violence. Gaslighting the oppressed to accept their ridicule as humour is abuse.
‘Our Lives Are Shaped by Violence’: Kashmiri Artist Detained for ‘We Are Palestine’ Mural
"I don’t think Kashmir is safe for artists to express themselves," Mudasir Gull says.
My Relationship With Art
How a childhood passion lost its lustre after academic strictures and a traumatic incident.
Staging the Serpent: Kasba Arghya’s ‘Naag Nagini Katha’
The play, due to be performed again at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata on April 11, celebrates the oral culture of storytelling. It is a rebellion in performance …