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Kavita Singh
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In the midst of millenarian chaos, the charismatic presence of Akbar – the perfect ruler
Looking at pages from the Tarikh-i-Alfi, the first grand, illustrated historical manuscript made in the emperor’s kitabkhana.
Kavita Singh
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As Jahangir contemplates a portrait of his father, a reversal of our ideas about dreams and reality
Why does the deceased Akbar look more real than the living king?
Kavita Singh
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In a miniature of Humayun and Akbar, time crumples to depict an entire world of learning
This meta-painting uses a paradox to provoke meditations on the relationship between image and illusion, representation and life.
Kavita Singh
Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Watch: 75 musicians perform the entire song whose first stanza is India’s national anthem
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Opinion: Pakistan has learnt little from India and India has taken the worst lessons from Pakistan
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‘Mind your language’: Bar Council of India rebukes advocate Prashant Bhushan for ‘ridiculing’ SC
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How Indian newspapers reported Independence and Partition in 1947
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In a resplendent portrait of a Mughal emperor, subtle clues about a dark fall
A meteorological drama reprises the brief flare of glory and the shocking extinction that marked the last weeks of Azim-us-Shan’s life.
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In an 18th-century Pahari painting of Dasratha’s funeral, vast vistas of echoing emptiness
Many instances in the history of Indian art deal empathetically with grief but nothing quite equals the elegiac quality of this Ramayana.
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Moving the National Museum: What the opacity about the government’s relocation plan actually reveals
The lack of transparency about the process shows that India’s current rulers don’t care about the museum’s relationship with the general public it should serve.
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Video
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Watch: Arvind Kejriwal’s speech accidentally played at BJP’s ‘tiranga yatra’ in Gujarat
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Watch: When former Pakistan PM Imran Khan praised India for not bowing to the West
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Gateway of India to Howrah Bridge: Monuments, structures, buildings lit up for Independence Day
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Watch: Indian flag unfurled 30 kilometres above the surface of the earth to mark Independence Day
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Watch: Young refugees in India sing ‘Jana Gana Mana’ with Grammy Award-winner Ricky Kej
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The Art of Resistance: In ‘The Siege of Kandhar’, a Mughal-era artist dares to question the emperor
Mughal artists found ways to slip in their own commentary and puncture the grandiose narratives they were obliged to construct.
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Krishna wasn’t pointing at Eid moon. He was pointing at a solar eclipse
[Article updated after publication] Paintings are being made today that deliberately adopt archaisms to appear as though they come from the past.
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Dalmia-Red Fort debate: These are the questions we really should be asking about the deal
Rather than looking at the money to be made, we should be considering the quality of the work to be undertaken.
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The Reel
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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Start the week with a film: Get a much-needed dose of ‘Gandhigiri’ with ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’
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‘Darlings’ director Jasmeet K Reen on her heroines: ‘They are simple, scared, a bit off’
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‘Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons’ review: Jeffrey Epstein and the dark side of marketing
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Opinion: By replacing JNU deans, administration ensures unilateral decisions will go unchallenged
Expect the imposition of rules and conditions that cannot even be imagined today.
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‘It is illegal’: JNU has made marking attendance mandatory. Here’s why we are refusing to do so
Many have mistaken it as our refusal to attend classes. This is not the case at all.
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'Dancing Girl' as Parvati is just one of many bizarre claims in ICHR paper on Harappan civilisation
A reading of the essay shows that almost the entire piece is filled with wild conjectures to show that the Indus and Vedic civilisations were linked.
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The Field
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Football: Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy termed ‘predator’ as rape trial begins
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Man Utd sit bottom of the table, Man City on top – Talking points from the Premier League weekend
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Cricket: In-form Cheteshwar Pujara lights up Royal London One Day Cup with another century
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La Liga: Alaba stars as Real Madrid begin title defence with 2-1 win against Almeria
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Canadian Open: Halep edges Haddad Maia to win third title, Carreno Busta defeats Hurkacz