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Chanpreet Khurana
Chanpreet Khurana is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Through destruction and reconstruction, artist Vivan Sundaram reimagines and retells history
The artist’s ongoing show ‘Install: black gold, terraoptics and the work of termites’ is as much about the act of installation as it is about history.
Chanpreet Khurana
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By celebrating Gandhi, Indian art in Venice shows the way to those debating Godse’s ‘patriotism’
The choice of artists and artworks for the India Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale was guided by one metric: they had to be linked with Gandhi’s ideology.
Chanpreet Khurana
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One story told 12 times: Magnum photographer Sohrab Hura’s book explores rising violence in India
Through the tale of a headless woman, ‘The Coast’ reminds us of the way to combat violence.
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Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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How Indian-born artist Krishna Reddy left an indelible mark on printmaking worldwide
An exhibition in Kolkata showcases works by Reddy that are ‘timeless and relevant’.
Chanpreet Khurana
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A walk through Delhi at night changed the way I (and a few other women) viewed the city
Crimes statistics have created a state of fear that prevents women from venturing out at night. It’s time to strip these numbers of their power to paralyse.
Chanpreet Khurana
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The Chennai Photo Biennale goes beyond just images – it focuses on our relationship with photography
The second edition of the event, featuring works by 50 artists, examines how photography can become a universal language.
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Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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How a cosmic event 1.3 billion years ago inspired an Indian artist’s new play
In her play ‘Black Hole’, Jyoti Dogra attempts to build a bridge between science and the human condition.
Chanpreet Khurana
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Interview: How Kochi Biennale’s first female curator made the event more inclusive
Anita Dube has worked towards creating a platform where marginalised artists speak but ‘not as victim’.
Chanpreet Khurana
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An art exhibition in Delhi shows how deception can be used as a tool for social commentary
‘Babur ki Gai’ uses parafiction to retell history and question gender politics.
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The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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The vintage beauty of India’s photo studios gets memorialised in a new exhibition
Photographer Ketaki Sheth offers a fresh perspective on a dying tradition.
Chanpreet Khurana
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An Indian puppeteer is trying to firmly knot fringe narratives to mainstream audiences
Anurapa Roy and her Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust are ensuring puppets do their bit in ‘talking about what is not right’.
Chanpreet Khurana
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An Indian artist has converted a cardboard box into a sculpture as a comment on our wasteful times
Arunkumar HG’s new show ‘CON-struction’ shows his mastery over the use of materials as a medium – in an aesthetic sense as well as to make a statement.
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The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared