Watch: Models walk the ramp to Mehdi Hassan’s ghazal at Paris Fashion Week

Fashion label GmbH unveiled its spring 2023 collection titled ‘Ghazal’, drawing attention to the recent floods in Pakistan.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 03:25 pm

Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for creative humans – it’s a new tool for artists

While vast improvements have been made in the last five years, there are still things that AI art models struggle with.

Joseph Early, The Conversation

· Oct 04, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Clara Swain: The ‘Doctor Miss Sahiba’ who helped set up Asia’s first women’s hospital in India

Spreading the gospel was an essential part of the American missionary’s work, but what has endured is her contribution towards the betterment of women.

Anu Kumar

· Oct 04, 2022 · 11:30 am

In pictures: How Kolkata’s vibrant Durga Puja pandals blend art and faith

From traditional to minimal and modern idols, it is as much a celebration of art as it is of the Hindu goddess’ triumph over evil.

Sayari Debnath

· Oct 03, 2022 · 08:00 pm

Dora Maar and Françoise Gilot were not just Picasso’s muses – they were artists in their own right

Both women profoundly influenced Picasso, and both were exceptional talents.

Lisa French, The Conversation

· Oct 02, 2022 · 11:30 pm

How a bank branch in Bombay helped establish a financial relationship between Japan and India

The now-defunct Yokohama Specie Bank bankrolled the cotton trade between the two countries in the 19th century after Japan emerged from self-imposed isolation.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Oct 01, 2022 · 11:30 am

‘In all my years, no gallery has represented me’: Savindra Sawarkar on Brahmanism in the arts

Sawarkar is the first Indian gallery artist to foreground the Dalit experience of caste as an aesthetic mode. In a broad interview, he talks about his practice.

Kamayani Sharma

· Sep 27, 2022 · 11:30 am

Why the Waqf Board’s crackdown on shrines in Kashmir is shadowed by politics

Many fear it signals the tightening of government control on these religious institutions.

Safwat Zargar

· Sep 25, 2022 · 06:30 am

In the story of Sindhi migration, Canary Islands played a small but important role

In the 19th century, the archipelago off the coast of Africa was the first link between India and Spain.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Sep 21, 2022 · 11:30 am

How a US artist created a convincing exhibition about a fake Iron Age civilisation five decades ago

The show at Cornell University featured invented maps, music and cracked artifacts that appeared appear as if they had survived centuries.

Beauvais Lyons, The Conversation

· Sep 18, 2022 · 07:30 pm

When a temple in southern Laos was a major Hindu pilgrimage centre

Vat Phou, which is near the Mekong River, was built before the advent of the Khmer Empire and predates Angkor Wat.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Sep 18, 2022 · 11:30 am

Why the body positivity movement risks turning toxic

Critics of body positivity say the movement is not as accepting of all bodies as it claims.

Viren Swami, The Conversation

· Sep 17, 2022 · 07:30 pm