Art And Politics
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How cartoonists made Bengal laugh and challenged the status quo in the years after Independence
An interview with Samit Das, the curator of an exhibition titled ‘Cartoons In Bengal 1950-1970: Freedom of Speech and Socio-Political Artistic Voice’.
Sayari Debnath
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Did a Marathi film released in May predict the current political crisis in Maharashtra?
‘Dharmaveer’, a hagiography of Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe, puts rebel Eknath Shinde in a starring role.
Nandini Ramnath
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Tattoos were common in the ancient world. It is colonialism that stigmatised them
What many people know and think about the artform is heavily influenced by oppression, racism and colonialism.
Allison Hawn, The Conversation
Trending
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How did the Hyderabad Police race against time to recover stolen artefacts from the Nizam’s Museum?
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India is now the world’s most populous nation – but there’s no reason to be worried
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Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
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Adani stocks slide up to 24%, bonds hit distressed levels after calling off share sale
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How the Uddhav Thackeray Sena and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi alliance will pose a challenge to the BJP
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A cartoonist is using satire to spotlight Assam’s biodiversity – and its destruction
Deborshee Gogoi says his work gives ‘voice to voiceless animals’.
Teresa Rehman
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Bollywood and the BJP: One year after splashy photo-op with Modi, a quiet dinner with his minister
The government’s Citizenship Amendment Act outreach event in Mumbai on Sunday was a low-key affair.
Nandini Ramnath
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The artistry of free speech in South Asia: Politics is inescapable but it isn’t the end-all of art
It is possible to be an artist, an intellectual, in a mode that is not necessarily or overtly oppositional and combative.
Ananya Vajpeyi
Video
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years
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Caught on CCTV: Man steals gorilla statue kept outside a shop
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Watch: Tiger walks freely in tea garden, unbothered when car comes up close
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Watch: Students climb gate to enter exam centre because they were late
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Demands to remove US mural for ‘glorifying slavery’ raise important questions about art censorship
Victor Arnautoff’s ‘The Life of Washington’ has lined the hallways of San Francisco’s George Washington High School for years, but may soon be gone.
Amna Khalid, The Conversation & Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, The Conversation
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‘There’s nothing derogatory in my paintings,’ says artist at centre of Loyola College art row
The college is being targeted because it is a minority institution, said one of the exhibition’s organisers.
S Senthalir
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Are China and India gearing up to reprise the soft power rivalry between America and Soviet Union?
China’s approach to promoting art is organised and controlled by the state. India’s is more spontaneous, sponsored by individuals and corporations.
John Zarobell
The Reel
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Bowing out in style: Soumitra Chatterjee’s late-career gems ‘Bela Seshe’ and ‘Mayurakshi’
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‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
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‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
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Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
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Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
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Rudolf von Leyden: The German-born cartoonist who became Bombay’s top art critic in the 1930s
He also became a collector of, and later an authority on, antique board games and Indian playing cards.
Mollie Arbuthnot
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Jon McNaughton: The American Right-wing painter who uses allegory to portray modern conservatism
McNaughton's works elicit giddy mockery from the Left and effusive love from the Right. Why do they resonate so strongly?
John Dyck, The Conversation
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A politician questioned the credentials of Bengal’s most respected living poet. Everyone jumped in
The political and the literary have always had a close but chequered relationship in the state.
Shinjini Basu
The Field
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Thailand Masters: Kiran George, Ashmita Chaliha, Ishaan-Tanisha, Sikki-Rohan lose in round of 16
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India vs New Zealand: Shubman Gill on his unbeaten century, Hardik Pandya’s advice to him and more
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Cricket: Andrew Strauss – ‘IPL will become world's biggest domestic sporting event’
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Watch: U19 champions Shafali Verma and Co take a lap of honour in Ahmedabad during IND vs NZ match
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IND vs NZ: Hardik Pandya – ‘Shubman Gill is technically so sound that batting is very easy for him’