BOOKS & ART

Dhoomimal Gallery opens its December programme with Ski(e)n: Re-membering through Performance and Thread , an exhibition that brings together RCA alumni Abhijna Vemuru Kasa and Insha Manzoor under the curatorship of Jyoti A Kathpalia. Both artists work from deeply personal terrains, yet their practices intersect on questions of memory, identity, and the structures—cultural, familial, and political—that shape the body. Abhijna, who divides her time between Hyderabad and San Fr

‘ Zaaviye’ , an Urdu word meaning angles or perspectives, brings together imagery and poetry in a rare and delicate embrace. What began as a dream now unfolds in an intimate exhibition and a finely crafted coffee table book.   The project features 32 evocative black-and-white photographs by Gaurav Bharadwaj, each accompanied by a verse graciously gifted by Gulzar Saab. Together, they form a meditative conversation between word and image — a dialogue between what is visible an

Borders may divide land, but they can never sever memory. We Were Always Neighbours, curated by Sahil Arora, Gallery Director of Method...

This October, New Delhi in India will see Travancore Palace open its doors to Art of Liberation , an exhibition put together by artist...

Connaught Place, with its colonnaded corridors and restless rhythm, has seen much of New Delhi’s cultural history unfold. At its centre,...

Time usually rushes past us in traffic, in deadlines, and in the noise of cities. But inside Vartaman , time stretches. You notice the...

The sense of urgency that hangs heavy in the air whenever climate change is spoken about is something most of us have grown used to...

A slim paperback, just over 120 pages, that sits lightly in the hand but heavier in thought than many manuals three times its size....

Some books entertain, and then some books sit heavy on your chest, the kind that don’t leave once you’re done with them. They break you...

Disha’s Love You Zindagi , published by Srishti Publishers , is not a book about escape. It is a record of lives that insist on being...

There is nothing ornamental about Kamini Kusum’s Soch Se Bhi Aage . Spread across a little more than 180 pages, the book is a...

Reading Behind the Cancer Ribbon , one doesn’t simply turn pages—one accompanies Rinaa Peter on an intimate­ly told journey through...

Some children's books just tell stories, but some are quite special and open up a whole new world. Neel: Krishna Through Art is one of...

Some crimes are so bold and silly that they almost seem made up. But they did happen. Sourabh Mukherjee's The Great Indian Heists is not...

Rafael Badziag’s The Billion Dollar Secret doesn’t bother with the familiar motivational fluff about waking up early, visualising...

Some kidnappings happen in public view; others vanish into silence. Chhimi Tenduf-La’s latest novel, A Hiding to Nothing , thrives in...

Some memoirs unfold like a slow sunrise — unhurried, deliberate, warming you before you realise it. A Fistful of My Sky by Dr. Anand...

In a world addicted to instant results, patience has become an unfashionable virtue. We order meals that arrive before the kettle boils,...

A quarter century in the art world is not just a measure of years, but of the works seen, the conversations sparked, and the...

In a world where art is often just something to look at, Anurag Anand's "Echoes" is a bold departure. It's an exhibition where paintings...