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02 FEBRUARY 2012 |
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‘We are, in some sense, duplicate artists’
Manjunath Kamath, 40, created a series of animated water colour images from day to day life titled, well, Common Things. The artist who trained in Mysore before moving to Delhi over a decade ago, speaks to Yamini Deendayalan about his quirky titles, the odd rabbits in art parties and why we should get rid of our postcolonial hangover. |
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Notes on Jaipur, and other Exhilarations
The censors are creeping into our minds and getting comfortable. But we do have some ways of evicting them, argues Gaurav Jain |
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Jitish makes a local Call
Artist as genius. Artist as star. Artist as object of neighbour’s envy and owner’s pride. Nisha Susan explores why post-globalised India needs Jitish Kallat and his art |
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‘Muslims can demolish Rushdie intellectually’
Dalit leader Udit Raj, 54, tells Karuna John how a volatile controversy was successfully doused by debate. |
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‘Kashmir tests our notions of Secularism’
Sanjay Kak, 53, tells Yamini Deenadayalan why free speech must be accompanied by free listening. |
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Romance, Revolution And bigotry
Shashi Tharoor and Hari Kunzru talk about the asset and liability that is the social media, with Vikram Chandra |
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The Dull Choreography of Political Correctness
Freedom of speech requires inventiveness and eccentricity, says Shiv Visvanathan |
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The Keeper of Faith
The 14th century cathedral in Paris has been in the safe hands of Joachim Irudayanathan for seven years. Adeline Bertin meets the Indian who holds the keys to Notre Dame |
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Our Fertile Critic
AK Mehrotra’s essays across 30 years provide a scathing view of our absent literary culture, finds Alok Rai |
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Backstage Boys
Kiran Nagarkar’s sequel to Ravan and Eddie is bawdy and implausible, says Sanjay Sipahimalani |
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Master takes
Compiled by Aradhna Wal |
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Film Review: Agneepath
By Mona J |
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Vanity Fair
Compiled by Poorva Rajaram |
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[Psychologies] ‘Are there any rules in love and lovemaking?’
Compiled by Aradhna Wal |
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[Personal Histories] ‘A story being told can never be as great as the story being lived’
By Kavitha Buggana |
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