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A concert to bring sounds from the hills of Darjeeling to the Capital

A mix of bands from Bengal’s beautiful hills are here in the Capital to sing for a cause

Bipul Chhetri has made his name by performing in the local language and bringing Nepalese folk music to the mainstream.(Photo courtesy: Bipul Chhetri)
Updated on Jul 22, 2017 07:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

A Broadcast we choose not to hear: Saadat Hasan Manto’s tales of Partition

‘Broadcast’ is a chilling dramatisation of 28 very short tales of terror, set in the time of Partition and written by master storyteller Saadat Hasan Manto

Broadcast rehearsal at the OddBird Theatre in Chhattarpur. (From left) Fouzia Dastango, Makrand Sanan on the tabla, musician Stefan Kaye and Ritika Singh. Sitting in the front are director Udayan Chakravarty (in white shirt) and art director Ishaan Bharat(Saumya Khandelwal/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 15, 2017 03:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Ladakh: A view from the other side

The story that Isaac Tsetan Gergan’s photo exhibition tells us is stripped of the stereotypes that this beautiful desert, Ladakh, has been reduced to.

Herdsmen in Zanskar valley.(Isaac Tsetan Gergan)
Updated on Jul 07, 2017 10:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

‘Inside’ a work of art: A review of the exhibition The Drifting Canvas

An ongoing exhibition of art by European masters is a bewitching 3D audio-visual immersive experience that breathes life into the paintings. There’s also a section of works by Indian artists

Henri Rousseau’s The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on The Antelope (1905), which has been both animated and magnified to fit on giant screens and plays to Bruno Sanfilippo’s Piano Textures 1.
Updated on May 13, 2017 07:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

First time in 30 years: an indie group from Delhi is making its own vinyl records

Amarrass Records specialising in folk ‘cuts’ its own records

Ankur Malhotra of Amarrass Records(Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 08:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

Raza Foundation, Delhi, launches India’s first poetry biennale

With more than 40 poets speaking in 15 Indian languages, this literary festival will represent India’s cultural diversity

Some of the poets participating in the Poetry Biennale in Delhi(Photo: Raj K Raj / HT)
Updated on Apr 08, 2017 07:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

SH Raza’s paintings and the essence of Gandhi’s philosophy

Mahatma Gandhi was a subject painter SH Raza returned to repeatedly so that he could capture the essence of his philosophy - from pain to peace

Artist SH Raza in Delhi.(Photo: Priyanka Parashar/ HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 04, 2017 09:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma

A retrospective on sculptor Ram Sutar

An ongoing retrospective on the famous Indian sculptor sheds light on his life-like art and how, at 91, he is working on his tallest work so far.

Sculptures of Indira Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the lawns of a gallery in New Delhi that is hosting a retrospective on Indian sculptor Ram V. Sutar. He is best known for his life-like renditions of famous Indians.(Courtesy: Abhimanyu Jindal)
Updated on Feb 11, 2017 08:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByManik Sharma
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