ESSAY

Flight, Fact And Fiction: The Missing Airliner And The Role Of Stories Siddharth Sivakumar Fiction Seems to be effective at changing beliefs while feeding on the psychology of human Candition and blurring the judicious distinction between the authentic fact and the cushioned zone of ‘possibility’ Siddharth Shiva kumar targets this witchy power of starry in […]

OBITUARY

Siddharth Sivakumar Remembering Parvez Kabir Pedalling around the campus on his bicycle with an impish face, Parvez Kabir looked more like a student than a teacher. But behind his youthful informality and charming personality was a seasoned critic, someone deeply committed to the study of art history. Parvez-da always elicited friendly conversations, and yet today, […]

FEATURE

Domains of Eco-Criticism – Siddharth Sivakumar While upstairs, we discovered an angry young man with an interest in western modernism, down stairs we meet a happy old man contemplating on his own cultural moorings. His large sculptural installation Bahuroopi and two large canvases dominated the large central hall, through which one entered the exhibition on […]

Feature

Kala Bhavana : A Living Tradition Siddharth Sivakumar It is said that a true universal man is inspired to look beyond his time and space, while being constantly motivated by ground realities and local interests. Managing the seemingly paradoxical was the crucial task set by Tagore, and achieved by Nandalal Bose, Ramkinkar Baij and Binodebehari […]

Cover Story

Imaging their Subjectivity : Transsexuals and Photo graphy Siddharth Sivakumar After dealing with trans-sexuality from a diachronic perspective, in her Alice at Frederick’s of Hollywood, Mariette situates trans-sexuality in a synchronic time-frame. The image has captured the three representatives of humanity with a spontaneous click of the camera. Man is represented by the larger-than-life Oscar […]

Art For The Young

Ramachandran’s books for children: A Belated Homecoming Siddharth Sivakumar Speaking about the future of illustrated children’s books in India, some years back, Ramachandran had said, “To discuss the future of children’s picture books in the Indian context is like discussing the future of an unborn child”. But the initiative taken by the Vadehra Art Gallery […]