Note: This is a press release and not an article and the author’s name is to only indicate who has uploaded it. Play: Five Grains of Sugar Written by Manav Kaul Directed by Nimi Ravindran Translated by : Arshia Sattar. Lighting Design: Sujay Saple Sound: Bharavi. Original Music: Sandeep Vasishta Date: 7th and 8th February 2012 […]
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Month: January 2012
Spaces…
Have you pondered a sudden unexpected end? Nothing is unchanged. The clothes lie in the same wardrobe, those socks are in the dryer, the book they were reading is still lying with the bookmark on page 259. That shirt on the door smells of their perfume. But no person to turn the page, wear […]
The Only Problem With Death
The thing about death is, you cannot call. You cannot call them again. Ever. I think that is what tears you apart, what tears you up.
Quest..
So many questions I ask myself every day, About right and wrong, On how to decide what right is, and what is wrong, Since the moment the alarm strikes a chord, Till the moment my senses fade and drop, Questions of ‘how’s and ‘when’s, Of how to answer a question with a ‘no’ ? And if I […]
Why??
Why? Why does the power go off while you are watching your favourite movie but not in the middle of cricket matches or grandma’s devotional programs? Why do the phone and the door bell ring simultaneously when you’ve applied your face pack? Why do you have visitors ringing your doorbell when you’ve called it a day […]
Business of Art
The number of visitors thronging the venue at NSIC Grounds in Delhi only seemed to have grown. But though it was the third and the penultimate day of the fair, there emerged a mixed response from both Indian and international galleries about the business they had generated, most being cautious about responding to enquiries […]
The Harmony Within
“In India, you can stand in one place and look to your right, and you see a funeral. Look to your left, and you see a marriage. Look in front of you, and you see little children that are born and are starving in the streets. And look behind you, and somebody’s driving a Bentley. […]
Art of Performance
When Pooja Sood, director, Khoj, claimed a week ago that Khojlive – an evening of performance art – would be the most exciting collateral event during India Art Fair, even she would not have anticipated the crowd that turned out at blue FROG last evening. In fact, the venue organisers had to close the […]
Theatre Of Life
When the lights flood the dusty space above a wooden platform, the darkness beyond its length, from where applause comes as a storm, the boundaries of lines and curves, within which art unfolds on-stage, as the colors of make-up, and volumes of wigs and costumes define a character’s cage, the aesthetics of art, rubbed upon each […]
Václav Havel In Town
Note: This is a press release, not an article and the name of the author is only to indicate who uploaded it. rafiki, the Bangalore based theatre group, is doing a run of The Memorandum, as a tribute to playwright Václav Havel. The three shows will play at Ranga Shankara on January 31st, February 1st and 2nd […]
Fair Voices
First the 21 minute walk from where the car drops you till you are inside the display area, and then the information pamphlet that holds a list of 98 exhibitors and 13 public art projects spread over 12,000 sq m of area and just one single day to absorb all that the India Art Fair brings […]
The Fiery New Agneepath
There is an unavenged little boy in Karan Johar. A son who saw his naively golden-hearted father not getting his due in an industry driven by merciless opportunism so it is apt that Johar should pick a Father India metaphor to replay and remake in the memory of Yash Johar. Karan Malhotra’s Agneepath tries to avenge […]