Haku Shah:The Man Who Lives Gandhi

Haku Shah:The Man Who Lives Gandhi

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), housed in the stately Manikyavelu Mansion on Palace Road distils the restful stillness of another time when unstructured life was not a luxury. To every visitor who walks in, the NGMA offers a communion with old trees, a reflection in the mirror pool, sunshine dappled silence and  it […]

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Charles Correa: Cities are not just buildings and streets

Charles Correa: Cities are not just buildings and streets

Last year, over 100 Broadway stars, directors, producers, musicians, choreographers, designers and technicians gathered in front of the police station in Times Square, New York, while a poem titled ‘I Can’t Breathe‘ was rendered by Daniel J Watts. This was done to register a protest and start a conversation about police violence, which had claimed […]

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Church Street: After The Blast

Church Street: After The Blast

  Every Bangalorean has a Church Street memory. From NASA, the grounded spaceship cum pub in the mid nineties to RR restaurant which was supposedly the favourite of Raj Kapoor for its Gongura chutney, avakai pickle, gunpowder and the secret recipes from Guntur and Nellore that sang to you from a plantain leaf. Dahlia, the little Japanese eatery […]

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SG Vasudev: Art As The Tree Of Life

SG Vasudev: Art As The Tree Of Life

  S G Vasudev’s retrospective Recollections Reconnections series will be on display at Gallery Sumukha in Bangalore  till January 10. The national award-winning artist is reflective as he recalls the young man who once said, “My hands cannot stay idle. They either have to draw or paint.” The years have revealed his love for the […]

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Charles Correa: The Wagner Of Architecture

Charles Correa: The Wagner Of Architecture

It’s architect, planner, activist and theoretician Charles Correa himself on the stage of the JN Tata Auditorium in Bengaluru and what he once said about Corbusier’s architecture in Chandigarh, comes to mind, “Corbusier has sought to create an architecture of passion. No sotto-voce, no politeness but like Wagner-thunder in the concert hall.”  * Correa’s voice is weak and broken but […]

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Karunashraya: Death With Dignity

Karunashraya: Death With Dignity

A single powerful thought can change the course of a life. Or many. Who would have imagined that 14,800 cancer patients would receive critical palliative care over 20 years only because in 1992, Kishore Rao, General Manager of Madura Coats, took early retirement to initiate the Karnataka Chapter of the Indian Cancer Society? The momentous […]

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Karavalli: Always New

Karavalli: Always New

  Spices, herbs, fruits, vegetables, pulses, grains, nuts, family favourites, history in a whiff and a mouthful. That sums up the experience of Syrian Christian food served recently in course after course at Karavalli (The Gateway Hotel), Bangalore’s favourite coastal food restaurant. The only thing missing was the wood fire smoke filling up the senses. […]

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