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Artist: Armaan Ratra
Artist: Armaan Ratra
Artist: Armaan Ratra
Madhubani Decorative Bowls of Bihar for sale at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Haryanvi hookahs at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Elephants made by Panchdhatu of Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh for sale at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Home decor items on display at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Statues made by Terracotta and clay for sale at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Tribal Dance of Amravati (Maharashtra) at the Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Glass bottle art (Pattachitra) of Odisha at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Leather products (Lampshades) of Andhra Pradesh at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Bamboo baskets of Pithoragarh, Uttrakhand for sale at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Thailand artists performs at 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Cultural perfromances at the Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Cultural perfromances at the Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

Photo by J S Adhikari/Outlook
Cultural perfromances at the Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis visit stalls at the Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.

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Municipal workers walk past a wall painted with pictures of Hindu gods as part of the 'Paint My City' project ahead of Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad.

AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Artists from Promocare Group work on a sadhu portrait on the pillar of Rambagh flyover being created as part of the 'Paint My City' project ahead of Kumbh Mela festival in Allahaba...

AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Artists perform during the India-China Cultural Evening, at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi.

PTI Photo/Vijay Verma

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Painting That Stirred Row At India Art Fair Missing, Artists Cry Foul

A complainant had alleged that artwork at India Art Fair was related to the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Feb 06, 2020

| Aritry Das
Artistic Integrity In The Era Of Social Media

In a world caught up with showcasing skills through Instagram, art that is formless might attract several visitors at the gallery, but may not necessarily lead to commercial success it deserves.

Feb 04, 2020

| Malavika Kodiyath
Gulag Kalakshetra? Caste And Culture Policing Come To Chennai's Charmed Circles

If state-run Nehru Memorial can host launch functions of books on Jinnah and Savarkar, why can't Kalakshetra allow T.M. Krishna's work on Christians in Carnatic music to be released?

Jan 31, 2020

| Madhavan Narayanan
Amol Palekar’s Return To Theatre After 25 Years

Sathya Saran draws the pictures of a packed auditorium where Amol Palekar made his return to theatre after 25 years, and an offbeat exhibition that called out to women to ‘remember their innate powers.'

Jan 21, 2020

| Sathya Saran
Artists Protest Against Government's Proposal To Convert Tagore Hall Into Cinema

The artists say if the government was interested in opening cinema halls, it could have renovated defunct cinema halls in Srinagar.

Jan 09, 2020

| Naseer Ganai
Taking Art Beyond Entertainment: Photos Of Rohit Jain

Though he has in the past used his art to create other awareness stories, it is with ‘Aftermath’ that Rohit Jain, who is a grantee of the Pulitzer Centre’s grant for Crisis Reporting, has shown that Photography can reach beyond entertainment to espouse a cause and awaken the public to social consciousness.

Dec 25, 2019

| Sathya Saran
Devika Rani and Bali: Words Weave Magic In Two Plays

In Devika Rani and Bali, we have two writers looking at text differently, resulting in productions very different from each other. Both are examples of the new directions in theatre.

Sep 03, 2019

| Sathya Saran
'Kalā': From Geet Vidya To Vaitaliki, The Tradition Of Liberal Arts In India

When the draft New Education Policy was uploaded on the MHRD website this May, it was exciting to see the centrality of the liberal arts in the section on higher education, writes novelist and scholar Saikat Majumdar.

Aug 31, 2019

| Saikat Majumdar
Despite His Criticism Of Tagore's Plays, Girish Karnad Charmed Bengali Artists

Sankho Ghosh, who translated two of Girish Karnad’s famous plays briefly observes that Karnad was not only a leading playwright and actor of his time, but also undoubtedly one of the foremost leaders of Indian cultural world.

Jun 10, 2019

| Rajat Roy
Amol Palekar Hits Out At NGMA After Being Interrupted At Mumbai Event

At the opening of an exhibition in the memory of artist Prabhakar Barwe on Friday evening, Palekar was repeatedly interrupted during his speech by some NGMA members.

Feb 10, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau

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The Erotic Manifesto: A Few Stanzas From The Garden Of Eden

Nov 28, 2019

| Sunil Menon
Breathing Royal Airs: A Renaissance Man’s Legacy

A central Kerala aristocratic family elevated Koodiyattam beyond the Natya Shastra tenets

Oct 05, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
Optical Poetry

Modern theatre students discover the benefits of classical training in the Koodiyattam tradition

Oct 05, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
MBA And The Maestro

Management and the arts can go well together. Examples abound even in classical genres of music and dance.

Sep 19, 2017

| Sreevalsan Thiyyadi
A Cocoon Embroidered

High amidst the Karakoram, the Hunza Valley evolved its unique way of life, with crafts deeply embedded within. Their pricelessness is shown herein.

Aug 17, 2017

| Laila Tyabji
The Subcontinental Menu

Why is Daman & Diu taking the national pledge so seriously? Ever heard of buffalo chocolate? Read all the juicy gossip from the neighbourhood...

Aug 17, 2017

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God’s Marital Status

Is celibacy or singleness a prerequisite to seek an ideal world? It’s another matter that marital pleasures are fine for temple deities with their consorts.

Aug 10, 2017

| Devdutt Pattanaik
Venice Diary

As the writer travels through Venice's "Tiny lanes, crumbly old palaces, the water," he is reminded of Varanasi...

Jul 06, 2017

| Maseeh Rahman
They Alone Heard The Chorus Of Ants

As Marxist-Leninists in Kerala fought facelessly, the People’s Cultural Forum exploded in creativity, with new idioms in literature, music, theatre, film and art

Apr 20, 2017

| K. Satchidanandan
Kathakali Diary

Kalamandalam Gopi--the greatest living Kathakali performer-- on the artform and the improbable stardom he enjoys, even at 80!

Jan 05, 2017

| Kalamandalam Gopi
Bombay Diary

A Bombay-based theatre-holic's annual dip in the Fountain of Youth with Thespo 18

Dec 29, 2016

| Quasar Thakore Padamsee
Shanghai Diary

I felt as if I had just come out of a museum of experiments, incidents and accidents. Where have I been?

Nov 25, 2016

| Bose Krishnamachari