Alternative Entertainment

Celebrating National Street Theatre Day

Safdar Hashmi (12 April 1954 – 2 January 1989) was a communist playwright and director, best known for his work with street theatre in India. He was also an actor, lyric...

Read More

Good Luck: A Documentary Showcasing the Struggles of Miners

Ben Russell—filmmaker, artist, curator—challenges conventions of documentary representation from within to produce intense, hypnotic, and at times, hallucinating e...

Read More

Aparna Nancherla on fighting Depression through Humour

You don't expect introverts and shy people to do stand-up comedy because obviously it involves a lot of public speaking and having conversations with your audience. But Aparna...

Read More

One Strange Rock: NatGeo's Latest Blockbuster Documentary Series

National Geographic has a history of bringing TV shows to audiences that turn out be an eye-opener. This time they are delivering a fascinating deep dive into the connectivity...

Read More

David Bowie: An Avid Reader

For a man who left Bromley Technical High School with just one 'O' level (in art), David Bowie ended up a remarkably well-read man. Bowie, who died aged 69 on January 10, 2016...

Read More

Vans helps Girls celebrate Creativity by learning to Skate

Everybody's favourite sneaker brand Vans celebrated women's day with much excitement and empowerment. The skateboard brand sent pro skater and Tony Hawk protogé Lizzie ...

Read More

The Brilliance of Salvador Dali

The man. The master. The marvel. Salvador Dali is one of the most celebrated artists of all time. His fiercely technical yet highly unusual paintings, sculptures and visionary...

Read More

Picture Books and Coming-of-age Stories

As research on transgender and gender nonconforming children and youth becomes increasingly prevalent in literary scholarship, educational possibilities arise for teachers of ...

Read More

The Blockbuster Effect

When you go online to look for entertainment there's a stocked-up library of content on various streaming platforms mainly YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Hotstar (in Indi...

Read More

#BossyBuyOut – A Campaign to buy the Royal Haymarket Theatre

A crowdfunding campaign has been initiated by a group of women called Bossy to buy the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Their aim is to showcase female-led work at the venue. So what...

Read More

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024