Culture

News updates and opinion pieces on entertainment, arts, and literature

The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea

“Thinking of some people as innately special is dangerous”

Jul 13

BOOK REVIEW: Heart Lamp (Selected Stories)

By Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi. Published by And Other Stories (UK), Penguin Random House India (India). India: Paperback/Hardback, 224…

Jun 7

BOOK REVIEW: Lōal Kashmir (Love and Longing In a Torn Land)

By Mehak Jamal, Fourth Estate India, India, Hardcover, 364 pp. INR ₹599 (US$7.07)

May 4

Veteran Indian artist Arpita Singh stars in London’s Hyde Park

Two exhibitions track stresses and tensions in India and across South Asia

May 3

BOOK REVIEW: Melanesia (Travels in Black Oceania)

By Hamish McDonald, Black Ink Books/ Hurst, Collingwood, Australia. Soft cover, 336 pp.

Mar 29 •

Indian Modern Art Record at Nearly US$14 Million

Unusual M.F. Husain work, not seen for decades, sets personal record

Mar 21

Local, International Visitors Flock to Delhi Art Fair

With litfest, city ‘awash in culture’

Mar 1

The Guardian of China's Architectural Heritage

After a near escape from humiliation, rehabilitation

Feb 15

BOOK REVIEW: The Split (Finding the Opportunities in China's Economy in the New World Order)

By Shaun Rein. John Murray Business, London. Soft cover, 256 pp. US$19.13

Feb 8

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