Art & Culture
Rock of Ages
Petroglyphs—carvings and etchings on stone—provide a fascinating account of the history of early man. The Himalaya holds many still-undiscovered treasures, says Viraf Mehta
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The Shadow of the Mountain
The Self, the Other and the many shades in between. Waswo X Waswo reflects on the work of putative Orientalists and his own art practice in Rajasthan
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From Selfie to Shelfie
The inception, rather raison d’etre, of The Indian Quarterly wasn’t exactly a happy one. It came into being because of the traumatic events of 26/11 in 2008, when the city of Mumbai was under siege for a few days. Verve…
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The Mindful Body
An art form that uses the body as its instrument but is ruled by the mind—and the heart. Leela Samson on the challenges faced by the Indian classical dancer
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Breaking Walls
Struggling to cast off the shadow of his famous brother FN Souza, Lancelot Ribeiro found his warm, inclusive artistic voice in cold, indifferent London. It’s a voice, writes Anita Roy, that remains relevant
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The Rapture
She saw it before, during and after its restoration. But what really changed Juliet Reynolds’ engagement with the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling was her immersion in rasa. Image credit: Getty Images I must have been a little dizzy—certainly overwhelmed to a great degree—as…
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In Exile
Amrit Gangar uncovers the fascinating stories of Germans working in Bombay cinema before and after the Second World War
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Thread Talks
A new crop of Pakistani fashion and accessory designers are mining their own heritage for inspiration, says Saba Imtiaz. The result is a new cultural confidence in Pakistani design
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Paying Court
Meera Menezes studies how contemporary artists in India and Pakistan are reinterpreting miniature painting, and in so doing, enriching it
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