While most art is influenced by the personal history of its creator, Kanchan Chander’s paintings are her personal history; from student to artist to hopefully married and then joyful mother to estranged wife and...
Makers of short or documentary films generally feel they are given the short shrift when they try to find finances for making their films, and are then treated to a step-son treatment by the...
“The Owl and the pussy cat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat…” Thrown together in a low-rent bachelor’s flat instead of a ‘pea-green boat’, the odd couple in this highly amusing...
It doesn’t quite matter whether one pulls strings or uses larger than life marionettes, glove or rod puppets, its pure theatre that one is watching. Quite distinct from a puppet or the kathputli show...
Burqavaganza – Banned in Pakistan staged in BHARANGAM A bit of Info* compiled by Manohar Khushalani Scenes from the Pakistani Farce Burqavaganza At the recently concluded BHARANGAM, the Theatre Fest organized by...
Pulling Strings A review of the Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival by Divya Raina Daddee Pudumjee with his puppeteers and puppets It doesn’t quite matter whether one pulls strings or uses larger than...
Vasant Utsav in Vasant Vihar Info on the Indian Spring Show by Divya Raina Bhangra – A Punjabi Folk Dance at the Vihar Winter never fails to turn to spring. Even though Delihites experienced...