Alternative Entertainment

Chennai And All That Jazz

In the midst of a stage crammed with the usual musical paraphernalia, singers and instruments, aspiring musician and student ManickVennimalai is something of a lone wolf. The ...

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Moving Image

It is not easy to categories people like Aradhana Seth. Try confining them within boundaries; they will slip out of there before you even know it. Aradhana is a photographer, ...

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Nina Simone's Face

When I was kid, I knew what the worst parts of me were—my hair and my mouth. My hair was Happy. My lips were big. Nearly every kid around me knew something similar of th...

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Art For Gender Equality In India

After a jam-packed month of arts-based social projects in slum communities in Delhi and Mumbai through the Shanti Arts for Action project, it was time for new adventures throu...

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What Ballerina's Can Teach

In this series, The Huffington Post profiles some of the best ballet dancers in the world, working in some of the rarest and most unusual work environments imaginable, to try ...

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FYI: 25 Women Who Are Shaping The Future Of Music

What will the future of music look like? New York Times Magazine published an ambitious multimedia feature on Thursday that purported to answer that question, and apparently t...

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Why A Cultural Festival In A Chennai Fishing Village Could Be The Start Of A Revolutionary Movement

Artistic and social barriers came crashing down as Bharatanatyam shared the stage with paraiaatam, a dance and percussion genre associated with funerals. On a warm afternoon, ...

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RuPaul On The Timeless Power Of Drag.

RuPaul Andre Charles is, hands down, the most famous drag queen in the world. Has been, really, since he burst onto the scene in 1993 with the hit single “Supermodel (Yo...

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Loving Vincent Is The First Feature Film To Be Animated With Paintings

With the advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI), there’s no longer much place in film for handcrafted beauty. Animated films made with paper, pencils, and paintbrush...

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Farhan Firebird: How Class Politics Neglects White Working Class Girls

There's a risk that staging a play about the Rochdale child sex rings could descend into voyeuristic rehashing of real-life horrors. Luckily, Phil Davies has, in his debut pla...

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MOVIES: FAIRY TALE FALTERS IN AJOGYA

"Despite the charm of a fairy tale reference, Kaushik Ganguly's Ajogya struggles with a ...

June 11 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: SHYAM BENEGAL’S MANTHAN

Thanks to the efforts of the Film Heritage Foundation, Shyam Benegal’s masterpiece...

June 9 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: SILENCE IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION

In an era of unprecedented division, the gap between mainstream and alternative opinions...

June 8 2024