Retroscope - A Veritable Carnival

The 19th edition of CFSI’s festival turned out to be a veritable carnival, a feast of colourful sights and sounds.
Had I not gone, I would have missed the robust...

Mexico's Morelia Film Festival Builds Warm Community of Cinephiles

Glowing reports from the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
(FICM) inspired me to fly down to Michoacan in late October for the
13th edition. I was not dis...

Durga Puja Special

For many years now I have enjoyed Puja in Bombay, the city of our adoption like thousands of probasi Bengalis. The Bengali community was once close, everyone knew ...

Screening Of Sriram Raghavan Raman Raghav To Be Followed By Masterclass

Mumbai, October 19, 2015: Drishyam Films is organising THE MASTERS, a monthly series of exclusive learning sessions with India&r...

It Is Sita’s Story, Not Rama’s That Is Told By Women In Karnataka’s Villages.

Dressed in a deep green sari bordered by red and gold, with the seragu (pallu) tucked in at the waist so she could sit comfortably and move unhindered, Sanntimmi sat alone ...

Suchitra Sen - Revisiting Icons

Standing at the far end of the room she resembled a house wife in a simple cotton saree. A few gold bangles twinkled musically round her wrist. That plump figure was out of...

Google Brings Over 2000 Indian Artworks Online, Opens 70 Virtual Exhibits

The Google Cultural Institute is increasingly helping the Indian culture flourish on a global platform, bringing the best of Indian art and culture online. Google announced...

Meet The Women Radicalizing One Of The World’s Oldest Dance Forms

One of America’s most unusual dance dynasties reigns in Minneapolis: the trio of Ranee Ramaswamy, and her daughters Aparna and Ashwini. In just over two decades, thei...

Day 4 Of Jagran Film Festival Brings World Cinema Under One Roof

~ With French films, Jagran Shorts category carves a special place in the movie lovers’ hearts ~

~ American fil...