Behind the lungi
He remains one of the most controversial figures to have ever hit the Indian music scene but, Honey Singh, in person, comes across as a very different person.
‘Scribbling in a trance’
“Men are just not that interesting,” she says. And when you are staring at the figuratives by Anjani Reddy, somewhere deep down, you know she is right.
A new language
“Still recovering” from his participation at the India Art Summit in Delhi earlier this year, senior artist Ramesh Vedambhatla is already knee-deep in the ambitious task of integrating the expressions
The granddaddy of fine art
At 88, Jagdish Mittal is showing no signs of slowing down.
No limelight and yes, loving it
It’s hard to believe but senior artist Chippa Sudhakar insists that he doesn’t like being in demand. Unfortunately, there’s no running away from it when one is as good as him.
‘Artists are self-centred’
Life came a full circle for Sisir Sahana as the principal of Kalabhavan, the art college at Shantiniketan.
A digital homage to the Mahatma
‘Peace Ahimsa Truth’ reads the tattoo that runs around this Gandhian’s arm. But Birad Rajaram Yajnik is not on a quest to turn anyone into a Gandhian. “I’m looking for the next Gandhi instead,” says the publisher-photographer-writer-artist and curator of a digital museum on the world’s most famous Indian.
‘Nonsense’, but still clean
The lyrics are clean, the song is an instant hit and the video is an absolute delight. The latest Bollywood rage is Badtameez Dil from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.
Where are many fleeing to?
Bugarach, a village in France with a population of only 200, is apparently where you will be safe if doomsday strikes on December 21.
Where are people now going to confess
Not just in churches or psychiatrists’ offices; these days people choose to express their darkest secrets through art. And why not when artists and forums are inviting the public to try their hand at it and turning it into a full-blown art show?