Leading Thinkers to Gather in London for Public Debate on the ...

Thirty years ago, in May 1983, I spent nearly 10 days at Delhi's Tihar jail for the first and, till now, the only time in my life. With me were several hundred young men and women, many of whom are today leaders across the globe: including ...

The story of an apartheid-era statue suggests one way universities have used artworks to negotiate between troubled histories and uncertain futures. Danie de Jager's horse statue, photographed by Goldblatt, was moved from Strijdom Square to the ...

The American public at large is immersed in fear and cruelty, and seemingly willing to surrender its rights at the first whiff of danger. A tragedy of errors: nobody knows any more who is who. The smoke of the explosions forms part of the much ...

... Says Sharmila Tagore, who spoke to us about her idea of awards, sexism in the Hindi film industry, and her association with MP, on her recent trip to Indore You were recently awarded with the Padma Bhushan. At this stage of your career, what ...

Shirin Neshat has overcome her obstacles and become an iconic figure very much like Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe. Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Shirin Neshat's ...

THE SAVAGE MIND What gets lost when a reasonable feminist action is subsumed by racist and imperialist language? Femen is a feminist organisation originating in Kiev that uses the naked female body as a 'weapon' of protest. Naked protest has a long ...

Cricketer Rahul Dravid, actresses Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi, and DRDO chief V K Saraswat were among the 54 people honoured with Padma awards by President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday. Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and researcher Yash Pal received ...

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee presented 54 Padma awards at a function in the Darbar hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday. Veteran Bollywood actors Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi and cricketer Rahul Dravid were among those who were ...

What have Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, the siblings behind Swedish duo The Knife, been doing since their 2006 electro opus, Silent Shout? Cramming! The starting point for their creepy latest, Shaking the Habitual (out April 9), was none ...