Culture

Girl, Stand up for yourself. Believe in yourself. Don’t let the changed form or demeanour confuse you.

The last thing which we need to understand is the indemnity of the gallery or agency to indemnify artists in case of fraud or theft. Such contractual clauses should be mandated by the state not only to protect the...

The clay figurines are made in Kumartulli, with the party of the second part’s clientele extending to the US, UK and Africa’s Indian diaspora, and shola pith, clay and recyclable deity figurines a hit on these shores. Many private...

The dhakis are back. To writers around the world, solitude and quiet are the best catalysts to thought. But if you’ve been in Kolkata in your teens, the sound of the vociferous, cheerful, commanding drumstick on the dhaki throws...

For the vast majority of my existence, I was oblivious and downright ignorant to the brilliance that was 'The Office' but then, the all-powerful algorithms of Amazon finally caught up to me. The first season was an absolute disaster,...

India has always been and continues to be a patriarchal society, inducing general subservience through the subordination of women and their disempowerment. Therefore, patriarchal binaries prevent growth or evolution from a system where women are not only denied the...

Your identity, as it turns out, is quite important. Given our love for structure and definition (refer to social structures, constructs, mores, etc), it may not be surprising that our identity is a big factor in our confidence, self-regulation,...

I must confess, as an ex-student of literature, that I haven’t spent as many hours at the library pouring over research papers and critical analyses as I probably should have. Honestly, a lot of times I hardly understood what...