Manik Sharma

Articles by Manik Sharma

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  Nov 07, 2018

  Lens on history: Praveen Jain on capturing milestone events in India through a 37-year career

  “I still hear the voices of the victims in my head,” says photojournalist Praveen Jain, of shooting photographs of the Hashimpura massacre
  Atal Bihari Vajpayee Photography Hashimpura Massacre photojournalism FWeekend Praveen Jain long-reads Indian photojournalist
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  Nov 05, 2018

  Gazing at Reality: Contemplating Basist Kumar’s landscapes in the time of Delhi’s smog

  Basist Kumar’s love for nature, rather than landscape in general, he says is born out of a need to create experiences and not things that represent them.
  Delhi art Smog FWeekend Delhi smog landscapes Basist Kumar Gazing at Reality
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  Nov 01, 2018

  Udayan Mukherjee's Dark Circles is a rewarding read, which soars in its exploration of mental health

  In a way, Udayan Mukherjee's Dark Circles feels like a book of memory, where its travels into the past fittingly reveal something much greater about human emotion, or what it conceals, in the shade of unasked questions.
  fiction Book Udayan Mukherjee Book Review FWeekend Dark Circles
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  Oct 31, 2018

  Photojournalist TS Satyan's work gets new lease of life with Bengaluru MAP's digital archive

  A collection of photographs captured by one of India’s first photojournalists, TS Satyan, has been brought online by the Bengaluru-based Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), giving Satyan’s work a new lease of life.
  Gandhi Bangalore Bengaluru Photography Map photographer Archive FWeekend TS Satyan Museum of Art and Photography
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  Oct 25, 2018

  Udayan Mukherjee on his debut novel Dark Circles, and why he may never return to television studios

  The joy of imagining a world and writing about it can never be compared to the career I had in journalism, says Udayan Mukherjee
  Psychology Journalism Udayan Mukherjee depression FWeekend Indian fiction Dark Circles Bloomsbury India
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  Oct 22, 2018

  Fatima Bhutto on her new novel The Runaways, identity, and her love for Karachi

  Fatima Bhutto’s second novel, The Runaways, brings together three lives from distant corners of the world, each ravaged by violence and grief in different ways.
  Pakistan Q&A Book Karachi FWeekend Fatima Bhutto The Runaways Songs of Blood and Sword Murtaza Bhutto
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  Oct 17, 2018

  Anita Nair on her new book Eating Wasps, finding her characters, and writing different genres

  Anita Nair talks about writing different genres, finding voices of her characters, the expectations of her readers and what's next on her table.
  Books Interview Q&A FWeekend Anita Nair Inspector Gowda Eating Wasps
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  Oct 16, 2018

  Bangladeshi photographer Manir Mrittik offers a surreal perspective on everyday ordinariness

  Bangladeshi photographer Manir Mrittik’s series ‘In the Realm of Ambivalence’ offers both surrealism and alternate perspectives on things like love and most crucially, the arts themselves.
  Bangladesh art Photography van Gogh FWeekend Manir Mrittik In the Realm of Ambivalence Vermeer Sunflower Akar Prakar Gallery
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  Oct 09, 2018

  2018 Kundiman Poetry Prize winner Rohan Chhetri: A book-length poem is something I want to do

  Rohan Chhetri talks to us about moving to the US to work on his craft, his idea of poetry, and what it means to a poet to win awards
  Books Poetry fineprint FWeekend Rohan Chhetri QnA Kundiman poetry prize Rohan Chhetri books Rohan Chhetri poetry Rohan Chhetri poetry collection
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  Oct 08, 2018

  Ketaki Sheth's Photo Studio project collates images of defunct, struggling Indian studios

  Seasoned photographer Ketaki Sheth’s latest project Photo Studio brings together an array of photographs of defunct or struggling studios from across the country, and in doing so she gives them a new life, most crucially, one separate from history.
  digital Mumbai Faridabad Telangana Film Photography Photographs Odissa FWeekend Ketaki Sheth Photo Studio