Manik Sharma
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Jul 16, 2018
New exhibition Death Of Architecture looks within the profession to show architects' role in flawed infrastructure
Through Death of Architecture, 13 architects want to discuss how the techniques employed to build cities in India are largely flawed or ill-thought-out -
Jul 09, 2018
Gieve Patel's Collected Poems offer a rare journey into the writer’s mind and imagination, its development
Gieve Patel — a medical practitioner, playwright and painter — published his first collection of poems in 1966. The poem ‘On Killing a Tree’ from that collection is perhaps his most widely known. -
Jul 07, 2018
Politicians' lust for power makes them forget lessons of 1975, say authors of book on Emergency
Authors John Dayal and Ajoy Bose spoke with Firstpost about the Emergency, its parallels in today's India, the Congress’ burden, and how they originally pieced their research together in a time of censorship -
Jun 28, 2018
Jamil Urfi on Biswin Sadi Memoirs, the status of Urdu today and growing up in a different India
In his memoir, Jamil Urfi reflects on the changing nature of Indian society and the status of Urdu -
Jun 23, 2018
Kashi Labh: Rajat Nayyar's film draws a compelling portrait of those who breathe their last in Varanasi
Rajat Nayyar spent years documenting the dying, and their families, in Kashi. A film based on his research and experiences, Kashi Labh, is an ethnographic study of death and its process. -
Jun 16, 2018
How Asia remade Jesus: A new book presents intriguing insights into the story of global Christianity
Asians took Jesus out of his Semitic context and placed him alongside Buddha, Krishna, and Confucius. Such an altered perception allowing him to co-exist with other Oriental sages enabled his thoughts to live and thrive on this continent, says Professor RS Sugirtharajah, author of the recently published book Jesus in Asia -
Jun 12, 2018
Sanjeev Sanyal offers a humorous take on Indian society with new short story collection, Life Over Two Beers
‘Satire is a good response to absurdity,’ says Sanjeev Sanyal of his debut in fiction -
Jun 11, 2018
City of Waste: A French researcher finds caste, class and stories of humanity in Delhi's dumping grounds
Through City of Waste, Remi De Bercegol hopes to start a conversation about the sheer amount of waste we create, as well as our attitudes towards those who manage it -
May 31, 2018
Arshad Khan on his documentary Abu, exploring the Pakistani identity and social dichotomies
Arshad Khan on making Abu, the documentary about his relationship with his father, through which he also came to terms with his sexual orientation -
May 22, 2018
Satyajit Ray's still photographer Nemai Ghosh on working with the filmmaker, observing him on set
Nemai Ghosh, who is displaying the candid photographs he took of Satyajit Ray, speaks about how the filmmaker encouraged and mentored him
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