An ancient form of story-telling in Tamil Nadu, Tholpavai Koothu involves using figures made of goatskin to enact a story.
Adarsh Shinde was born into the tradition of Shinde-Shahi which spans three generations in his family. He embodies the change that the world of Ambedkari shahiri has undergone
Touted to be the only regular event on the planet where the barter system is still practised, the Jonbeel festival attracts people in large numbers from Tiwa, Karbi, Khasi, Rabha and Jaintia communities living in the border villages of Meghalaya and Assam.
In Kolkata's Keoratala crematorium, there were once a set of five photographers whose daily job was to shoot pictures of dead bodies — day in and day out.
The exhibition Both sides of the Veil, which features images, audio and visual installations, explores what it is to be queer in post-377 India
Growing up on a diet of Hindi films, it’s hard to have missed the depiction of on-screen sexual violence on women, what it entails and how they should feel following the violation — that is, if they aren’t killed or commit suicide.
The Basar Confluence of Arunachal Pradesh provides a glimpse into the way Galo people eat, fish and practice art. The festival also focuses on causing no damage to the environment, which is central to the Galo culture
Farming in the delta in Bangladesh depends on silt, which is being blocked by dams in other countries upstream
If we listen carefully, Kadubai’s voice does not make us emotional. It puts to rest the confusions and incertitude within the anti-caste movement.
Conservancy workers — manual scavengers employed with urban municipalities — clean (often with their bare hands and few or inadequate tools) excreta and other waste, blocked sewers and drains. Since January 2017, one person has died every five days, on average, while cleaning sewers and septic tanks across the country
Flood embankments built along the Karnali in India have exacerbated disastrous floods and made people more vulnerable
While infrastructure projects such as dams and roads gather pace in the Himalayas, there is no cooperation between India, China and Nepal to tackle the growing problems associated with climate change
In the first part of our #MonsoonMusic series, a look at the folk music of Punjab that is inspired by the rain
Nepal’s largest dam project is caught up in wider regional political play, leaving locals in limbo for decades.
it seems the purpose of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch was: Give the masses a shiny new toy to play with, devoid although it may be of substance and finesse, and watch the monkeys dance. Bandar’s Naach anyone?
The 74 photographs that form a part of Spectacular: Cities and People in Hyderabad give a glimpse into the city planning, architecture, traditions and faith practised 1858 to the early-mid 1900s — at times a diversion, and at times strikingly similar to the times we live in now
In 2001, the Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam committed suicide, possibly as a result of being lonely and overworked while completing a residency at a gallery in Japan. A new exhibition looks back at his life and art.
Tibet’s development boom has left downstream Nepal more vulnerable to floods and dam collapse – with both governments turning a blind eye
Amshu Chukki’s on-going interest in the political histories of Karnataka is routed via the site, more specifically, sites of protest scattered across the state capital, Bangalore
In the aftermath of the recent arrests of activists and writers, the Almora chapter of the Kankurgachi Hegel Club, an amateur group of Hegel enthusiasts, is worried and can’t help wonder if it is safe to keep Hegel on their bookshelves. They have initiated a three-pronged—that is, by heart, by scroll and by marginalia—project to hide Hegel
In this chapter of Jagte Raho, which features art and text by Mo’Halla, humans are caught in the big infrastructure of the big city. His work Nightfall in Democracy Heights makes jibes at and speculates on demonetisation
7 Isles Unclaimed digs into Bombay's reclamation, the colonial project that converted seven islands — the Isle of Bombay, Colaba, Old Woman's Island (Little Colaba), Mahim, Mazagaon, Parel and Worli — into something closer to the peninsular shape that appears on maps today.
In addition to the contemporary art world, Sahej Rahal’s work partakes among fan-produced material around Star Wars. The text for his exhibition Adversary relates a situation where Rahal bumps into the filmmaker George Lucas at Bandra Fort
The anecdotes that emerge from Shubhangi Singh's process of note-taking explore a wider framework of female existence and operation in the public sphere
Trawler owners ignore the seasonal bans on Hilsa fishing, driving Bengal’s favourite fish to near-extinction in the Ganga.
Landless labourers in Bihar benefit from the silt that comes down from the Himalayas with the Gandak river by growing vegetables, but it is an extremely tough life, with very little profit for the farmer
Pumpkin cultivation on sandbars has drawn hundreds and thousands out of extreme poverty in Bangladesh, and this change in cultivation patterns may pave the way for others, as water flow in the Teesta declines
Dam building and pollution have turned transboundary rivers between India and Bangladesh into dirty sludge, unable to sustain life
The increasing demand for river water and the overall rise in temperature are adversely impacting the life cycle of dolphins
While most Nepalese blame the 2008 breach on India, Nepal itself has constructed hundreds of kilometres of embankments, which remain popular, despite fundamental flaws