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Indian Cultural Forum
S Raghunandana Returns Award in Protest Against “Violence in the Name of God and Religion”
19 Jul 2019
S Raghunandana has refused to accept the Sangeet Natak Akademi award conferred on him.
Ujjawal Krishnam
Embracing Art: A Rebel Against Traditions
14 Jul 2019
Apart from being a model for Rohit Bal and Satya Paul, Syed Ruhani also received international radio exposure with release of two of her songs on a Tel Aviv FM channel.
Basharat Shameem
Reflection of Contemporary Kashmir in Agha Shahid Ali’s Poetry
30 Jun 2019
The essence of the Kashmiri-American poet’s literary expression lies in the brilliant combination of the aesthetic and political.
Newsclick Team
Poetry Recitation by Sambhaji Bhagat
11 Jun 2019
Sambhaji Bhagat, well-known dalit musician and activist, performs one of his poems ‘Hitler ke Saathi’.
V. Arun Kumar
Eurovision 2019: Artwashing Israel’s Mass Crimes in Palestine
14 May 2019
The international song competition is also being organized around the Nakba day or the day of catastrophe, when in 1948, more than 7500,00 Palestinians were expelled from their homaeland by Israeli…
Indian Cultural Forum
“The Return of Awards in 2015 Still Rattles Those in Power”
07 May 2019
Renowned poet Ashok Vajpeyi speaks to writer Githa Hariharan for the Indian Cultural Forum about the role of writers in speaking up against intolerance and hate politics over the last five years —…
Shoma A Chatterji
Remembering Nemai Ghosh, Satyajit Ray’s Official Photographer Since 1969
03 May 2019
Ghosh for more than five decades has been documenting history, recording not only Ray but artists, painters and musicians, ordinary people, using his camera and his ingenuity to make strong political…
Sandipan Talukdar
Weaving Mathematical Principles Into Indian Carpets
16 Apr 2019
German conceptual artist Tim Otto Roth and his colleague Miriam Seidler developed a simple mathematical rule that has been adopted to weave a carpet in UP’s Badohi.
Kashif Kakvi
I Want an India Where Peace and Love Prevails: Rahat Indori
30 Mar 2019
Well-known poet and painter, Rahat Indori talks to Newsclick about his idea of India in a special interview.
Indian Cultural Forum
Watch | Artists unite against assault on culture and freedom
11 Mar 2019
More than 200 artists, poets, writers, singers, performers, theatre artists, photographers and filmmakers came together to celebrate and demonstrate unity through their art.