“I Am Deaf & I Love to Dance!”- Inclusive Dance Festival Offers a Platform to...
Tandav, an inclusive dance festival that brings together people from diverse backgrounds – including persons with disabilities and children from difficult backgrounds, is set to take place in Bengaluru...
View Article“Every Artist Needs a Stage”– And This Art Community Is Offering Just That!
Open Sky is an art community that offers a platform to different kinds of arts like music, poetry, stand-up comedy, theatre, and magic. "If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist,...
View ArticleMY VIEW: 9 Must-Watch Plays of All Time for Theatre-Lovers in India
Theatre is not just a form of entertainment but also a means to educate and make audiences think about the society they live in. People go to theatre shows to forget reality and believe in the...
View ArticleThis Hearing Impaired Artist Paints with Coffee. And Her Work Is Amazing.
Dressed smartly in a lemon green top and blue jeans, Amita Dutta sat inconspicuously at her stall like any other person. It was the brilliant array of coffee paintings displayed behind her that...
View ArticleGrammy Winner David Guetta to Perform In India in Jan 2017 to Raise Funds for...
Grammy award winning DJ and producer, David Guetta will be performing in India in January, 2017, for a good cause -- he wants to raise funds for underprivileged children here. The superstar, often...
View ArticleVIDEO: From London to Canada, Everyone Is Doing Bhangra This Season
Groups of people from across the world are taking to the internet to share and express their Christmas spirit in an unusual way -- by doing Bhangra. In what feels like every other day this month, many...
View ArticleAamir Khan’s Fitness Trainer in Dangal Is a Man Who Used to Sell Candies on...
Rakesh Udiyar is a fitness trainer for A-list Bollywood actors like Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. But not too long ago, he used to sell candies and bobby pins on Mumbai’s local trains. This is the story...
View ArticleMeet Farmers, Artists, Musicians, Activists and More at India’s first Land...
At the beginning of every new year, we thank everyone who made the previous one wonderful. Along with your near and dear ones, it’s time to thank those too who are responsible for the food on your...
View Article10 Profound Quotes That Reveal the Wordsmith in Atal Bihari Vajpayee on His...
"One day you may become an ex-prime minister, but you will never become an ex-poet!” Atal Bihari Bajpayee had once said. And he was right. Besides being one of the most revered Indian politicians, the...
View ArticleA Tribute to the Artist who Sketched and Illuminated India’s National Emblem
Next time you see the national emblem of India, think of a young artist shuttling a hundred kilometres a day for about a whole month, braving the crowds, dust and grime of 1940s Kolkata, to study live...
View ArticleTwo Indian Teenagers Won a Prestigious Global Photography Competition and...
Two young Indian photographers, Darpan Basak and Ankit Kumar have won the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year award. Darpan (14) won in the Young Travel Photographer of the Year category, while...
View Article#Dangal: Wondering If All Events Shown in the Movie Actually Happened? Here’s...
Director Nitesh Tiwari's latest movie, Dangal, tells the remarkable story of an ageing wrestler, Mahavir Singh Phogat, who fought against all odds to mould his daughters into wrestling champions. A man...
View ArticleFrom Dropping out of BITS Pilani to Making Oscar History, How Ishan Shukla...
Today Ishan Shukla stands proud, basking in the afterglow of having made Schirkoa, one of the most critically acclaimed animated shorts to come out of India. The film is the first of its kind to have...
View ArticleMY VIEW: 10 Important Lessons I Learnt from Bollywood in 2016
2016 was a mixed bag of blessings for lovers of Bollywood. While there were top notch performances and some great films (unfortunately not many); some movies left us wondering if there was any purpose...
View ArticleWho Says Political Opponents Can’t Be Friends? Meghalaya CM & Opposition...
In the current, sometimes contentious landscape across the world, it has become increasingly rare to witness political opponents be civil to one another. But for one night in Shillong, two men with...
View Article12 Famous Masterpieces of Art Every Indian Should Recognise
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ― Pablo Picasso While we are inundated with art day-in and day-out, there are a few special pieces that have transcended time and culture to...
View ArticleWith Degrees in Law and Engineering, This Pune Couple Is Making Classical...
Do the names Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Kumar Gandharva, and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan mean anything to you? While their contributions to Indian classical music hold a special nostalgic place for aficionados,...
View ArticleOf Stick Figures and Tongue-In-Cheek Humour – Meet the Creator of ‘Sanitary...
If you are on desi Facebook, then chances are you’ve either shared a comic strip by Sanitary Panels or at the very least have spotted one while scrolling down your newsfeed. Witty, clever and topical,...
View ArticleA. R. Rahman’s Journey to His First National Award is a Tale of Struggle &...
He has been rewarded innumerable times for the legendary genius that he is. He's not just a visionary but a luminary when it comes to the world of music. You ask him about a song that shook him and he...
View ArticleThe Untold but Inspiring Stories of These 8 Indian Sports Heroes Will Make...
Bollywood has always been fascinated by India's sports stars, especially the cricket stars who claim the lion's share of fame and adulation in the country. Which is why the Indian film industry has...
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