ENVIRONMENT
Tribes offer climate change solutions at the National Tribal Dance Festival
The third edition of the National Tribal Dance Festival held during November 1-3 in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur brought together centuries-old folk traditions from India and abroad
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FIFA World Cup 2022: How football helps Indian girls recast sports skills and social structures
In India's far-flung villages, suppressed for centuries by poverty and patriarchy, young women are changing their lives by playing the beautiful game
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FIFA World Cup 2022: How Indian football is taking baby steps towards global goals
Weeks after FIFA suspension, India's football administrators are readying a road map for the sport's development in the country, to be announced in December after Qatar World Cup
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Jodhpur RIFF, Rajasthan's annual folk music festival, connects cultures
Jodhpur RIFF has invited over 250 musicians from across the world this year.
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India@75: DAG's art exhibition zooms into the missing links of the freedom movement
DAG's current show in Delhi, 'March to Freedom', on India's independence movement digs deep to discover unacknowledged contributions from many pockets of society
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Disaster management expert Anshu Sharma: 'For us the rooftop is a hidden labelled data set'
An AI-powered model called Sunny Lives breaks down disaster warnings from a general area to the individual home level. So far, the program has been piloted in 20 locations in India.
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Anshu Sharma on using AI for disaster management: "For us the rooftop is a hidden labelled data set"
An AI-powered model called Sunny Lives breaks down disaster warnings from a general area to the individual home level. So far, the program has been piloted in 20 locations in India.
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French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard broke the rules and changed filmmaking forever
One of the last honours Jean-Luc Godard, who passed away at 91, received was the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) last year.
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A.K.A: The golden era of Bollywood lookalikes
A new documentary on the star imitation phenomenon in Hindi cinema explores the loss of identity and ambition to be someone else.
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Toronto Film Festival: Food-delivery app drivers and Mumbai's courtyard cricketers race to tell their stories on the international festival circuit
Nandita Das and Shekhar Kapur are among the Indian filmmakers participating in the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (September 8-18); S.S. Rajamouli to speak on Telugu cinema at the event.
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India@75 | Embroideries and our multicultural fabric
Sutr Santati, a new exhibition at the National Museum, Delhi, stitches together a millennia-old tale of rich artistry and diverse craft of India's textile traditions.
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75 contemporary artists capturing young India's aspirations on canvas, multimedia, video and performance art
Young artists from Kerala to Kashmir and Maharashtra to Manipur are on a creative journey that could rewrite the history of contemporary art in India in the coming decades. Most of them in their 20s and fresh out of art schools, these artists use stories from their backyard and even those told by grandmothers to raise question around issues like climate change and unsustainable development. Photography and painting, performance art and multimedia, sculpture and video, and digital art aid their creativity aimed at addressing social evils like injustice and violence against women, Dalits, the poor and the marginalised. Social and environmental concerns draw these young artists closer than those who came before them. Changes in academic practices and churning of campuses have directly contributed to this new generation of artists. Many senior artists and educators have fought for these new tools of learning that were not available to them when they were students or teachers on campuses filled with contempt for change. The scene is now changing with a new generation of artists. Here is a list of 75 young Indian artists transforming the contemporary art landscape in the country:
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75 films that capture a million different ideas of India
Limping back to normalcy from a punishing pandemic, the Indian film industry gained in the last two years from novel ideas, fresh talent and a new audience on streaming platforms. First-time directors created new expressions, new language and courage to search for the truth. Some of these offerings of a brave new Indian cinema along with some more in the last half-a-decade are found here on our list of 75 films
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Salman Rushdie and India: A strong friendship and a fawning adulation
Born weeks before India's freedom at midnight, Salman Rushdie is known for his fearless defence of democracy and freedom.
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Tiger or tyrant: Art exhibition offers insights into how the British viewed Tipu Sultan
A peep into the portrayal of Tipu Sultan by British artists two centuries ago offers a new understanding of the 18th century Mysore ruler's formidable resistance against foreign colonisers.
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Lead conservator who worked on Leonardo da Vinci’s 'The Last Supper' says "art conservators knew about climate change before scientists"
"We are always in a new period when it comes to conservation of artworks. Even biological attacks like viruses and bacteria on paintings are related to climate change." - Chiara Rostagno
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Baffling life of runaways lifts Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty into the role of director
'Otta' (The Loner), the first feature film directed by Resul Pookutty, is inspired by real-life stories of runaways. It will begin shooting in October.
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Ms Marvel directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah: 'Making a big Bollywood movie one day... that would be great'
Adil and Bilall are directors of the first and last episodes of 'Ms Marvel'.
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'Squid Game hasn't changed my life, but my career certainly': South Korean actor-director Lee Jung-jae
"We have some fun novels and unique stories, and within these stories there are novel characters. That is exactly why a lot of overseas production houses want to remake Korean films and content."
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Cannes Film Festival: Focus on conflict, climate change and societal crises
Filmmakers are crossing borders and inventing new cinematic languages to explore the tensions and anxieties in contemporary society.
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Cannes Film Festival: India's next generation of film-makers takes a seat at the high table of world cinema
A film school production and a documentary on saving the Black Kite join restored works of Satyajit Ray and G. Aravindan in the French Riviera.
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Kerala Travel Mart: Caravans, river lodges among ideas to revive tourism in the state
Travel industry professionals from around the world have gathered in Willington Island in Kochi to chart the industry's response to Covid-19 at India's largest tourism expo, the Kerala Travel Mart.
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India Art Fair 2022: Games, AI, NFTs and design wrap on EV car mark the summer edition
The 13th India Art Fair is on till May 1 at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in Okhla, south Delhi.
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The digital archive that Shiju Alex built
Grandhapura is a digital archive of old books and documents related to Kerala dating back to the 18th century built by one man over a decade. It is 120,000 pages today, and needs help.
