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Business of photos: An archive of images from the 1970s - 1980s offers glimpses of Indian industry before liberalization

Photos don't just capture people and places; they freeze a moment in time. To those who know how to read them, photo archives can thus be fertile ground for research. Research on companies and promoters, of course. But also on processes and technologies. In the 1970s and 1980, Mahatta & Co shot images for MMTC, Maruti, handloom exports council, BHEL and Escorts, among other companies. Seeing photos from their archive now can be an exercise in nostalgia. But it can also an exercise in appreciating Indian industry before liberalization.

Exhibition at Delhi's Bikaner House unpacks how British Raj photographed the people of India, urges new readings

How the 1857 Revolt affected British colonizers: A photography project to understand, categorize and rule Indians better drove the British Raj to create an archive that is rich with information today about power structures in colonial India and pockets of resistance to them.

Delhi events: An art show that's all about Indian sculpture in the 20th century, in 40-plus works

'Sculpting the Century', an art exhibition at the Triveni Kala Sangam, is like a sampling menu of the biggest names in modern Indian sculpting in the 20th century - with some (expected and unexpected) lacunae.

Dreams, sex and living with art: Yesteryears actor and Lok Sabha MP Shatrughan Sinha's sons Luv, Kussh among 20 artists in 'Art of Confluence' show in Mumbai

6 artworks on show in 'The Art of Confluence' exhibition of digital art as well as traditional media, in south Mumbai. Exhibition on till Sunday, May 26.

In photos: Made by Ai Weiwei, Veer Munshi, NS Harsha... 10 must-see artworks at India Art Fair 2025

If you are planning to visit the India Art Fair 2025 and are not sure what to see first, start with these 10 pieces. Also start here if you're unable to go for any reason but would like to keep abreast of what's interesting at the 16th edition of the Delhi art fair.