Art and Culture

Boy-man Biggles and our childhood memories

One of the most memorable characters of English children fiction, Biggles, would have been 122 years old in May this…

4 years ago

We are in the same boat brother!

Hardnews wishes all its readers a year of calm, courage and compassion. Let us not fear. Let us be brave…

4 years ago

50 years of Bangladesh: A musical birth of a violated nation

George Harrison, Ravi Shankar and many more musicians got together to highlight the violence that Bangladesh was subjected to by…

4 years ago

Poets and artists as enemies of the State

By Brahma Prakash As COVID is wrecking down borders, bodies and cells, one wonders what could be the interest of…

4 years ago

Food During COVID: Less is More

Dr Rakhshanda Jalil is a translator, writer and literary historian. She has published over 25 books and written over 50…

4 years ago

World after Pandemic: Bad Dream as bad faith

Is there an escape from the unfolding nightmare? How do we make sense of a world that looks no different…

4 years ago

Trust the artist to show a way forward, to imagine another world!

To me the bigger question is whether this recovery of art and culture will be led by Asia?

5 years ago

Durga: She lies on the floor, in perfect repose

Annie Ali Khan died too young. Her spiritual journeys with a notebook and camera is still incomplete.

5 years ago

Doris Lessing: The Grass is Still Singing

Her hundredth anniversary is a great opportunity to look at Lessing’s writing and take stock of her immense contribution to…

5 years ago

‘Ancient Indians were compulsively carnivorous’

Historian and archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri speaks to Amit Sengupta.

5 years ago