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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

William Kentridge at Volte gallery

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The South African artist William Kentridge is showing at Volte gallery in Colaba. Anybody in Bombay between now and March 20 should defi...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The India Art Fair, 2013

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I'm back home after a hectic time in Delhi, and here's my take on the recently concluded India Art Fair. The 2013 edition of the F...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Curatorism: In Praise of Folly

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An essay I wrote about the rise of curators, published in the latest issue of Art India magazine, is now online. Those interested in con...
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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Jesus, money changers and money lenders

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The Vatican has been barred by Italy from accepting credit and debit cards, because the Italians feel the city state does not have a proper...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Pulp Fiction, Morality Play

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Not long after Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction was released, I wrote a piece for a small magazine arguing the film had a moral centre...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

This morning's accident

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A common morning story. A large Chevrolet is double parked in front of my building, leaving only one lane free for two-way traffic. A Mar...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

Kali's temple and town

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I just spent a day and a half in Calcutta, a city that always makes Bombay look good. The deficiencies of the capital of what was once ...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Vishy Anand fails the test

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Yesterday, Viswanathan Anand capped a disappointing performance in his World Championship match against Boris Gelfand by playing out a...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Hugo and The Avengers: A kind of magic

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They say Hollywood's a machine, but no machine would have greenlighted the 170 million dollar budget of Martin Scorsese's Hugo ....
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Scam alert: Noise barriers

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MMRDA has earmarked over 37 crore rupees this year for the construction of sound barriers on flyovers. The idea was mooted in 2010, an...
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Girish Shahane
Studied English literature. Reviewed films. Scripted a bit. Edited a magazine. Worked in a dotcom. Lectured on art. Wrote a column.
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