Arikamedu: A bit of ancient Rome in India
In Arikamedu, near Pondicherry in South India (of Life of Pi fame), one can find the ruins of a Roman trading settlement dating from the first century C. E.
The Jews of Chennai
In a hundred short years, the Jews of Chennai changed the course of world history forever.
How inspiration works
Follow the journey of an idea.
The Subversive
Subversive artist Bhajju Shyam turns the tables on Rudyard Kipling's famous line about "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet."
Tomato Tomato
So you’ve just inked a deal with a hard-driving international partner. Each of you returns to HQ satisfied that you’ve negotiated the better deal.
2 Photographers, 2 Philosophies
The photo series Longing by Prabuddha Dasgupta (1956-2012) is, in his own words, an “ongoing personal journal of memory and
What is Modern Art in the Asian Context?
Summarizing the development of art in the West, the artist Chen Hengke (1876-1923) described Western painting as typically faithful to forms
A New (Old) Kind of Glocal
Whatever happened to “Glocal”? An amalgam of the words “global” and “local,” it was the corporate buzzword of the late Nineties.
The Eternal Outsider
What is the point at which the foreign becomes local? This is a question we might ask ourselves as we view the artistic creations of immigrants who express themselves through the idiom of their adopted land.