Photo credit: Prashanth Naik How often are you asked, ‘What’s your favorite destination?’ And how many times have I failed to answer this question. On my recent visit to Sanchi, my…
After years of contemplation, I finally made it to Tranquebar, a small Danish town on the east coast of India. Though I knew that the small town was, err, small;…
Originally posted on State of the Art: Amit Kumar Jain reflects on The Artist as Activist, a joint exhibition by Bangladeshi artists Tayeba Begum Lipi and Mahbubur Rahman The Eli…
July 10th 2002 It’s my third day in Ahmedabad. For the last three days, I have been visiting the riot affected camps and over this course, have met more than…
It has been an inspiring start to 2015. While Facebook and WordPress are giving me a complete lowdown on the highlights of my previous year, they tend to ignore or…
I write this post in retrospection. In April, I enacted my first performance titled ‘What cannot be said, will be wept’, that summarized my year as a Masters student at…
Msheireb is one of the most lively places in Doha. The district still retains the old world charm of the 40s-60s, when it was once a suburb of Doha. Much…
A BIENNALE OF PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE When I took up the role of the regional curator for the Colombo Art Biennale four months ago, I never thought that this…
(This is my first essay that I have ever written on the creation of identity in the Middle East and the emergence of Museums in Qatar) Caught in the Middle…
