Bollywood showcards are making waves at Canada’s Royal Ontario Museum. Deepali Dewan, curator of South Asian Arts and Culture talks about the importance of film art What’s the significance of the exhibition Bollywood Cinema Showcards: Indian Film Art from the 1950s to the 1980s? The Bollywood showcards are part of a long tradition of painted […]
<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> Raising a child to be vegetarian or dealing with one while one parent enjoys meat can be confusing. You enjoy your fish, while your spouse digs his veggies…or you both enjoy meat, while it makes your child queasy. How do you guide your child’s eating choices, without passing value judgements? […]
Did King Dasaratha’s weakness for his young wife Kaikeyi affect his son Rama’s choices towards his wife Sita, leading to her banishment? Did the revered prince of Ayodhya abandon the kshatriya code when he killed monkey king Vali? In her book, Lost Loves: Exploring Rama’s Anguish, ARSHIA SATTAR talks of Rama’s conflict between multiple dharmas […]
SAMHITA ARNI has authored the graphic novel, ‘Sita’s Ramayana’. In retelling the epic, she is pleasantly surprised to discover a strong, assertive and powerful Sita. She talks to ANURADHA VARMA What prompted your retelling the Ramayana from Sita’s point of view?As a child abroad, the Ramayana didn’t interest me much because I didn’t find Sita […]
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