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Raghavan Srinivasan posits the Bhakti movement in Tamilakam as an early instance of resistance to power structures, yet his study leaves several important issues untouched or only briefly mentioned.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
The puja converted Durga Puja from a private display of wealth into a public celebration of communities. Its history reflects Bengal’s changing society and a lasting, unfinished aspiration: to make the festival, and the nation, open to everyone.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
TV critic Dheepthika Laurent takes us through this month's TV highlights, starting with the long-awaited return of "Lupin", Netflix's most-watched French series. Omar Sy is back as the gentleman thief, but this time someone appears to be stealing in his name.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
The writer and translator discusses Kashmiri literature, language loss and cultural memory, and how younger Kashmiris are reclaiming their language through digital culture.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
At Muse Music’s Jaipur retreat, Hindustani masters stayed steadfast to their genre while Carnatic experimenters and practitioners of Sufi pop embraced the non-conformist and entertained the nouveau patron.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
Cricket made Sobers a Caribbean icon, but it cannot contain the region’s history. Through film, Horace Ové, Michelle Mohabeer, and Rupert Roopnaraine studied indentureship, exile, and colonial rule, portraying the struggles behind the postcard image.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
From Assam’s rhino to the Himalayan red panda, India’s wildlife stamps showcased biodiversity and the growing case for conservation. They also recognised regional identity, projected national strength, and carried a subtle message about sovereignty.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
The collection of 10 essays on Shrilal Shukla’s magnum opus expertly makes a case for reading the novel as a window to our lived reality.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
The British author spent five decades writing commercially successful novels through his turbulent political career that involved near-bankruptcy, a run for Mayor, a position in the House of Lords, and a prison term.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and teacher, who died on September 15, explored the violence of the natural world and the limits of faith in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Holy the Firm. She found the extraordinary in the everyday.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Arts & Culture ·
This week in Paris des Arts, Valérie Fayolle hosts Nikos Aliagas, a TV presenter and photographer. He takes us to his exhibit on old age at the Musée de l’Homme.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
The shortlist for the 2026 4thWrite Prize, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, is out. Run by the publisher 4th Estate in association with the Guardian, the prize is a short story competition for unpublished writers of colour aged 18 and over who live in the UK or Ireland.
Arts & Culture · Brittle Paper · Latest ·
This week on arts24, our French film critic Manon Kerjean covers thrillers, history, legend and animation. "Karma" reunites exes Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard on screen for a thriller about a woman fleeing her past and the cult she escaped.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
V.C. Sajjanar asks people not to remain silent and flag if phones are used while driving, and dial 112 if drivers don’t heed requests
Arts & Culture · The Hindu · National ·
Duane Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted in books and interviews of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
In this interview with FRANCE 24's Culture editor Eve Jackson, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin looks back at her distinguished career. From trying to sneak into Prince's Las Vegas shows to catching the attention of Stevie Wonder, the six-time Grammy-nominated musician has carved out a career working…
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
This Tuesday evening sees the start of the sixth edition of France's Lebanese Film Festival. The festival opens at the Elysées Lincoln cinema in Paris, with Nadim Tabet's supernatural thriller "In This Darkness I See You".
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
The latest victim of saffron terror is the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata, currently in the midst of a graffiti row, where students face threats and harassment.
Arts & Culture · Frontline · Politics ·
Franco-Syrian five-piece SARAB, or mirage in Arabic, make what can be described as poetic punk rock, blending guitar-heavy riffs with classical Arabic sounds and socially conscious lyrics.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
Canadian essayist, poet and translator Anne Carson in New York City at the 2024 National Book Awards. Jay Dixit/WikiPortraits via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The same year that Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has broken box office record after box office record, Canadian poet, essayist and…
Arts & Culture · The Conversation · Arts + Culture ·
We bring you all the latest from Paris Fashion Week. For Weinsanto, audacity is about finding a lightness, as embodied by the LGBTQ+ community. At Issey Miyake, it's about sensuality rooted in the Japanese concept of Ma, the space that bridges the gap between fabric and skin.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
British and Irish cinema have been in the spotlight at the Breton resort of Dinard for more than three decades, with films like "The Full Monty" and "Billy Elliot" getting their starts at the town's annual film festival.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
Fifteen years after "The Social Network", Aaron Sorkin is taking on Facebook again. His new film, "The Social Reckoning", looks at what the platform has become and the role it plays in division, extremism and misinformation in America, themes that have fuelled his long-running public feud with Mark…
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
In this edition of Entre Nous we speak to Mikko Nissinen, the artistic director of the Boston Ballet, which is performing this week at the historic Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·