Social Injustice – Anguish Portrayed
A woman cries from her fall and there are rows of security forces behind her, children holding letters that they had written to the Russian ambassadors and women crying to the Almighty for help,...
Category: Around The Town
Pondy Photo 2014 grand launch event at the Old Distillery
Pondy Photo 2014 started off with a glamorous launch event on the evening of 20 March, 2014 at the Old Distillery, Pondicherry. Pondy Photo is a grand collection of multiple photography exhibitions...
Sacred art of Mandalas by Louis of Auroville
An exhibition of sacred mandalas by artist Louis, of Auroville was held at Aurodhan Gallery on the festive day of Holi, on 17 March. Mandalas are geometric art forms that according to the artist...
Life and Culture in Tamil Nadu – A splash of watercolors by B. Pradeep
It’s all about the people and their culture. Rough, bold strokes splashed with bright watercolors on the canvas express the life of the people living in Tamil Nadu, a state well-known for its rich...
A Divine performance
In the far corner of the white town, tucked inside a quaint street, out of the chaos of daily life is a small theater of performance,the Indianostrum Theatre. Dimly lit room, with old broken...
A Heavenly Illumination of body, mind and soul
Authentic compositions, innovative choreography, precise jathis and stylish performance, Heavenly Illumination was all of this and much more. Suresh Kishna And Ram Kishna, nattuvanars of the Tanjore quartet, performed at Aurodhan Gardens on 7 March to...
Alfred Bast and his impromptu art
On the evening of 7 March, as Ram and Suresh Kishna mesmerized the audience at Aurodhan Gardens with their unique interpretation of Bharatnatyam, the Inquirer team chanced to meet a surprise visitor who was...
Tales of the feminine
“Feminine fables”, an exhibition of paintings by artist Vinita Vasu, explores the veiled life and inner strength of women wearing the purdah and ghunghat. This exhibition is curated by Pankaj Mistry, who is also...
An interview with Andreas Deffner
Andreas Deffner’s photographs offer a fascinating window into the strange and distant world of the Andaman Islands, an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal about 670 sea miles West of Thailand and 150 sea...
Celebrating 125 years of Alliance Francaise in Pondicherry
Alliance Francaise Pondicherry celebrated its 125th anniversary ceremoniously on 28 February, 2014. It is the oldest Alliance Francaise among all the others in Asia. The celebrations included series of cultural events by both...