Namita Bhandare

Hard-sell overshadows literature

Though the Jaipur Heritage Fest brought leading writers together, many were dissatisfied with the proceedings. HT Image Salman Rushdie is busy signing autographs on scraps of paper. Suketu Mehta is less than thrilled with the hygiene standards in his hotel and Jerry Pinto is busy exhorting people to read his Helen: The Life and Times of […]

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Army acting dreadfully in J&K: Salman

The fatwa for The Satanic Verses has failed to silence writer, Salman Rushdie. HT Image The fatwa for The Satanic Verses has failed to silence writer Salman Rushdie. He has unequivocally condemned the Indian army’s role in Kashmir. “You cannot escape the fact that the army has behaved absolutely dreadfully,” he said. Insurgency, he said,

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Army acting dreadfully in J&K: Salman

Insurgency, he says, began in 1989, but the army?s atrocities in Kashmir had begun well before that, reports Namita Bhandare. HT Image The fatwa for The Satanic Verses has failed to silence writer Salman Rushdie. He has unequivocally condemned the Indian army’s role in Kashmir. “You cannot escape the fact that the army has behaved absolutely dreadfully,”

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I feel India’s need: Kiran Desai

An interaction with NDTV’s Barkha Dutt had a varied audience get-together at Diggi Palace, the festival venue, reports Namita Bhandare. HT Image It took a while for Kiran Desai to get the mike going. Part of the problem was technical. The other, she is simply too soft-spoken.  “It’s like I’m kissing the mike,” she protested

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In the heart of wilderness

Africa is all about adventure, even when you are stuck in slush waiting for the rescue jeep, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image I have an uncanny feeling that I’ve been caught slap bang in a B-grade Hollywood film. This is Out of Africa II, or should the title be Stuck in Africa? Consider the scene.

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Different strokes

MTV?s irreverent humour and Kandagaon?s traditional iron craft come together in an exhibition that takes contemporary art to the edge of desire, Namita Bhandare. HT Image MTV makes its debut at the National Gallery of Modern Art. A sweeping exhibition that captures a decade-long perspective on ‘contemporary visual practices’ in India runs the gamut from desi cool

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The art of sealing

As the art season gets going in the city, gallery owners begin scouting around for new locations, reports Namita Bhandare. HT Image Less than 12 hours after its wine and cheese opening of artist Aditya Basak’s exhibition, the walls at Anant Art Gallery in Defence Colony had been stripped bare, the paintings sent into storage.

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The lost world of the Maharaja

Despite the harsh terrain, the Rann of Kutch is a stretch of spectacular beauty, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image I am connected to Kutch in a strange and roundabout way. I grew up in a rented apartment in Bombay in a building owned by Pragmalji Madansinhji, the former maharaja of Kutch. The building, on busy Napean

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The lost world of the Maharaja

Despite the harsh terrain, the Rann of Kutch is a stretch of spectacular beauty, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image I am connected to Kutch in a strange and roundabout way. I grew up in a rented apartment in Bombay in a building owned by Pragmalji Madansinhji, the former maharaja of Kutch. The building, on busy

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