Aparna Alluri

Aparna Alluri was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. She no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

Articles by Aparna Alluri

The legacy of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

A still from the song ‘Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua’ in Shree 420. Written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, the film feature a famously Chaplin-esque Raj Kapoor who plays a poor orphan in big, bad and rich Bombay.(Habitat Film Festival)
Updated on May 20, 2017 08:09 am IST

A Dastango who spins tales for the modern age

Fouzia Dastangois among the few women practitioners of Dastangoi, a centuries-old oral storytelling style.(Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 08:02 am IST

The Indian wedding photograph, then and now

This is what a wedding portrait looks like in 2016. A newly married couple en route to the reception venue in downtown Philadelphia. “We wanted her to lead,” says the photographer, Shivali Chopra. “Why should he lead always?”(Courtesy: Stories by Joseph Radhik)
Updated on Apr 26, 2017 10:30 am IST

In Pics: The World Press Photo awards 2016

Brent Stirton’s award-winning series for National Geographic on the illegal ivory trade in Chad, Africa, on view at a gallery in Delhi. The series is part of the World Press Photo Foundation’s award-winning photojournalism being exhibited in the capital.(Saumya Khandelwal/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 03, 2017 01:14 pm IST

How the salwar went south (of Delhi)

A woman in 1940s Punjab in the traditional version of a salwar kameez (L) A woman models a salwar kameez-inspired chic ensemble in 2017 (R)(Getty Images (L) and Sarath Shetty (R))
Updated on Jan 16, 2017 09:44 am IST

From Vietnam with love

An exhibition to commemorate 45 years of the Indo-Vietnam relationship. Till January 11.(Arvind Yadav / HT)
Updated on Jan 07, 2017 09:06 am IST

A one-man show from Ghalib to a Greek tragedy

The “Major” Actor’s Assorted Monologues, a one-man monologue by Shah, will be performed in Delhi for the first time.(Courtesy: Mohommed Ali Shah)
Updated on Dec 25, 2016 11:00 am IST

The films of Isao Takahata

Japanese anime film, The Tale of the Princess of Kaguya was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2015(Credit: Lightcube Film Society)
Updated on Nov 05, 2016 10:13 am IST
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