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Manik Sharma

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Articles by Manik Sharma

HBO's loss means Game Of Groans for Disney+ Hotstar (but not much else)

A still from House of the Dragon.

Updated on Mar 31, 2023 06:56 IST

Around 130 years after it was conceptualised, Dracula is not outdated: Here’s why

Through Twilight (2008), Vampires became mass storytelling tropes, serving as vehicles for romance and action but depriving it of serious depth and complexity.

Updated on Dec 6, 2019 15:06 IST

Time tripping: See you yesterday... or in a thousand years from now

The Terminator was the first mainstream blockbuster to show travel back in time.

Updated on Oct 25, 2019 16:22 IST

Rambo Last Blood: A final message from the original action hero

Sylvester Stallone’s quietly magnetic portrayal made Rambo universally popular, and the soldier’s shadow loomed over the action heros that followed.

Updated on Sep 14, 2019 13:59 IST

Is the TV show Beecham House a case of Raj nostalgia? Two British historians weigh in

Beecham House follows a former East India Company soldier, John Beecham, as he returns to Delhi to become a trader in the late 18th century.

Updated on Aug 3, 2019 12:28 IST

Aladdin, the boy from Arabia, loved in India

A poster of the Homi Wadia film, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, 1952, starring a young Meena Kumari. Aladdin was played by actor Mahipal and the genie by Vasantrao, better known as Vasantrao Pehalwan.

Updated on May 30, 2019 12:45 IST

‘More gold’: What it’s really like to be a wedding planner in Delhi

Wedding planners Tara (Sobhita Dhulipala) and Karan (Arjun Mathur) from the Amazon Prime Original Made in Heaven, in a scene set at a wedding. The one thing the show gets wrong, wedding planners agree, is that there is never, ever time to stand and just take it all in.

Updated on Mar 29, 2019 16:19 IST

The spectacular exhibition India and the World reaches Delhi

Harappan period humped bull with gold horns, unearthed in Bhiwani, Haryana.

Updated on May 4, 2018 11:17 IST

Delhi: CIMA Art Mela brings best of artworks at affordable prices

An early water colour painting by Delhi-based artist Paresh Maity

Updated on Apr 26, 2018 13:26 IST

The many stories of Indian women

An untitled black and white photo by Sanjay Das.

Updated on Apr 20, 2018 14:01 IST

Delhi weekend: 10 miniature artists interpret the margin

This or that--regarding a golden deer by V Ramesh literally shifts the frame to make the border the centre, and shows Ramayana in a new light

Updated on Apr 14, 2018 03:20 IST

Delhi weekend: Vivan Sundaram’s first retrospective

Shifting the Elements 2, from 1988, an early collage of photos and drawings in charcoal that talk of the oil crisis.

Updated on Apr 7, 2018 03:44 IST

The versatile genius of Rahul Sankrityayan

Rahul Sankrityayan in Calcutta, 1950. Sankrityayan was the father of the Hindi travelogue and a scholar who retrieved rare Buddhist texts from Tibet.

Updated on Apr 1, 2018 03:19 IST

Portrait of the artist as a radical man: A retrospective of Altaf Mohammedi’s art

In the pantheon of unambiguously radical artists Altaf Mohammedi stands tall.

Updated on Mar 17, 2018 03:28 IST

Delhi weekend: Attend the closing act of Bon Jour India fest

The Carillon is a lotus-shaped bellringer that is both stage and apparatus. In big cities where there is a space crunch, sometimes vertical is the only way to go.

Updated on Feb 23, 2018 05:14 IST

Photo exhibition: Gauri Gill collaborates with paper mache artists of the Kokna tribe

A makhi gazes at a sleeping man, with a truck in the background. There is a sense of theatre and performance along with a dose of realism.

Updated on Feb 15, 2018 13:44 IST

Textile exhibition: Remembering the life and times of Martand Singh

Screen-printed panel with birds in cotton from Tamil Nadu.

Updated on Feb 10, 2018 05:50 IST

Atelier theatre’s Kuljeet Singh on taking plays to small towns

A scene from Atelier repertory company’s comedy play Short Circuit.

Updated on Feb 3, 2018 04:54 IST

Delhi: Dhanraj Bhagat retrospective is a rare chance to admire his love for sculpting

Cry: A painted wood sculpture capturing the working woman’s plight.

Updated on Jan 28, 2018 04:22 IST

30 years of DD’s Ramayana:The back story of the show that changed Indian TV forever

The pilot episode of the show was culled out of four episodes which Ramanand Sagar had shot before Doordarshan commissioned him the show.

Updated on Jan 13, 2018 13:15 IST

Delhi art exhibition brings together the A list of Bengal’s masters

Jamini Roy’s Mary and Gabriel.

Updated on Dec 27, 2017 10:05 IST

The home library: How four passionate fans built impressive comic collections

At the time Vineeth Abraham began reading, there weren’t that many comics to begin with, except for Indrajaal and occasionally, Amar Chitra Katha.

Updated on Dec 16, 2017 18:57 IST

Satish Gujral’s sculpture unveiled at Delhi’s Bikaner House

Satish Gujral is an important Indian painter, sculptor and muralist of the post-independence era.

Updated on Dec 13, 2017 11:25 IST

The elusive politics of art: An exhibition of the late KG Subramanyan’s works

Subramanyan’s work was seen as rooted and earthly.

Updated on Dec 1, 2017 15:30 IST

Exhibition of rare coins, paper currency, stamps and paintings

From discovery to collecting and pricing, almost everything in the world of numismatics works to the market-decides format.

Updated on Nov 20, 2017 02:59 IST

This festival in Delhi brings together the best of music from Southeast Asia. Any guesses?

Raghu Dixit will perform at the music festival that brings in artists from Asean countries.

Updated on Oct 7, 2017 05:50 IST

Weekend: The Open Frame Festival is for documentary lovers

A still from Anandana Kapur’s film Jasoosni.

Updated on Sep 16, 2017 04:33 IST

Exhibition: Jagannath Panda’s work reflects his relationship with cities

DWELLER OF METROPOLIS II (Medium: photograph, plywood, wood, acrylic, wallpaper, auto paint)

Updated on Sep 2, 2017 06:26 IST

Monsoon wedding: Poems of rain sung by Shubha Mudgal

Renowned Indian classical singer Shubha Mudgal.

Updated on Aug 19, 2017 06:09 IST

Watch the brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

A scene from the play Piya Behrupiya.

Updated on Aug 4, 2017 15:06 IST

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