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Inside Chanakya’s archives

Updated on Sep 24, 2026 08:30 IST
Large fabric sculptures of the Saptamatrikas (Courtesy Chanakya Atelier)

Review: Indignity by Lea Ypi

The entrance of Bunk’Art 2, a history museum dedicated to the victims of the Enver Hoxha regime. The museum is inside a preserved Communist-era nuclear pit bunker. (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 24, 2026 05:50 IST

Review: The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams

A view of a college in Oxford (which may or may not be the university town in The Vivisectors) as yet unburdened by its shrubbery. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Sep 23, 2026 07:45 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book on women’s rights cases of the past 50 years, a collection of animal stories, and a book on the genocide in East Pakistan in 1971. (Amit Sharma)
Published on Sep 18, 2026 21:42 IST

Report: Marcin — Art of Guitar Tour 2026

Polish guitarist Marcin Patrzalek (Foreword Lifestyle and Experiences LLP)
Updated on Sep 18, 2026 09:28 IST

Book to Screen: The Magic Faraway Tree

A scene from The Magic Faraway Tree (Entertainment Film Distributors)
Published on Sep 17, 2026 20:03 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a critical examination of street art, a memoir about a Punjabi family, and a volume on monster-making. (Amit Sharma)
Published on Sep 11, 2026 21:36 IST

Review: The Way Home by Shanta Gokhale

Marriage: the ties that bind (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 11, 2026 21:32 IST

Review: Fractured Communities by Umar Khalid

A view of the breathtaking landscape of Jharkhand. (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 11, 2026 21:30 IST

Report: Bag Dancing by Butai

Surabhi Herur and Shrunga BV in Bag Dancing. (Sharath K)
Updated on Sep 11, 2026 13:01 IST

Of elephant poop and the future of paper

A herd from the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Rambukkana, Sri Lanka. (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 10, 2026 08:25 IST

Review: Land by Maggie O’Farrell

The great famine bronze sculpture at Custom House Quay in Dublin, Ireland. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Sep 9, 2026 15:54 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a tragicomic tale set in Mangalore and the Gulf, an account of Mizoram’s political history over the past century, and supernatural stories set in colonial India. (Kapil Narang)
Published on Sep 4, 2026 16:51 IST

Review: The Blue Book by Siddhesh Gautam

A view of Sarnath (Shutterstock)
Updated on Sep 4, 2026 16:45 IST

Report: Delhi Contemporary Art Week

A Dream of Abundance #1 by Waswo X Waswo (Courtesy DCAW)
Published on Sep 3, 2026 21:32 IST

Drawing stories from the land

Biswadip Chakraborty (left) and Appupen (Amit Sharma)
Updated on Sep 3, 2026 14:17 IST