All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to The New York Times, Time and it is the number one film recommended by Barack Obama. The future certainly belongs to Payal Kapadia, asserts Aseem Chhabra.
Payal Kapadia's understanding of what it means to be a woman is as poignant as her authentic portrait of Mumbai's hoi polloi, observes Sukanya Verma.
It's the only Indian destination mentioned in the Forbes list of '13 cultural events to be seen' across the world. Set in the historical port town of Kochi, India's first ever new-age art extravaganza, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has received great response from the global art world. Durga Dominic brings you a glimpse of some of the Indian artistes participating in the Biennale. Photographs: Rajesh Karkera
The 2010 French Open poster is the creation of a Pakistani-born Indian artist Nalini Malani. Her design, portrays a woman tennis player, stretching across two globes while playing a shot.
India's women artists, says Kishore Singh, look at politics and society and want to provoke reactions on issues based on their inheritance and understanding of gender, class, caste and environmental disparity.
No conversation about Indian art is complete without mention of Madhvi Parekh