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History In 2 Minutes: Bombay's Benefactor

History In 2 Minutes: Bombay's Benefactor

Rediff.com20 Feb 2025

Nana Jagannath Shankerseth is one of the greats who made Bombay India's foremost city.

She is bringing the museum into our homes

She is bringing the museum into our homes

Rediff.com3 Jul 2017

Dayanita Singh, artist and curator, is giving photography a new art form.

The wonder world of Sidhpur's Bohra mansions

The wonder world of Sidhpur's Bohra mansions

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

A photo series by Sebastian Cortes explores the glorious past and rich legacy of the Bohra Muslims of Sidhpur

Art in a pandemic: Openings delayed, museums embrace technology

Art in a pandemic: Openings delayed, museums embrace technology

Rediff.com9 Nov 2020

India's state-owned institutes have literally been forced to embrace technologies to go digital - however reluctantly. Till the museum reopen, the magic mantra has been "online", "cyber", "virtual" - a transition that has been less smooth for most art institutions than one might have hoped. The first of a four-part series, Kishore Singh turns the gaze to some of India's leading art institutions to see how they are keeping the show going.

Postcards from the Raj

Postcards from the Raj

Rediff.com21 Sep 2018

It was an exciting time for India and the world. Photography had been invented 50 years earlier, and the mass-produced Kodak camera of the 1880s helped democratise photography. Ritika Kochhar reports on an unusual exhibition of postcards that chronicle life in the British Raj.

Why one MUST visit the Bihar Museum

Why one MUST visit the Bihar Museum

Rediff.com1 Nov 2017

'Seven galleries range from the historical to the traditional, and from the contemporary to what constitutes the Diaspora -- the migrant labour that went on to create plantation colonies in far reaches of the world,' notes Kishore Singh.

How 'working in office' will never be the same again

How 'working in office' will never be the same again

Rediff.com5 Dec 2020

Fear of the disease has affected the way employees commute, the number of coffee breaks they take, and even their conversations with colleagues. Does a restricted environment affect the spirit of interaction and collaboration that offices are meant to inspire, wonders Ranjita Ganesan.

First-time women directors deepen talent pool

First-time women directors deepen talent pool

Rediff.com13 Apr 2015

BSE-200 companies's list shows that 96 companies had woman directors.

A nightmare at Mumbai's Elephanta Caves

A nightmare at Mumbai's Elephanta Caves

Rediff.com19 Feb 2018

First person account: To say the entire stretch is ripe for a stampede is putting it mildly.

Sarnath Banerjee isn't writing graphic novels anymore

Sarnath Banerjee isn't writing graphic novels anymore

Rediff.com11 Oct 2018

'There is no audience anymore for my graphic novels. Few people seem interested in what I find interesting,' Sarnath Banerjee tells Uttaran Das Gupta.