An artist statement is a written document that summarises who you are and what your art is all about. As an artist, an artist statement can help introduce both you and your work to potential buyers, as well as to…

In this piece, we delve into the timeless treasures of Hindi theatre—works that have traversed decades, imprinting themselves deeply on the minds of contemporary readers. The Hindi theatre in India has survived on two streams of plays, first the plays…

The Theatre Media Centre (TMC) located on the outskirts of our city in Kaligam, New Ranip area makes its presence felt significantly with its regular work in the domains of theatre and films. The work ranges from training of thespians…

Ebrahim Alkazi (1925-2020), a theatre genius who can truly be called a legend in his field, passed away on August 5, at the age of 94. He shaped careers of a galaxy of actors who are celebrities of India in…

While the Globe is streaming free its second dramatic production Romeo and Juliet, today is 23rd April, the day William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is believed to have been born and died. One would seldom find a more spontaneous and intense expression…

Blues is referred to as the origin of modern western music. From Jazz to Hard Rock, most of the genres that we listen to were created by artists who were inspired by the blues. But where did the blues come…

A decade ago, no one had any idea about what Kpop was. Now, there seems to be a gigantic community of Korean pop culture lovers in our country. Those flashy colours and enigmatic lyrics have grabbed the eyeballs of millions…

Abhinay Banker, an actor, a director, a writer, a teacher and most recently an RJ, is one of the most recognisable faces of our city’s already rich history of performing arts. In this piece, we map his journey. The first…

Paranoid Dance Crew is spreading the gospel of freestyle dancing by making it free for all. It’s a Thursday evening. You are sitting in one of the cafes populating Ahmedabad and unwinding with your friends, when you notice a group…

Abhivyakti City Arts Project is giving a platform to budding artists to explore their creativity. The process of making the festival is as interesting as the performances. Read more about how the festival came to fruition here. You may spend…

Did you know that the art of puppetry has a different name in different parts of India, based on its make? So says puppeteer Dadi Pudumjee as he talks about his efforts to make puppetry a relevant art form, and…

Team CY ventures out to receive feedback from the creative community of Ahmedabad, with the purpose to gauge the acceptance and efficacy of it’s work as a hyper-local culture media. Has CY really added value in augmenting the demand for…

A demure, daring girl with dance in her breath and Tagore at the core of her being during formative years, on tying the nuptial knot with a scientist from Gujarat, set foot in this culturally nearly dry city when the…

For 23 years, Usha Venkatraman has been exploring the power of storytelling to impart values and teachings from history. She was in Somerville, USA, for a performance and spoke to us about how stories speak to her and her audiences.…

Did you know that Tagore was a feminist? And that his plays were far more progressive than their time? To mark the 157th birth anniversary of Tagore, academician and theatre critic Dr Anand Lal spoke about the Bengali polymath’s socially…

At Asmita 2017, the show was stolen by the performing arts genre, with street plays and mime performances galore effectively striving to communicate social messages. I was mildly bewildered to witness a volunteer blocking my way, as he insisted, “You cannot…

India a land of festivity with more than 1599 languages, 3000 castes, and 25,000 subcastes; the country has a variety of people blending with each other through various means. And the celebration of a festival is one of the most…

There are very few classical musicians who have the conviction she has, of rendering a pure classical piece as systematically as one involving fusion. Sitarist Amita Dalal believes music should stir the mind as much as it must soothe the…

To say that the Indian band Maati Baani is pioneering the new music scene would not be an over-statement. The spirited couple that is Nirali and Kartik, who hail from Ahmedabad, recently came into the limelight as their cover for…

Music rekindles harmony, beauty and stacks of emotions in a living form. It not only affects humans but even animals and trees. The musical revolution started from jukebox to walkman, leading to iPods and its Youtube today.  Youtube revolutionized common platform…

Read Part 1 here When he finally decided to come to Ahmedabad in 1994, Yogesh Gadhvi had Rs 800 in his pocket. “On coming here, I realised real estate was doing good and I got working on it. I earned…

It reminds one, of the crucial scene in Hirani’s Three idiots where Farhan essayed by the beautifully restrained Madhavan comes out to his family about his photography aspirations. It is tense. There is a brief pause before all hell breaks…

We have seen these two artistes rock the stage and dance into people’s hearts. Time and again, one after another. Individually they have livened up the stage, one with her dances, the other with her songs. Together, danseuse Sanjukta Sinha,…

For those enjoying the better part of the 30s and beyond, Draupadi is a woman wronged. The television series of Mahabharat made us familiar with its various characters, the stronger ones ensuring swifter recall. And, Draupadi is one such. A woman…

What do we need to do to serve our purpose in this life? Relinquish our desires for sustenance? Lose ourselves in the daily clichés of what we know as the rat race? It might not be this grim; because with…

There were turns in the nineteenth century that were quite fluid than our present times. Despairing in the British colonies, stagnant in the public sphere, which was slowly being monopolised by the British, the native sought ways to improve his…