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Somak Ghoshal

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ARTICLES BY SOMAK GHOSHAL

‘Sea-Bath (Before Breaking The Salt Law)’ (1998), watercolour on paper by Atul Dodiya.

Photos | The art of being Gandhi

2 min read . 02 Oct 2020

The protagonist Lovely and her sister Beauty are the obvious casualties of patriarchy in ‘Hellfire’.

When skeletons refuse to stay in the closet

3 min read . 26 Sep 2020

A view of the Colosseum in Rome in June. Courtesy: Getty Images

How writers worldwide are making sense of the pandemic

4 min read . 19 Sep 2020

The Class believes in flushing out emotions.

The Class by Taryn Toomey: Exercise meets emotional release

1 min read . 09 Aug 2020

Padmanabhan’s travels took her to the city of Utrecht in Holland, where she spent several months at the home of her friend Piet. (Getty Images)

Losing weight, finding the world

4 min read . 25 Jul 2020

Courtesy Uday Modi

Lounge Heroes | Mumbai’s ‘tiffin doctor’ feeds 300 elders every day

4 min read . 25 Jul 2020

‘Chorashastra’ lays out the science, art and ethics of thievery. (Photo: iStock)

How to be the world’s best thief

2 min read . 19 Jul 2020

Women leading the anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh on 1 January. (Mint)

How Shaheen Bagh became the idea of India

2 min read . 17 Jul 2020

A group of men transport food for the inhabitants of Gherirpaar village, in Chakpatali, near Hasnabad, North 24 Parganas. (Photo: Saibal Das)

PHOTOS: Life in the Sundarbans after cyclone Amphan

2 min read . 11 Jul 2020

’He’s Not Here To Give A Speech’, 2019; water-based medium on paper. (Aicon Contemporary)

Can art foretell the future of humanity?

4 min read . 10 Jul 2020

Ginny is part of a holistic package that includes books with stories based on her life.

A doll that teaches diversity

2 min read . 27 Jun 2020

Tension between the neighbours has summered for decades (AFP)

The India-China Game of Thrones

2 min read . 19 Jun 2020

An illustration by Sukumar Ray from ‘Haw-Jaw-Baw-Raw-Law’.

When nonsense makes the best sense

1 min read . 12 Jun 2020

A Mughal miniature painting portraying performing women on a leisurely cruise. (Photo: iStock)

A same-sex romance in Lucknow

7 min read . 23 May 2020

Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan in a still from ‘Dear Zindagi’, a movie about mental health.

‘By shaming millennials we are adding to their anxiety’

5 min read . 16 May 2020

‘Aam Aadmi Wala’ by Dushyant Patel was sold by the Latitude 28 gallery from an online promotion

Covid-19 and the future of India’s art industry

7 min read . 15 May 2020

‘Untitled’, c. 1960, by Nasreen Mohamedi (Photo courtesy: Kiran Nadar museum of art)

What can art teach us about austerity?

6 min read . 09 May 2020

Sharmistha Mohanty’s poems are inspired by the Rig Veda, among others.

When poetry becomes prayer

3 min read . 11 Apr 2020

Katyal’s book is beautifully illustrated by artist Vishwajyoti Ghosh, who captures the many moods of Delhi in his drawings.courtesy context-westland

How do you hear a city like Delhi?

3 min read . 10 Apr 2020

(above) A ‘karigar’ working in Rahul Mishra’s atelier; and Anita Dongre with artisans of the NGO Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).

Can Indian fashion ace the sustainability challenge?

5 min read . 03 Apr 2020

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