K G Subramanyan: An artist who loved to surprise

K G Subramanyan's artwork had a unique visual language, says Kishore Singh. Our Bengali brethren can be remarkably insular with regard to matters of art and culture so when, in a survey of Bengali......

If Japan couldn't handle N-woes, how would India?

A 'pause-and-review' approach to nuclear power isn't extreme. Safety is too precious to be sacrificed to appease our nuclear lobby, writes Praful BidwaiWhat do social scientists Romila Thapar,......

Padma Awards 2011: The winners

President Pratibha Patil has approved the conferment ofPadmaAwards 2011. This year the President has approved 128 awards, including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of......

Art gains as borders soften

With the softening of borders between the two countries, artists from India and Pakistan are probably gaining the most.The latest to benefit are the Pakistani father-daughter duo who recently......

The art of making money

January 1, 2007: Resolution: This year I will make my fortune in art. January 2, 2007: Or not at least on the salary BS pays. January 31, 2007: The Osian's auction estimates Jogen Chowdhury just......

Indian art rakes in the moolah

What can you say about an industry that's been so steadily on an incline, there are no signs of packing up anywhere in sight? Of an industry where everything will be defined by more - more money,......

Invest in art, be a millionaire!

At his home studio in a vast, vacant plot of scrubland on the border of Mehrauli, artist Jagannath Panda is juggling with six different ideas on six different canvases. The proposed exhibition of......

Stocking in on art

At the Sotheby's New York auction on September 24 this year, stock market consultant Yogesh Jain forked out a cool $37,000 to purchase Francis Newton Souza's "The Paraclete", a 93x72 cm oil on......