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Role of Creators in Society

As part of AMI Arts festival 2022, a virtual talk session ‘Role of Creators in Society’ was organised by KCC in collaboration with Kala Chaupal. The session was moderated by Rahul Kumar,…

Of Pirates, Feminism, and Democracy: Shahidul Alam, Singed but not Burnt

In 2018 #FreeShahidulAlam became a rallying point for people across the world to question their respective governments, to demand democracy in its elemental form. International agencies and intellectuals condemned the imprisonment of…

On Turtles’ Backs: Paitkar Painting of Jharkhand

“This (cash) is for satiating my worldly needs, my hunger. I believe I gain wealth when someone appreciates my art, when they feel my art and start engaging with it” — Bijoy…

‘Borda Borda’ and the Theatre of Bengal: Goutam Halder’s interview at AMI Arts Festival 2022

Noted thespian of contemporary Bengali stage, Goutam Haldar performed his theatrical adaptation of Munshi Premchand’s short story Bade Bhai Sahib (or The Elder Brother), at AMI Arts Festival 2022. This one-act, solo…

An interview with Aditya Arya of Museo Camera at AMI Arts Festival 2022

AMI Arts Festival 2022 featured a unique exhibition of the Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy and a collection of 9 vintage cameras from Museo Camera. The journey of Museo Camera began in…

Living A Dark Night… In Continuum

‘Living A Dark Night… In Continuum’ was a collateral program of the exhibition Living A Dark Night held at KCC as part of the AMI Arts Festival 2022. About 2 years back,…