Indo-Lanka cultural ties set impressive record

When we refer to the interaction of India and Sri Lanka in whatever field, we assume that they are two separate countries. But there was a time in the distant past when India and Sri Lanka were a single land mass. Even today after the land mass has split, the distance between India and Sri Lanka is only 22 miles. That is the full distance of the Palk Strait.

Full Story

Encounters

Tagore as a factor in Indian cinema

[Continued from last week]

In the earlier part of the film, the frames are marked by the dictates of patriarchal culture. However, Ghosh deploys his visualities, his cinematic spaces not only to fortify the patriarchal culture within which the narrative unfolds but also to challenge it. Very often, in carefully constructed and modulated frames that affirm the power of the patriarchy, the director will use Binidini’s body language to puncture that patiently constructed world.

Full Story

How to make wise colour decisions

I certainly do not suppose it is possible to cover the scope of colour in a single article or even in a one thousand page book. What I intend to do is to share some ideas that will provide a foundation on which you can build a more rational, as well as expressive, approach to making colour decisions.

Full Story