Dancing From The Heart E. Nina Rothe describes The Sa Dance Company's NYC performance on May 14th as "infectiously exhilarating". Her interview with the artistic director of the ensemble PAYAL KADAKIA reveals the inspiration behind the ensemble's performances and how it raises the bar for, and awareness of, Indian dance. View |
Lahore With Love For women growing up in Pakistan’s patriarchal, segregated society, it is not surprising that female friendships take on a deep, enduring resonance. Yet what happens to these friendships? RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART presents the launch of Fawzia Afzal-Khan’s autobiography Lahore with Love: Growing up with girlfriends, Pakistani-style View |
When Doubt Makes a Traitor At the recently concluded Jaipur Literature Festival, an annual event organized by writer William Dalrymple, Ayaan Hirsi Ali made an unannounced stop to speak about her book 'Infidel' and her views on Islam. The Somalian-born filmmaker and author was accompanied by her bodyguard, the result of the Fatwa issued against her View |
Pointillism Revisited Fazil Jamali’s award-winning art is a refreshing combination of traditional influences and raw talent. The artist infuses Neo-impressionistic techniques like Pointillism with his own minimalistic style of drawing. The result is a varied, and sometimes haunting, body of work tied to together by Mr. Jamali’s love of nature. View |
The Fakir of Venice Anand Surapur's yet unreleased film 'The Fakir of Venice' will be screened on Thursday, November 12th, as part of the MIAAC Film Festival, a favorite fall event to help heat up those chilly nights in the city. E. Nina Rothe spoke with film-maker Anand Sarapur over Guinness and 'chai' at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. View |
Son Of A Lion Darra Adam Khel, NWFP is a town devoted to the production of guns. This is the setting for Benjamin Gilmour’s ‘Son of a Lion’, about a young Pashtun boy who wants to go to school instead of working in his father’s weapons workshop. EGO talks to Benjamin about the film and a people who have dominated western media. View |
Contemplating womanhood Reflective and emotive, nurturing and strong- Gazala Chinwalla effortlessly captures the many facets of a woman. Thirteen untitled, mixed-media canvases encompass this Indian - American artist’s latest collection, a step on her continuing voyage of self discovery as a woman and artist. View |
I’ll Be Long/I Belong I’ll be long/I Belong is a short animation film by Madiha Aijaz, a Pakistani visual artist based in New York. The characters and landscapes in the animation are meticulously drawn and are heavily layered with indirect references to different geographies and people. It "uses analogies to trace the history of the Afghan conflict.." View |
Visual Meditation Faiza Sheikh’s latest exhibit “Forbidden Love” is a visual meditation on the universal concepts of peace and love. Her unique aesthetic combines luscious color palettes with embedded pages from religious texts to create a powerful message of acceptance. She now brings her mantra of unity back to England. View |
The Americans For Gauri the shooting of family photographs morphed over a period of seven years to include the broader community, from the hinterlands to larger desi enclaves. Her use of symbolism, silhouettes and reflections is a visual journey rooted in ‘creating a space for immigrants’. View |
