カテゴリー: Culture
Two assessors ask questions but it’s the detail and nuance that is so compelling in this gently absorbing documentaryIn Bhutan, they measure progress not just by GDP, but also Gross National Happiness. This quiet, gently absorbing documentary follows t…
This tasty piece of action cinema provides crunches, squelches and and spatter effects as the good guys and bad guys delightfully smash each other to piecesThe first shot fired in Indian Hindi-language action thriller Kill isn’t unleashed with deadly i…
In India being a female fan of Shah Rukh Khan is not just about a love of film – it’s a form of resistance against restrictive gender norms Shah Rukh Khan may be an Indian cinematic legend and star of record-breaking Bollywood blockbusters but he is no…
Themes of displacement and diaspora explored in collaborative textile project as part of The Spirits of Maritime Crossing exhibition in Venice and BangkokThe Koung Jor refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border is just three and half hours from Jakkai Sir…
Amitabh Bachchan plays a mythological warrior in a withered dystopian city where desert car chases, CGI magic and a semi-divine dictator ruleThis fizzy Telugu-language mashup of Indian mythology, martial arts and Bollywood-style dance-romance-and-melod…
Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism lawMore than 200 Indian academics, activists and journalists have published an open letter urging the Indian government to withdraw last week’s…
Official from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism lawIndian authorities have granted permission for the prosecution of the Booker prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy over comments she made abo…
British Museum will host treasures from Samarkand in a bid to dispel cliches of camels, spices and bazaarsA monumental six-metre-long wall painting created in the 7th century, and 8th-century ivory figures carved for one of the world’s oldest surviving…
Indian high commission made claim bronze depicting Tirumankai Alvar which it believes may have been lootedOxford University has announced it is to hand back a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint to India.The almost 60cm-tall bronze statue, which de…
Fears for the future of democracy and tolerance recede after authoritarian PM left reliant on coalition partnersIn the leafy surrounds of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a pocket of students sat beneath a banyan tree engaged in impassio…
An ex-UK envoy’s compelling account of the chaotic military withdrawal from the country is full of telling details, while Seierstad’s latest work drives home the cruel reality of women’s lives after the return of Taliban ruleIn August 2021, Britain’s l…
Janhvi Kapoor plays a medical student with the prospect of a pro career in the game, with Rajkummar Rao as the husband who coaches herHindi cinema has thus far spent 2024 in retreat, its commercial failures compounded by a successful run of south India…
There is unease about how to strike a balance between tourist numbers and the need to protect natural resourcesAlong the beachfront on the Thai island of Samui, vendors are busy setting up tables covered with souvenirs and sunglasses. Staff stand outsi…
Shot over 15 years between Denmark and Pakistan, the film-maker captures day-to-day life in Karachi, and explores how freedom and human rights are not doled out equallyShot over the course of 15 years, Anita Mathal Hopland’s documentary provides a cine…
The Norwegian writer on meeting the Taliban, her fears for girls’ education, and the legal battle that ensued after the publication of her bestselling bookThe author Åsne Seierstad’s cool, shaded garden, within walking distance from the centre of Oslo,…