Avantika Bhuyan
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 16
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Jul 4, 2026
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Beyond nostalgia: Examining memory and erasure in the works of Merci Maku and Rahul Buski | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The idea of memory as not just a vehicle for nostalgia but as something discomforting that jolts you out of the present underlines two ongoing exhibitions, Phantasms at Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, and Flowing Like A River Undammed at Art Exposure, Kolkata. At a time when the words “memory”, “identity” and “belonging” are bandied about casually in the art world, it is refreshing to see the response of two young art
How the changing climate is testing Indian craftspersons | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The water is no longer the same in Ajrakhpur, rues Khalid Amin Khatri. It’s a lament you’d hear anywhere in the country due to dropping groundwater levels and rising salinity, but for this third-generation ajrakh practitioner from Kutch, it’s a matter of livelihood. Known for its vivid colours and precise symmetry, ajrakh follows a lengthy process of washing and open-drying, and is heavily dependent on the mineral c
How climate change is reshaping Assam’s craft and textile landscape | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Aditya Saikia, an award-winning mukha shilpakar, or mask maker, laments how unpredictable the weather is. “Kabhi bhi tez dhoop ho jaati hai, aur kabhi bhi tez baarish. (It gets very hot at times followed by torrential rain)”, says the 21-year-old from Majuli, Assam. On the world’s largest inhabited riverine island, the creation of a mukha—used primarily in Vaishnavite performances of bhaonas or folk theatre—doesn’t
Why you should be a lifelong student of social science | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. "Oh! You are an arts student!” Neighbours and relatives would wrinkle their noses as if the very idea of humanities threw up a stink. At a time when my cousins were charting out a future as engineers or doctors, I was the odd one out who wanted to pursue history or journalism. Many decades since, this perception persists. Recently, I was trying to discuss plate tectonic theory in the context of the recent earthquake
Seamus Murphy's Poetic Realism: capturing images of joy and resilience From Kolkata to Kabul | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At Museo Camera, Gurugram, you come across an image of a lean boy, sporting chappals, captured in the act of having kicked a ball. The ball is nowhere to be seen, but his stance seems to be a clear giveaway. The photograph captures a moment of transformation—the look of concentration on the boy’s face turning into a smile of joy. The image contains other markers that allude to its backdrop—the louvered wooden window
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