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The stories are set in the forested Sattari region in interior Goa, Here, a villager from Sonal Tar fills water from the Mhadei river in Sattari.

The other Goa

In The Bitter-Fruit Tree and Other Stories, Prakash Parienkar uncovers another Goa, where Sattari’s forests pay the price for modern progress.
Janhavi Acharekar
Oct 04, 2025
“If I Divert, You All Die!!!” Art for Mhadei by Manjunaath Naik.

A green revolution in Goa

Artistic communities are now taking up cudgels to preserve what remains of the State’s famed but vulnerable beauty.
Janhavi Acharekar
May 27, 2025
A scene from a stage rehearsal in Mumbai.

Annie Zaidi’s The Comeback questions the fragility of friendship and fame in Indian theatre

The novel examines the painful choices artists face between ambition and loyalty, spotlighting small-town India’s harsh realities.
Janhavi Acharekar
Mar 28, 2025
Installation view, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Exhibition: “Paper Jewels: Postcards from the Raj”, from the Omar Khan Collection and the Alkazi Collection of Photography, August 19-October 1, 2018.

Reimagining the past: Inside India’s archive revolution

How India’s private foundations transform historical collections into interactive experiences, bridging past and present through technology.
Janhavi Acharekar
Oct 29, 2024
Dharavi, Mumbai, 2010.

Death at a discount

In Baburao Bagul’s collection of gut-wrenching stories, Mumbai’s graveyards, brothels, and slums form the backdrop to a theatre of desperate poverty.
Janhavi Acharekar
Oct 16, 2024
Souza at his apartment in New York, 1970-71.

Souza’s monsters mirror society’s ugly truths

A moving tribute to artist Francis Newton Souza in his birth centenary year.
Janhavi Acharekar
Jul 09, 2024
Rickshaws on the streets of Sadarghat on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Inheritance of war

This remarkable debut collection takes an unflinching look at mental traumas that are both the reason and the consequence of violence.
Janhavi Acharekar
May 16, 2024
“Nadi Studies”, a multimedia interactive installation by TimeBlur, renders patterns of movement in yoga.

Can code save us? ‘this.generation’ explores the intersection of art, technology, and ecological solutions

Generative art meets earth-saving solutions in a Goa exhibition that pushes boundaries of creativity and sustainability.
Janhavi Acharekar
Feb 06, 2024
The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao is an unflinching look at Mumbai and its residents through a familiar narrative.

A gritty Ramayana with Mumbai as backdrop and baddie

In Lindsay Pereira’s The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao, there are multiple enemies, and no winners.
Janhavi Acharekar
Dec 14, 2023
Kyungwoo Chun

South Korean artist Kyungwoo Chun challenges perceptions through thought-provoking artwork

His latest solo exhibition, “Songs Without Lyrics”, is a unique blend of photography and performance art. 
Janhavi Acharekar
Sep 12, 2023
A photo depicting life in 19th century Bombay.

Shadow pictures: Review of ‘The Secret of More’ by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm

With business and cinema at its core, this is a welcome addition to the small list of historical novels set in colonial Bombay but stops short.
Janhavi Acharekar
Sep 07, 2023

Rich and real

The real Goa, with its petty rural politics, ecological exploitation, gender inequality, and contrasting lives, comes through brilliantly.
Janhavi Acharekar
Apr 06, 2023
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