Of Indian Origin in conversation with Navroze Contractor Multi-Award winning Cinematographer, Navroze Contractor is a huge contributor to the documentary world across the globe. He has been a part of many award winning films like The Legacy of Malthus by Deepa Dhanraj (Winner of Several International Awards), Limited Manuski by Nachiket Patwardhan (Winner of the… Continue reading Navroze Contractor, Photographer & Cinematographer: In Conversation
Category: Art
First Indian Woman Photo-Journalist Homai Vyarawalla Dies
First Post: India’s first woman photo-journalist, Vyarawala captured a nation in transition A picture of Jawaharlal Nehru, smoking and helping Ms Simon— wife of then British High Commissioner to India— light up a cigarette, showcases a different side of India’s first Prime Minister. It was taken by India’s first and for a long-time, only woman… Continue reading First Indian Woman Photo-Journalist Homai Vyarawalla Dies
Astad Deboo: The Dancing Vagabond
There sits a man, all of 64 years, in his white splendour. At about five feet seven inches tall, despite his age, he holds himself with the same vitality he’s always had since the dawn of his career in the 70s. Published by Express News Service , Astad Deboo is a household name that ‘strikes… Continue reading Astad Deboo: The Dancing Vagabond
A Treasure Chest For An Opera House
Jamshed Bhabha’s NCPA will remain on song thanks to a generous endowment. Until a few years ago, at most concerts held at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai, two plum seats were sacrosanct. A few minutes before the curtains went up, a diminutive man would take his place in that seat… Continue reading A Treasure Chest For An Opera House
Clouds and Multiple Perspectives: A Jehangir Sabawala Retrospective
Jehangir Sabavala will be remembered for bringing Cubism to Indian art He stood silently in a corner of the huge hall at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, delighted with the paintings that surrounded him. In a crisp shirt with a matching cravat and perfectly polished shoes, he seemed to come from another… Continue reading Clouds and Multiple Perspectives: A Jehangir Sabawala Retrospective
Artist Jehangir Sabavala passes away
Jehangir Sabavala, an artist whose career spanned over 60 years, passed away on Friday morning after battling lung cancer for two years. The end came at Breach Candy hospital due to respiratory failure. Mr. Sabavala was 89 and he is survived by his wife Shirin and daughter Aafreed. By Hindustan Times Special Correspondent "He was… Continue reading Artist Jehangir Sabavala passes away
K. D. Sethna: A colossus passes on
To many of us, K.D. Sethna was the foremost mystic poet of our generation, next only to Sri Aurobindo. He has left behind nearly a thousand splendid poems and several volumes of prose. Future will decide whether Amal-kiran (K.D. Sethna) who died completing 106 years of age was the last of a great tradition or… Continue reading K. D. Sethna: A colossus passes on
The Bombay Artists from the Jehangir Nicholson Collection
Last Wednesday, art collectors in Mumbai responded favourably to an auction of paintings from the collection of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). By Anupa Mehta | DNA And while a few people were bemused at the starry numbers achieved by some mediocre (and some stellar) works, new benchmarks were set for a… Continue reading The Bombay Artists from the Jehangir Nicholson Collection
Homai Vyarawalla to deposit Padma Vibhushan Award with Parsi Heritage Trust in New Delhi
Honoured recently with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award by the President, India’s first woman photographer Homai Vyarawalla has decided to give the medal to New Delhi-based Parsi Heritage Trust. Vyarawalla lives alone at Nizampura area of Vadodara after quitting photography nearly 37 years ago. With no descendants after her, the 98-year-old photographer fear that the… Continue reading Homai Vyarawalla to deposit Padma Vibhushan Award with Parsi Heritage Trust in New Delhi
