The man who changed Indian cinema
Tanjil Rashid on the polymathic Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray, who spearheaded a new school of Indian cinema
Common prayer: when churches become mosques
When churches become mosques
The vivid memory-scapes of Hong Kong master Wong Kar Wai
Tanjil Rashid on the vivid memory-scapes of Hong Kong master Wong Kar Wai
The Venus de Marlene
Tanjil Rashid on the legend of Dietrich
Inane, modish and safe: The White Pube podcast reviewed
The White Pube started life as an influential art blog, written by Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente. The…
A cautionary tale about how democracy can subvert itself: Bunga Bunga reviewed
Italy has long captivated romantics from rainy, dreary, orderly northern Europe. Goethe, Stendhal, Keats and Shelley all flocked to Italy…
The statue-topplers are obsessed with white men and white history
The statue-topplers reveal a Eurocentric view of the world that ignores the achievements of black and Asian luminaries, says Tanjil Rashid