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Weekly takes on everything from Indian contemporary art to mulberry silk pillowcases.
Mint Lounge / March 2019
I edit Mint's Saturday paper, Lounge. Formerly Features Director, Vogue India. MA (Arts & Culture) from Columbia J-School '09. I'm at anindita.g@livemint.com
Weekly takes on everything from Indian contemporary art to mulberry silk pillowcases.
Mint Lounge / March 2019
By launching herself into a new language with her Italian autobiographical book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer JHUMPA LAHIRI has given us her most ambitious creation yet—a new universe of possibilities
Vogue India / February 2016 / Interviews / [Pdf , 721 KB]
Why India must participate in the Venice Biennale
The Caravan / June 2015 / Opinion / [Pdf , 239 KB]
The rise and rise of "India's biggest movie star" is marked by chance, celestial design and a whole lot of charm. But even as SHAH RUKH KHAN turns 50 this month, he's on the lookout for the role of his career
Vogue India / November 2015 / Interviews
A remarkable exhibition examines how one Indian photographer defied the aesthetic template of his time to reveal the true colours of his beloved country
Vogue India / October 2015 / Reviews
An exclusive interview with the novelist JONATHAN FRANZEN at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2014
Vogue India / May 2014 / Interviews / [Pdf , 845 KB]
Beset by criticism, India’s foremost contemporary art prize takes a break
The Caravan / August 2013 / Opinion
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize this year, NEEL MUKHERJEE’s greatest strength is imagining the lives of others in astonishing detail—but the novelist says that’s just him doing his job
Vogue India / December 2014 / Interviews / [Pdf , 367 KB]
Has our collective fear of ageing made the totems and motifs of teenage girls a thing of fetish? As our female celebrities get younger everyday, here's exploring the rise of Girl culture
Vogue India / March 2015 / Opinion / [Pdf , 809 KB]
My essay on the Indian art market for Mint's year end issue
Mint / January 2011 / Opinion
He holds the record for the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold, but S.H RAZA’s artistic journey has been a long and solitary one
Mint Lounge (cover story) / January 2012 / Interviews
In an increasingly visual world, Pakistani artist RASHID RANA's work speaks a global language
Mint Lounge / April 2012
How a schoolgirl from Dehdradun became the highest subscribed YouTube channel in India
Mint Lounge / September 2011 / Trends
India’s most versatile photographer is pushing his boundaries further. BHARAT SIKKA is up for a creative reconstruction.
Vogue India / February 2013 / [Pdf , 382 KB]
A book of film stills that have yet to leave the dark room
Mint Lounge / December 2011 / Reviews
The photographic artist DAYANITA SINGH on why she isn’t content making photographs anymore
Vogue India / December 2013 / Interviews / [Pdf , 895 KB]
The Pakistani artist’s interactive book project is a reminder of the origins of the moving image, and what lies at its core—the flip book
Mint Lounge / February 2012 / Reviews
The artist's Qatar citizenship is only a formality
Mint / March 2010 / Opinion
The rise of bespoke, luxury matchmaking services online
Mint Lounge (cover story) / February 2012 / Trends
They go beyond the lexical trappings of the “soccer mom”. These Delhi women have founded a 60-team soccer league for their children
Mint Lounge / June 2010 / Trends
The global recession and its impact on the media houses of the West is sending clusters of journalists, especially freelancers, to India
Mint Lounge (cover story) / September 2010 / Trends
Is India finally waking up to coffee?
Mint Lounge (cover story) / September 2011
How Bengal is taking over Bollywood—the second time over
Mint Lounge (cover story) / May 2012 / Trends
Inside Delhi's most popular blouse shop
Mint Lounge / September 2011 / Trends
Writers from North-East India are claiming their share of Indian publishing success
Mint Lounge / November 2009
The number of Afghan refugees in Delhi’s Bhogal area are increasing rapidly—so are the Afghan bakeries
Mint Lounge / July 2010
The Centre Pompidou's survey exhibition of Indian contemporary art eschews a strong curatorial vision for scale
Mint Lounge / May 2011 / Reviews
The artist and academic’s deceptive “toilet book” doesn’t cease to surprise, and then shock
Mint Lounge / April 2012 / Reviews
"Snobs equate bad books to commercial books"
Mint / May 2011 / Interviews
"Kafka’s first book sold 600 copies; Beckett sold three"
Mint / November 2011 / Interviews
Five years after her luminous debut propelled her on to the world stage, FREIDA PINTO is everywhere and doing everything at once
Vogue India / October 2013 / Interviews / [Pdf , 2.06 MB]
She has moulded Bollywood to her own design, boldly redefining the woman in Indian cinema. Bow down to VIDYA BALAN, screen goddess and force of nature
Vogue India / January 2013 / Interviews / [Pdf , 1.52 MB]
Her pixie charm and effervescent spirit may have captivated our hearts, but that youthful face hides a steely determination. Clear the decks, ANUSHKA SHARMA is charging full steam ahead
Vogue India / July 2013 / Interviews / [Pdf , 1.84 MB]
My week in Cannes 2013, the amfAR gala and Paris
Vogue India / October 2013 / [Pdf , 977 KB]
A cultural travel guide to Mumbai and Delhi
Sotheby's Magazine / January 2015 / [Pdf , 2.38 MB]
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