Ayaz Shaikh

ART

Jayasri Burman refashions the Hindu pantheon into her own private dreamscape of feminine and divine beauty

“Tropical modernism’ seems reductive as applied to South Asian architects” — artist Shezad Dawood

Relatives and fellow painters, the Europe-loving Sakti Burman and Paresh Maity remain Bengali at heart

Cinema

'A visionary and ahead of his time'

As ‘Ashad Ka Ek Din’ turns 50, it’s time to revisit Mani Kaul’s transcendental cinema and painterly minimalism

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Creatives

Iconic Campaign: The Fashionification of Indian Jewellery

Shot in Jaipur, in rustic palaces, glamorous cafes and heritage mahals, Bridelan Jaipur's uncut diamond jewels accompany a South Asian girl's constantly evolving lives without ever losing its modernity

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Sriram Raghavan

A Master of Darkness

Krishen Khanna

Friends for Life

About

“The limits
of my
language is the
limits of
my world.”
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

A Mumbai-based freelance journalist and video filmmaker with over ten years of media experience, Shaikh Ayaz’s writing sits at the intersection of cinema, art, culture and books.

Published works in Open, India Today, National Geographic Traveller India, The Indian Express, The Week, Khaleej Times, Masala! and AD India. Previously, he was on the full-time staff of DNA, HT, People magazine and Yuva newspaper. He’s also a Sunday painter.

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