Digital technology has taken away the jobs of Bollywood poster painters. Designer Nida Mahmood hunted them out in dingy lanes of the capital and teamed up with them for her upcoming poster collection. “The job of film posterwallahs died around 15-20 years ago. Most of them have taken up different professions and it was very difficult to locate them. After wandering in the streets of Delhi, I found some of them but they refused to work with me,” Mahmood said. “Some others agreed.

He sits on a chowki (wooden bed) with villagers, dressed in a lungi and banian (vest), totally at home in the surroundings. But Ian Woolford has travelled far, from a University in the US to a dusty village in Bihar to research Indian rural life inspired by the writings of Hindi novelist Phanishwar Nath Renu. Woolford, an American researcher, has been doing research on Renu’s village - Aurari near Farbesganj in Araria district - to present a picture of village life, folk songs and traditions bef...

For 44-year-old Steve Aruni, busking is a way of life. More commonly known as street performers, buskers are people who sing or perform at public places for money. Aruni is a professional, self-taught singer who has completed a quarter of a century in this field. A badge dangling from his neck states he is a licensed busker. “I love being a busker because of the freedom and peace of mind, there’s no stress involved,” Aruni told amid the hustle and bustle of the Piccadilly Circus tube station.

Art from India’s North-east, once an extension of Southeast Asian Art, is now showing the usage of photorealism, cartoon and comic techniques and other neo-contemporary styles, according to a young art researcher from the region. Art in North-Eastern India was confined to religious and traditional domains for nearly 500 years. Because of its disconnect with the rest of the country, Art from the northeast does not make headlines in mainstream.