The evolution of pan-Asianism, Pt. II: India
A four-part series where we examine ideas of Asia, past and present.
The evolution of pan-Asianism, Pt. I: Japan
A four-part series where we examine ideas of Asia, past and present.
The evolution of the Indian palace
From intimate to imperial.
Liberal arts the Confucian way
A closer look at Confucianism reveals a surprisingly liberal learning tradition.
What it feels like for a girl
What is the feminine mystique?
Get to work
Reimagining work as torture.
Identity is an ongoing conversation.
India is no more a Hindu country than China is a porcelain print dress. Some realities are so complex, they don't lend themselves to oversimplification.
The first comic strip?
To the snobs who don't consider comic books art, consider this: it has classical origins. An introduction to the first comic strip.
Whither the city?
When America was modernizing, its artists embraced modernity, warts and all. Now Asia is having its own modern moment, but our artists remain markedly ambivalent about modernity.
A map of Asia that doesn't include Utopia isn't worth glancing at*
Like hypochondriac dads in their quest for perfect health, there isn't a social experiment that we haven't tried in the quest for Utopia.
The open hand
The inspiration behind Moshe Safdie's design for the Art Science Museum in Singapore: Le Corbusier's "Open Hand" in Chandigarh?
If you want to save the planet, don't buy so much stuff
Recycling doesn’t let us off the hook for our consumption choices.
One man's trash is another's treasure
The global scrap trade conjures up ugly images of ragpickers and mountains of trash, but it's actually one of globalisation's great green successes.
The Chinese influence on Indian art: Deccani paintings
Little is known about the Chinese influence on Indian art. But the two civilisations have a long history of capturing each other's imaginations.
The Chinese influence on Indian modern art: M. F. Husain and Xu Beihong
M.F. Husain's horse paintings owe an artistic debt to Xu Beihong's paintings of the same, reiterating the Chinese influence on Indian modern art.
A bit of Singapore in Sidhpur?
Noting a remarkable similarity between the homes of the Dawoodi Bohras of Sidhpur and the Peranakan Chinese.
Dine like a mogul
Forget Donald Trump. Here’s your complete checklist on how to dine like a Grand Mogul.
A shooting star: Amrita Sher-Gil
On a cold winter’s day in Budapest, in 1913, the Indo-Hungarian artist Amrita Sher-Gil made the first of the many dramatic entrances of her life.
Making the case for Indian fashion
Arti Sandhu, author of "Indian Fashion," gives an insider’s account of the Indian fashion scene.
The dog days of summer
It's hot, hot, hot, and all we really want to be doing right now is lazing around, perhaps enjoying a good gossip and a cold drink.