Traditional performing art forms are very importantly rooted in India's cultural history, social practices and linguistic contexts. One such form is Shadow puppetry, characterized by narratives being ...

Balasore: With religious chants echoing through temple walls and the air thick with the scent of incense and tradition, a ...

“Currently, there are more takers for puppetry in urban India than in rural India,” says Anupama. Storytelling is so strong that the association dates back to the pre-Vedic period. “String ...

BeerBiceps asked J. Sai Deepak to name three people who should leave India and never return. Deepak mentioned two prominent intellectuals of India and a journalist. Following the release of ...

But when fairy puppets told stories, they opened up. Now, they perform plays in schools to spread awareness.” Since the ’90s, Roy has seen India’s puppetry scene expand. She explains that ...

Indian auteur Suman Mukhopadhyay’s “The Puppet’s Tale” (Putulnacher Itikatha), a period drama centering on a young doctor’s struggle between modern medicine and traditional beliefs in ...