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Long Hanging Fruits, an installation by Indonesian artist Elia Nurvista about the palm oil industry | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In the 1820s, French scientist Nicolas Clément introduced the term calorie. In the two centuries since, human beings’ and society’s relationship with food has changed drastically. Today the study of food is a complex subject that comprises not only nutrition and agriculture, but also has geopolitics, technology, climate change, caste and gender under its umbrella. Science Gallery Bengaluru unveils a year-long exhibition titled Calorie, that uses the lens of art to engage and reflect on these subjects. Who grows your food?…

Vinay Parameshwarappa has always thought of Cubbon Park as a special place, “one of the last few green spaces where you can leisurely walk, without worrying that someone will run you over,” says the founder of Gully Tours, an experiential tour company. Not surprisingly, Cubbon Park was at the heart of Colonial Crawl, among the first walks that his company curated in the city. “The colonial story is such an important one in the evolution of Bengaluru, and Cubbon Park was the link between the Bengaluru Pete and its Cantonment area,” he says. “We had wanted to explore this neighbourhood.”…

Vedika Bonakurthy photographs the Potharajus during Bonalu in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Each year during the Bonalu festivities that coincide with the monsoon in Hyderabad, an ordinary man transforms into Potharaju, a folk deity and soothsayer, his face painted in vivid strokes of turmeric and vermillion. Vedika Bonakurthy’s photograph captures these Potharajus in the moments before the Bonalu procession, documenting their act of becoming. Titled ‘Body Before The Spirit’, the image distills the essence of local culture.This photograph, along with several others, forms part of an exhibition curated to mark World Photography Day. Opening on August 19 at…

What happens when you allow one of the country’s best directors to finally make what has been a dream project? You get a visual portrait so riddled with intricacy and intimacy that you can, from the very first look, tell that the artist’s passion for their art was at its creative peak. Such is the story with Sardar Udham, a film that is Sircar at his best. Unforgettable are those thirty harrowing minutes, which unfold like a haunting nightmare you cannot get up from but have to endure. Perhaps because this nightmare was very much real for so many people.…