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 1930s Bengal, ...
Experience shadow puppetry by firelight! Witness scenes from the dramatic epic Ramayana, complete with scenes of battles, trickery, and the natural world, performed by masters of Tholpavakoothu, a ...
A child using outdoor gym equipment in Diptej Vernekar's "Incarnation Park" (2022) to activate the ten-headed demon king Ravana at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, India (all images courtesy ...
The 22nd Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival will take place from February 13 to 22, 2026, at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. This year's festival features performances from leading ...
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 ...
We have all seen the old, boring hand puppets and string puppets at melas and gatherings, but have you ever seen Bunraku in India? Well, if you have been to The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival then it is not ...