Parul Pandya Dhar

The writer is professor of art history, Department of History, University of Delhi.

The writer is professor of art history, Department of History, University of Delhi.

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Stories by the author

• Bring the periphery to the centre

  
  10 May 2025 11:11 PM IST
• Visual rhythms in their structures evoke parallel practices in dance and music traditions

  
  22 Mar 2025 11:05 PM IST
• With spring in our steps, we can step into the springfests of our past

  
  23 Feb 2025 12:00 AM IST
• The intimate and intricate connection between Jambudvipa & Javadvipa

  
  25 Jan 2025 11:00 PM IST
• Zakir Hussain: The master percussionist who could reveal deeper truths than a million words

  
  21 Dec 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Yamuna and her twin tales: From sacred glory to silent despair

  
  23 Nov 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Well-meant, sure - But such aesthetic anyaya against lady Nyaya

  
  26 Oct 2024 10:32 PM IST
• View: The gift-bearing Xmas tree and Indian art of the Kalpavriksh

  
  06 Jan 2024 11:00 PM IST
• View: Actual artists created our ancient art

  
  02 Dec 2023 11:18 PM IST
• Is the donkey face above Ravana's head an imaginative add-on by artists? Or something more integral?

  
  28 Oct 2023 11:14 PM IST
• Oh, those chiselled looks from 800 years ago, the gods are in the details

  
  23 Sep 2023 08:19 PM IST
• View: Compassion, empathy and grace is the greatest need of the hour

  
  02 Sep 2023 11:00 PM IST
• New York museum to exhibit Indian sculpture

  
  15 Jul 2023 10:49 PM IST
• Does her hand-on-hip sassiness upset you?

  
  10 Jun 2023 10:15 PM IST
• Of man & Hanuman, the many twists & turns in the monkey-god's tail

  
  20 May 2023 11:00 PM IST
• View: Heritage anchors us with a sense of community and belonging; connects our pasts with the present

  
  22 Apr 2023 11:00 PM IST
• When they dance their body electric

  
  25 Mar 2023 09:03 PM IST
• So, here's how we saw our rulers, see them, and will see them

  
  25 Feb 2023 09:34 PM IST
• Republic Day: Time for grace, aesthetics of our defence parade to shine a light on cultural pageantry

  
  21 Jan 2023 11:00 PM IST
• Of stolen art and looters' crafty craft

  
  17 Dec 2022 09:10 PM IST
• Ravanayana: How a Hindu epic was adapted and integrated in Malaysia's Islamic ethos

  
  5 mins read19 Nov 2022
• A money manager like no other, Kubera, the lord of wealthcare

  
  22 Oct 2022 08:47 PM IST
• Vishvakarma’s way ‘smarter’ cities: A riveting glimpse of what went into making ancient Indian cities

  
  5 mins read24 Sep 2022
• The gendered geographies of mother, lover, consort, goddess

  
  20 Aug 2022 11:00 PM IST
• When ‘our’ Devi Bhagvati is assimilated as ‘their’ mother goddess in Southeast Asia

  
  16 Jul 2022 11:11 PM IST
• The past is a familiar, composite structure

  
  18 Jun 2022 11:11 PM IST
• View: When Krishna didn't miss the wood for Indra's precious Parijata Tree

  
  4 mins read14 May 2022
• The mystery of the missing Vatapi Ganapati

  
  16 Apr 2022 11:00 PM IST
• View: Greed & the continued relics of war

  
  19 Mar 2022 09:58 PM IST
• Onset of spring: God of love takes charge, bringing to life Kalidasa’s evocation of Vasant in the Ritusamhara

  
  5 mins read19 Feb 2022
• View: When a death wish was heroic

  
  15 Jan 2022 11:01 PM IST
• When Hindus converted without much fuss, cuss or trouble

  
  18 Dec 2021 11:00 PM IST