A year since India's COVID-19 lockdown, an overview of how artists and cultural institutions navigated a crisis
3 years, 9 months ago

A year since India's COVID-19 lockdown, an overview of how artists and cultural institutions navigated a crisis

Firstpost  

When the nationwide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 March 2020, it brought life to a grinding halt for some, and threw others into a what seemed like perpetual motion, as they traversed many hundred kilometres on foot, or any transportation they could find to make their way home. Read her report — ‘In Pakistan, artists reinvent contemporary art canon as galleries negotiate virtual experiences amid a pandemic’ — here. Devina Dutta exhaustively documented these aspects in a report for Firstpost, asking: Will Indian classical world’s move online prompt offline paradigm shift, reimagining of future? As Mohit Takalkar, founder of Pune’s Aasakta Kalamanch tells Vikram Phukan in this Firstpost report: “The best of literature, and art, and music were created in the troubled times that followed the great wars.” Read the full story here. Manik Sharma profiled two beloved city bookstores’ lockdown journey for Firstpost — South Delhi’s Midland Book Shop and Mumbai’s Kitab Khana.

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