India
Video: Meet Raja the King, India’s very own Elvis
The Pelvis of Kharagpur — Raja Danapat is India's self-proclaimed “twin brother” of Elvis. Now 75, he lives his life following the guiding light of the late Elvis Presley.
Written by: Alex King
Richard Prince to Calcutta: The weird relationship between Instagram and the art gallery
A new exhibition and a new lawsuit — The first Instagram art show in Calcutta opened last week, and across the world Richard Prince was sued for photos he used at a show in New York. Increased access to images means more possibilities for art, but it's not necessarily for the better.
Nupur Joshi Thanks is waking up India to the indie publishing revolution
The Magazine Evangelist — Paper Planes Founder Nupur Joshi Thanks is reviving print by introducing India to the joys of boutique magazines.
Written by: Rob Boffard
How skateboarding is helping to revitalise a village in rural India
Skating, educating and building community — Author, futurist and community activist Ulrike Reinhard founded Janwaar Castle to reinvigorate a rural village through skateboarding.
Written by: Alex King
How growing up in a Calcutta brothel gave photographer Avijit Halder a unique way of seeing the world
The Red Light Kid — Photography gave Avijit Halder a way out, but it was an unlikely friendship with Academy Award winner Zana Briski that set fire to his homegrown vision.
Written by: Avijit Halder
The artists turning acts of pollution into works of art
Ice, sewage and the Beijing smog creatively reimagined — Angered by the environmental chaos on their doorsteps, artists turn to their craft to vent their frustrations.
Written by: Adam White
Meet Ishita Malaviya, India's first female surfer
Waves of change — Pioneering Indian surfer Ishita Malaviya is one in a billion. And now her childhood constraints are a thing of the past.
Written by: Jack Kenyon
Broken Fingaz’ psychedelic graffiti pilgrimage from Mumbai to Los Angeles
Journey Galactiko — Underground graffiti collective Broken Fingaz spring up in LA for a mesmerising show that takes on sex, death, Indian spirituality and capitalist advertising.
Written by: Alex King
Scenes from inside Indian coffee houses, the greasy spoons of South Asia
Palaces of Memory — Photographer Stuart Freedman documents the decline Indian coffee houses – hotbeds of counterculture – in new book Palaces of Memory.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Photographer Paul Calver shoots 'Dogtown era' of Indian surfing
Surfing Swamis — A holiday to India became a trip back through time when English photographer Paul Calver stumbled upon a group of surfers giving birth to a brand new scene.
Written by: Paul Calver
