Who Is the Real Diljit Dosanjh?Deepa BhasthiArtReview Asia01 April 2025Will the Panjabi singer will still be able to say anything meaningful about where he comes from, now that he’s a global superstar?
‘India: A Linguistic Civilization’ by G. N. Devy, ReviewedDeepa BhasthiArtReview10 March 2025The literary critic and language activist takes a radically different approach to India’s history from it’s current leadership
‘There are Rivers in the Sky’ by Elif Shafak, ReviewedDeepa BhasthiArtReview Asia20 November 2024Shafak’s breathless latest follows the theory that water retains memories from all the forms it has ever taken
An Intimate Journey Through India’s Caste SystemDeepa BhasthiArtReview Asia25 October 2024Nusrat F. Jafri’s lively memoir of her own family’s social mobility is overshadowed by lengthy Wikipedia-like accounts of India’s history
After Malayalam Cinema’s MeToo Reckoning, What Comes Next?Deepa Bhasthiartreview.com16 October 2024The release of the Hema Committee Report on rampant sexual harassment reflects deeper misogynist attitudes across the country that will be harder to shake
The Gap Between the Artist and the ArtisanDeepa BhasthiArtReview Asia19 September 2024‘Outside In’ at MAP, Bengaluru pairs Meera Mukherjee and Jaidev Baghel in an attempt to bridge the gap – in culture, class and caste
Hazardous MaterialsDeepa BhasthiArtReview17 September 2024Two films spotlight the toxic nature of South Asian definitions of masculinity, but also reveal the ways in which they are poisoning its lands
