Prathap Nair

NGO ATN preserves and restores the biodiversity of northern Portugal to counterbalance the effects of climate change.

A LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN a young man and an older woman sets off a series of events that ignites a murderous mob in a fictional Malabar village in Chronicle of an Hour and a Half by debut author Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari. It’s a tale where the slighted moral compass of a community perpetrates vigilante justice spurred by social media.

The Indian feature films - The Fable, Kottukali and In the Belly of a Tiger - screened at Berlinale will hit the home turf sometime this year after finishing their visit to international festivals. We bring you short reviews of these films for enthusiasts curious to know what is in store with these movies.

An interview with Raam Reddy, whose The Fable premiered in the Encounters section of the 74th Berlinale.

Verghese returns to familiar themes in ‘The Covenant of Water’ – modern medicine, political upheavals, and more – to confirm himself as a writer of his own type of global novel.

Aus keinem anderen Land kamen zuletzt so viele Studierende an deutsche Hochschulen wie aus Indien. Sie könnten eine Antwort auf den Fachkräftemangel sein – vorausgesetzt, sie bleiben. Aber wollen sie das?

Statues are powerful symbolic fixtures in Indian public spaces. Whether religious or commemorative, they are venerated. Idiosyncratic and whimsical, they vary from pious depictions of deities to beloved public figures, liberally distributed between street corners and traffic junctions, defining both the physical space and the context of public art.

IT’S HARD TO pin down Siddhartha Deb’s new novel The Light at the End of the World. A door stopper of a novel, it organically embraces genre-hybridity like late-stage millennials and their vape pens. It’s a novel where dystopia meets imperial gothic and colonial historical fiction to breath-taking effect.

Myanmar's ancient city of Bagan, receives millions of tourists each year for its spectacular temples and breathtaking sunsets. Read why it should be on your list when visiting the country.

Düsseldorf wears only one of its personalities on its sleeve – the German one. But the other, hidden in plain sight, is just as rewarding. Between its art galleries and museums, this city on the Rhine in west Germany offers a curious blend of European culture and Asian hospitality.

Bread and Roses chronicles Afghan women’s resistance under Taliban’s oppressive regime!

India is a deeply religious country, and its legends liberally lend themselves to flexible gender identities and queerness.

Under Mussolini’s regime, Fascist ideology seeped into all aspects of life in Italy – even the country’s cuisine

The Goethe-Institut sent a journalist to Berlin to report on the films, trends and happenings at the Berlinale. Prathap Nair met actors, directors and other Berlinale bloggers from all over the world in Berlin and took us behind the scenes, bringing in live updates from the event. Here you will not miss a moment of the great German film festival.

Payal Kapadia’s film about love and protest on the campus has won best documentary at the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.