Culture under attack?

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/there-is-a-cultural-emergency-in-india-says-salman-rushdie/317507-40-103.html

Girish Shahane

Take a look at the blog of Mumbai-based curator and critic Girish Shahane. I definitely enjoyed reading his interview and analysis of Jonathan Meese and his reading of German artists expressed in the same article:

http://shahanegirish.blogspot.in/

Ashim Aluwalia is a Mumbai-based documentary film maker whose film "John & Jane" was shown at the Berlinale 2006. See here some reviews:

http://john-and-jane.com/images/reviews/05.html

http://john-and-jane.com/images/reviews/11.html

This is a very interesting article of Experimental Art in Mumbai:

http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/lp/prj/kus/exp/mum/en7274848.htm

Art criticism and journalism

If you're interested in art critics take a look at the texts of Georgina Maddox:

http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/georginamaddox/

She is also writing for the Goethe Institute Arts Magazine "The Art & the City":

http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/lp/prj/kus/bil/mum/en7244444.htm

The Goethe Institute Max Mueller Bhavan publishes an online journal on art scenes of the major cities in India:

http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/lp/prj/kus/enindex.htm

Surabhi Sharma is a filmmaker based in Mumbai who is tackling mostly social issues in documentaries. Take a look at her work and thought on...

http://surabhisharma.wordpress.com/

http://vimeo.com/user5794134