How AR Rahman’s ‘O Paalanhaare’ became a prayer board for people battling COVID-19
The Hindu
The comments section under the devotional track from 2001 Hindi film ‘Lagaan’ is filling up with messages from doctors and patients
In these trying times, music has given hope to many. ‘O Paalanhaare...’, a song from 2001 superhit Hindi film ‘Lagaan’, has re-surfaced in public memory. It is being widely heard by doctors and patients who are battling the second wave of the Coronavirus. .
The ongoing Print Biennale Exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, unfolds as a journey far beyond India’s borders, tracing artistic lineages shaped by revolution and resistance across Latin America and nNorthern Africa. Presented as a collateral event of the Third Print Biennale of India, the exhibition features a selection from the Boti Llanes family collection, initiated by Dr Llilian Llanes, recipient of Cuba’s National Award for Cultural Research, and curated in India by her daughter, Liliam Mariana Boti Llanes. Bringing together the works of 48 printmaking artists from regions including Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, the exhibition is rooted in the socio-political upheavals of the 1980s and 1990s. It shows printmaking as both a political and creative tool, with works that weave stories across countries and continents.












