Documenting Culture

How does one describe the art of street photography, and why is an artist drawn to it in the first place? How does street photography help you discover a city? And what is its relationship with the digital revolution? We answer these questions and more in this episode of the Documenting Culture podcast. Guest: Soumyendra Saha Host: Purvi Rajpuria Photographers mentioned: Henri Cartier Bresson Rich...

What does it mean to inhabit a place that has now been swept away by the river? What does this do the psyche of a person, and how does one make sense of such an experience? How does an artist, with a loaded past, navigate the art school setup, and emerge from it with a clear sense of where they want to go? What, ultimately, is the purpose of an arts practice, and why is an artist compelled to foll...

Documentary photographer and filmmaker Arko Datto talks about his practice and process of developing various bodies of photographic works. One of his most extensive projects, titled 'Shunyo Raja,' documents the ecological crisis unfolding in the Bengal Delta. The conversation covers questions of memory, ecology, surveillance, nationalism, and the world of images at large. Host: Purvi Rajpu...

My guest this episode is Anant Gupta, a political correspondent at Scroll.in . We discuss his reporting process for covering the 2025 Bihar elections, and the many factors shaping the election results. This includes the in-fighting between the Congress and the RJD, BJP's role in Bihar politics, voter sentiments toward Nitish Kumar, and the opposition's failed attempts at presenting a coher...