Articles by Maya Sorabjee
12 articles found.
Late Lunch
On the third and fourth floors of an old revival building in the southern tip of Bombay lives an institution so …
Week in Rebranding
Black is the Meanest Color Stand before his Cloud Gate in Chicago and watch your reflection twist across its curved surface, …
Humble Abodes
In Conversation with Charles Simonds
In his 1976 fictive ethnographyThree Peoples, New York-based sculptor Charles Simonds imagined the building practices of three civilizations governed by different …
Week in Puns
Asset Management Fee Structure for Municipal Pensions “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Your hands can’t hit what your …
Culture Shock
A Short Timeline of Controversial Art
To simply be offensive in one’s artistic practice is to engage in a hollow act of provocation. It is to be, …
Week in Roads
No Beef Let me paint you a quick portrait of modern India. In my neighborhood there’s a housing colony that has …
Artificial Giants
India's Troubling Memorial Plans
I was once given directions, drawn on a paper napkin, to a longstanding Bombay secret. It took me eight months before …
Week in Horticulture
Have you had your head in the ground all week? Or, um, up in the clouds? Indy News is here to …
Kya Item
body politics in Bollywood
The set is doused in red light. Men are spread out across the floor, lounging on cushions, downing drinks, waiting for …
The Art of Deduction
In the last week of 2013, a federal judge ruled on Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, relocating Sherlock Holmes and his …
Back to the Wall
Banksy's October in New York
Graffiti has served as the humble origins for many well-known artists. American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, famed for a prolific neo-expressionist career, …
Cover to Cover
Hipgnosis & the fate of album art
AN INFLATED PIG FLIES OVER a disused power station; two men shake hands, one with a burning arm; a fleet of …