An excerpt from critic Skye Arundhati Thomas's new book about the Indian painter Lalitha Lajmi, now out with Sternberg Press.

With his limbs ripped off in a blast, Mounting challenges await the Gaza boy, And though he will be winning good hearts, When he cries that Mum can’t be held now, The stony silence of the civilized ...

Use of colours in pre-historic era Humans have been long fascinated by colour, which has played a significant role since the ...