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Read an exclusive excerpt from Amal Allana’s book on her father, Ebrahim Alkazi

The son of a Saudi Arabian and a Kuwaiti, he grew up in Pune, had an epiphany in Mumbai – and went on to change the face of theatre in India.

Alkazi and Allana at the Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York, in 1989. (Courtesy The Alkazi Collection of Art)
Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:46 PM IST
ByAmal Allana

Ebrahim Alkazi: A giant’s tale is retold for a new generation

A biography by his daughter, Amal Allana, finally puts the masterful theatre director at centrestage. See how he built a new mission for the art form in India.

Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive was released this year by Vintage. In it, writing as a daughter, a student (she trained under him at NSD) and a veteran theatre director herself, Allana paints an intimate portrait of a complex man.
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 03:32 PM IST

Reef encounters: See photos of global efforts to save threatened corals

As reefs change in response to rising temperatures, oceanographers are trying to help heat-sensitive species survive; find refuge areas for colonies.

A reef ecosystem photographed by Patrick Buerger, who heads an applied-biosciences lab at Macquarie University in Australia. Buerger was lead author on a study that involved breeding heat-resistant microalgae to give corals a better shot.
Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:37 PM IST
ByAnesha George

Riffing with intent: The race to save India’s coral reefs

Could the Gulf of Kutch, where temperatures are typically higher, offer clues to the way forward? Could refuge areas be found within the oceans? Take a look.

A healthy patch of Goniopora in Lakshadweep, early last year. Scroll for a view of how it has since faded. (Wenzel Pinto)
Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:05 PM IST
ByAnesha George

What we do in the shallows: Inside the mad dash to save the world’s coral reefs

Amid the second global bleaching event in a decade, oceanographers are experimenting with IVF, ‘nurseries’, coral gyms, and rescue and rehabilitation efforts.

(Above left) Coral in Australia’s Heron Island that has grown from ‘IVF’ efforts that involved planting larvae here in 2016. (Above centre and right) CRF volunteers explore a coral nursery where coral is nurtured on tree-like structures, for later transplanting. (Images courtesy Southern Cross University, Coral Restoration Foundation)
Updated on Jul 05, 2024 06:44 PM IST
ByAnesha George
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