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Art Mumbai is set to open its fourth edition with founders framing the fair as more than a marketplace: it is now a barometer of how India’s art economy is changing. As the event matures, organisers say a younger, more diverse generation of buyers is reshaping demand, collecting habits, and the language of contemporary art in the country.
Theatre group Ank is marking its golden jubilee with a new production that returns to one of coastal India’s most formidable historical figures, Veera Rani Abbakka. Written, directed and headlined by Priita Mathur Thakur, the play seeks to reframe the Queen of Ullal as both a military strategist and a symbol of resistance, placing regional memory at the centre of a contemporary stage revival.
Nilaya Anthology’s latest showcase, The Art of Offering, brings together four creative perspectives to examine how ritual, memory and material culture can be translated into contemporary design without stripping away meaning. The presentation positions devotion not as a relic of the past, but as a living framework for artistic expression in modern India.
A new exhibition in Thiruvananthapuram is tracing the emergence of modernism in Keralam and wider south India through more than 140 works by 30 artists. Curated by Tensing Joseph, Southern Latitudes: Scenes from Madras & Trivandrum places landmark paintings and sculptures by figures such as KCS Paniker, CL Porinchukutty and Kanayi Kunhiraman in a broader historical frame.
India’s markets regulator is preparing a new round of reforms spanning IPO disclosures, SME listings, corporate bond trading and short-selling rules, signalling a broader push to improve market depth while tightening investor safeguards. Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey also outlined initiatives including Demat 2.0 for tokenised bonds, an AI sandbox and easier onboarding for foreign portfolio investors.
India’s markets regulator is preparing a new round of reforms spanning IPO disclosures, SME listings, corporate bond trading and short-selling rules, as it seeks to reduce compliance friction while strengthening investor protection. Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey also outlined parallel initiatives including Demat 2.0 for tokenised bonds, an artificial intelligence sandbox and faster onboarding for foreign portfolio investors.
At TechSparks 2026, Stripe India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari argued that Indian startups no longer need to treat the domestic market as a proving ground before going abroad. He said artificial intelligence is lowering the cost and time required to build products for global customers, while Stripe’s OpenRouter deal is designed to reduce the expense side of that equation.
India is preparing to roll out a dedicated data centre policy as public scrutiny grows over the sector’s heavy demand for electricity and water. The move comes after protests in cities including Mumbai and Visakhapatnam over planned facilities linked to Amazon and Google, underscoring the political sensitivity of digital infrastructure expansion.
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