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OP Nayyar at 100: How his music set a young India’s heart beating with rhythm and desire
January 18, 2026 11:14 pm
On his centenary, remembering OP Nayyar, a composer who infused sensuality into Hindi film music, made a star out of Asha Bhosle, and whose trendy songs — still remixed and replayed — never quite needed Lata Mangeshkar.
How London-based textile artist Ekta Kaul stitches identity, memory and belonging into cloth
January 17, 2026 12:56 pm
Kaul's book Kantha: Sustainable Textiles and Mindful Making was shortlisted for the RL Shep Memorial Book Award by the Textile Society of America
Chef Anuradha Joshi Medhora on her mother's Hare Mirch ka Keema and the quiet power of comfort food
January 17, 2026 12:47 pm
In the dish that the chef's mother made with confidence and served sans plating, green chillies are the star of the show
Charu Suri’s ‘Shayan’ earns Grammy nomination, blending Indian ragas and jazz into a healing soundscape
January 11, 2026 12:46 pm
Classical pianist Charu Suri, on her debut Grammy nomination for her sleep album, Shayan, composing for Yo Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer and leaning into Indian ragas
Meet Yassh Kadamm, the choreographer behind Sanya Malhotra’s moves in Diljit Dosanjh’s 'Charmer’
January 10, 2026 6:50 am
Besides the Diljit-Sanya number, Yassh Kadamm has also choreographed Guru Ranshawa's Sirra and Azul among others.
When should children have their first comprehensive eye examination?
December 28, 2025 3:51 pm
Parents should watch for subtle but important symptoms such as frequent eye rubbing, squinting, excessive blinking, or holding objects very close to the eyes.
Yearender 2025: Five films where women pushed back and took control
December 27, 2025 10:08 pm
This year, several Indian films placed women firmly at the centre, allowing them agency, voice, and control over their lives.
Yearender 2025: Why OTT's rapid growth drove away Indian streamers from original stories
January 01, 2026 9:37 pm
Even as OTT’s reach expands, originality gives way to franchises and TV-inspired formats. The outcome: Fewer standout originals.
How Dhurandhar's repurposed qawwali with Pakistani origins engages with a shared cultural past, one the film ignores
December 28, 2025 10:05 pm
Before Sahir Ludhianvi used it as inspiration, the original poem was penned by Sufi poet Ameer Bakhsh Sabri and composed by qawwal duo Ustad Fateh Ali and Ustad Mubarak Ali — Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s father and uncle.
Why the coconut palm is nature’s most useful tree
December 23, 2025 5:17 pm
The tree, whose USP is its nut, is a marvel of natural engineering that can survive gale-force winds and hurricanes
EYE PHOTOS
Matinee idols
December 27, 2015 1:54 am
Between 2003 and 2005, photographer Shahid Datawala received a grant from Sarai for a project on cinema and cinema-going culture in Delhi.
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