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'Men are emotionally stunted': How a Mumbai designer is reviving India's forgotten barbershop songs

August 12, 2026 11:34 am

A simple two-hour project recreated the familiar music, atmosphere, and memories of neighbourhood barbershops, drawing over a million visitors and hundreds of copycat websites.

What a mango can teach us about escaping the hustle culture

July 14, 2026 4:00 pm

Whether it inspires someone to travel 17,000 kilometres or prompts the creation of an entire mango-centric space, this fruit holds an extraordinary power. It represents far more than fond childhood memories, it breaks completely away from its literal meaning of being ordinary (aam).

Quietly dilkhush, the taste of belonging

May 22, 2026 2:50 am

Food binds communities without announcing that it is doing so, creating shared reference points that make places feel less distant.

Diva throwback: Five glamorous pictures of a young Neena Gupta

March 08, 2026 4:50 pm

Before she became a modern fashion icon, Neena Gupta was already redefining glamour in the 1980s!

Jammu & Kashmir Ranji team had beaten Mumbai at Wankhede in 2013-14 season. (PHOTO: Samiullah Beigh/Facebook)

When J&K nearly beat star-studded Delhi in Ranji: ‘Bedi Sir told us, Sehwag ho, Virat ho, Gambhir ho, never be afraid’

February 24, 2026 9:47 am

Set to face Karnataka in the final, Jammu and Kashmir has come a long way from their first-ever entry into the knockout stages of the Ranji trophy in 2013-14

What would a 'Museum of Innocence' look like in India? It would be the Godrej Almirah of Lost Time

February 20, 2026 5:01 pm

Orhan Pamuk’s museum is romantic and fevered. Ours would be tender and unspectacular. His is about obsession. Ours is about endurance

On the Internet, people are missing 2016. But who fixed this cut-off for nostalgia?

January 27, 2026 6:27 am

When a trend goes viral now, it's nearly impossible to tell: Is this organic? Did the algorithm push it? Did we choose this, or did it choose us?

The return of Oasis and an era of proto-influencers, fraternal feuds and an initiation into Western music

August 01, 2025 7:05 pm

The Gallaghers and Oasis drifted out of your mind, but it won’t be a long absence. They will flit into your consciousness again when you’re at a karaoke bar and someone puts on ‘Wonderwall’ prompting you, almost as a reflex, to take a deep breath before belting out the first verse

The message also emphasised that the villagers of Noida need to recognise that they are now part of a city. The urban sectors sit cheek by jowl with the villages (File Photo)

Noida at 50: An economic hub, an awkward social outlier

May 15, 2025 10:48 am

In this city of migrants, belonging and representation are foreign concepts. The city can be defined not only by new buildings and malls, but also by creating space for the personal to evolve into the cultural