Husain’s paintings have spoken to audiences, both regional and global. Now, an exhibition in the Capital testifies to why he is one of India’s most-admired artists

About 80 per cent of a dragonfly’s brain is devoted to vision

Sethna’s life comes alive in this immersive exhibition, which chronicles not just the illustrative life of the late General but the transformative experiences and defining moments of the 20th-century

We don’t crudely make people clutch their throats or vomit blood and die overnight like flies. We stretch it out — let them linger hacking and coughing and clutching their chests for the next 10 years. We let them go gradually, but surely.

The author has traced the saga of how Cochin grew from a cluster of fishing villages to the financial capital of Kerala today – a veritable crucible of cultures, faiths, and dynamism tied together by visionaries

Hill is at his cleverest while subtly poking fun at the post-truth internet generation’s modus operandi; first, “invent alternate stories for people to believe in, before needing to test the efficacy of those stories”.

But even if Nehru's model was faulty, why wasn’t it changed after his death? Why didn’t other politicians, civil servants, businesses and policy analysts move away from it? Panagariya’s argument is that Nehru was such a tall leader that most politicians of that period had “fully internalised” socialism in their political thought

With her documentary Farming the Revolution screened recently at DIFF, director Nishtha Jain talks about the challenges of censorship and funding

Tees is about three generations of a Kashmiri family, beginning from the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits in the early 1990s, all the way to a future dystopia of censorship and tyranny

In the last few weeks, I’ve been back in Goa and here’s a list of what I’ve seen and heard, with, mind you, not making any special effort to do so

Chef Vikas Khanna's salute to his Indian roots in Bungalow has won him an entry into The New York Times's The Restaurant List 2024. But there's more to food at this outpost – it's also a promise he has kept to his sister

It’s ironic how bravely Malik talks about her shortcomings because on the wrestling mat — be it at the inter-school level or Olympic medal playoff — she admits to being consumed by fear.

From a sci-fi novel about an intergalactic cooking competition to an account of a socialite scandal from 1970s Pakistan, here are the new books you should read

As Hoskote writes, “... the twin poles of (Mir’s) consciousness were watan... and ghurbat, the condition of exile... and Mir wrestled with the question of how to make sense of and give shape to a life led uneasily between these poles...”

The book follows Bhatia’s science-fiction Sumer duology about a society that has been bound inside a giant wall and represses those who seek to leave

Young urban Indians are choosing to lead fulfilling family lives without marriage as a goalpost. A look at reasons driving this trend

Canadian soft rock giant Bryan Adams, 65, on his forthcoming India tour in January, artistes’ responsibility to speak on political matters and being inspired by Taylor Swift

Dharti Latar Re Horo is a documentary-style Santhali-language film that explores the intertwined connections between tribal communities and the forest, their traditional home through the story of a grieving couple

Born and married to privilege, the socialite has become a viral sensation after the success of the Netflix show Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives

To unclench and let it be. To live an unfiltered life. To savour little joys of imperfection

Ahead of Diwali, Mattel teamed up with designer Anita Dongre to create the first-ever Barbie Diwali doll. Dongre takes us behind the scenes, sharing the journey of bringing this concept to life

Of generosity and joy, renewal and rejuvenation and most of all, an occasion to pause and feel gratitude?

From a treatise on post-Independence Hindi magazines to an intimate reportage on tuberculosis in India, here are the new books you need to read

Scientists believe that laughter and pranking strengthens bonds between animal groups and measures hierarchy