Sonny Mehta, head of publishing house Alfred A Knopf, dies in New York City at 77.

Films, books, art exhibitions and food offerings. Here’s what will keep your cultural calendar abuzz.

Regional flavours found a foothold on restaurant menus this year, a trend that’s set to get stronger in 2020.

India’s IT world celebrated the seventh Express IT Awards in Mumbai recently.

Naseeruddin Shah and TM Krishna collaborate on a new video on the idea of India.

Belonging to Samalkha, a small village in Haryana, for Duhan art is a means to depict the gender disparities that she grew up witnessing.

Kirti Singh on her film Mamatva, the myths around motherhood and her love for Brij as a language.

As someone who teaches, sings, and writes poetry, Trilok says it’s her love for writing that led her to Amrita.

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Hashim is known to be one of the first women who rode to Khardung La (over 2,150 km) on a TVS Scooty during the Himalayan Highs.

Kumar performed on the final day of the 67th Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in Pune.

Netflix original docu-series Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer tells the tale of a publicity-hungry murderer who likes a good chase.

Curator of the exhibition at Serendipity, Sudarshan Shetty, was looking at innovations across walks of life, regions and genres when he came across Air-Ink. “We wanted all kinds of voices for the exhibition. Air-Ink looked like the beginning of something important,” says Shetty.

At the finale of Loksatta Lokankika, Naseeruddin Shah spoke about the need for theatre to go beyond realism and why some celebrities don’t take a stand.

Classic blue is the Pantone colour of the year 2020. Designers recommend how you could make the colour your own.

Nine artists give form to the concept of time.

It’s an irrational cry for help against a bleak future, and a dystopic work culture, that makes the upcoming new decade feel particularly hard.

Valaya chose the show’s title as ‘Lalaari’, a Punjabi word for dyer.

Theatre practitioners plunge into personal loss and political mayhem to create stories on stage for 2020.

It also strives to present the vast diversity of curatorial practice in the region and its myriad possibilities by touching upon pressing issues such as the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Actor Kalki Koechlin on the adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a global idea of unity and having a baby

Beri, who combines Indian fabrics with western sensibilities, will be guiding over 1.5 lakh tribal master craftsmen associated with TRIFED to develop globally relevant handlooms and handicrafts.

Known to a certain generation of audience as Badki of the popular television show Hum Log (1984-85), Seema Pahwa has been in the reckoning after the appreciation she enjoyed for her role as Amma in Ankhon Dekhi (2014).

Alif, which came into being in 2008, is one of the few indie acts in the country that creates songs in Koshur, one of the dominant languages spoken in Kashmir.