It is common for film actors to also take up assignments on TV as the medium helps them reach out to a wider audience.

American metal band Korn gave an overwhelming performance to an underwhelming crowd.

RJ Malishka shares her life story,peppered with her in-your-face humour,at the Loksatta Viva Lounge.

Like artists,gallerists too now experiment with new ways to mount art from dialogues between tribal and mainstream artists to selling canvases on EMI.

Come November,and the sleepy Kanoi dunes of Jaisalmer will resonate with the sounds of Rajasthani folk music and the beats of electronica,as the first edition of Ragasthan Music Festival takes off.

The large circle at the centre of the rehearsal room remains constant throughout.

Fancy a sip of a 972-year-old beer?

Mumbai’s heavy downpour notwithstanding,top celebs came to be a part of a high-profile fashion event for Shabana Azmi’s NGO,Mijwan Welfare Society,at the Grand Hyatt on Monday.

When Fatehchand U Ramsingh moved to India after the Partition,he was relying on his electronics business to earn his livelihood.

I had my fashion faux pas of the year last week.

The first question on everyone’s mind during Korn’s press conference at The Oberoi in Delhi on Monday was: would the American band’s performance in Gurgaon go the Metallica way — with an empty stage,irate fans and nonplussed event managers?

For Muktinath Mondal’s work titled Lakshman Rekha — a circular canvas of oil painting showcasing greenery,surrounded by a thorn fence — he drew inspiration from popular beliefs and the epic Ramayana.

Filmmaking comes with its own set of challenges.

When strong sentiments call for strong language,the dictionary of Hindi abuses comes in most handy.

A trail of metallic silver and golden frogs guide you from a lily pond to the main gallery,leading towards the large photograph of a young boy floating in the pond.

Noted cinematographer Ravi K Chandran (in the picture) is set to mark his directorial debut.

Between introductions and welcomes,the seven-member band from the US,House of Floyd,chat about Indian food,karmic connection with India and the irresistible urge to travel here from half-way across the globe.

What started with random,irregular paper cuttings,the act of collage art has gradually made its transition to the digital era.

It was at the staging of Rabindranath Tagore’s popular opera titled Valmiki Pratibha at Shantiniketan,Kolkata,in 2009,that filmmaker Nandita Roy spotted Nigel Akkara aka Vicky,the actor playing the title role.

When you make love,you don’t think of the child.

Amid a melange of bright and blingy designer wear,Delhi-based designer Aneeth Arora’s crinkled,layered,easy and boho-chic outfits stand out.

It may be a completely illogical dream,but for many of us,true bliss would be to be able to eat as much as we want,of whatever we want,without worrying about putting on weight.

Director Saeed Akhtar Mirza returns to Doordarshan,this time with a travel show featuring the interiors of India

Vignettes from the ongoing Delhi Book Fair and Stationery Fair