Two decades after Chitra Singh stopped singing,she lends a voice-over to promote an eight-track album of her husband,ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh

Walking through the rough streets of Shadi Khampur in West Delhi,if you chance upon Safdar Studio’s red-painted shutters and a towering spray-painted image of Fidel Castro,don’t be surprised.

The highly anticipated off-site show by JJ Valaya on Wednesday evening started admittedly by the designer too with a strong sense of déjà vu.

Melissa Totten,arguably the best Madonna impersonator in the world,is on a seven-city India tour this month

Some recent cases of food poisoning in the city including one at a five-star hotel have thrown eateries into an anxious tizzy about food safety. Talk speaks to chefs and caterers inside a variety of kitchens to find out what they do to ensure that their offerings are safe to eat

Some recent cases of food poisoning in the city including one at a five-star hotel have thrown eateries into an anxious tizzy about food safety. Talk speaks to chefs and caterers inside a variety of kitchens to find out what they do to ensure that their offerings are safe to eat

Nouveau,Nice

Melissa Totten,arguably the best Madonna impersonator in the world,is on a seven-city India tour this month

Picture clowns,stilt walkers,fire dancers,musicians and DJs will all come together for a carnival of sorts this October,as Delhi gets its very own Sunburn Festival.

Designer Wendell Rodricks may be too shy to read a large passage from his book,The Green Room.

Behind many events of immense magnitude in Indian history — be it Jawaharlal Nehru releasing a dove at Delhi’s National Stadium in the ’50s or Mahatma Gandhi’s body awaiting cremation stood a petite sari-clad Parsi woman,fondly called “Dalda 13” or “Mummy”.

From stitching to fittings,Somya Lakhani followed the making of designer Gaurav Gupta's couture collection,which he will showcase tonight at an off-site show

The month of August brings the 600th issue of children’s comic book,Tinkle.

Paintings showing mothers cradling their dead children and dying lovers embracing each other,with a heap of dead bodies in the backdrop which are on display at The Japan Foundation depict the tragedy and helplessness caused by the terrible bombings that Japanese city of Hiroshima witnessed more than six decades ago.

So let’s not be confused,as dress-up festive wear seems to be more Indian than anything else

As the third edition of PCJ Delhi Couture Week — a five-day extravaganza with 11 designers — opens today,Talk explores India's intense affair with couture. We ask the participating couturiers to decode its magic. Is couture made-to-order high-end fashion for the rich and famous,or a traditional baraat of wedding wear? Does its gloss and floss really entice the discerning luxury buyer or is buying couture now a prestige issue?

There’s more to the wedding industry than planning.

All chic and elegance,Day 2 at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012 focussed on technique and styling.

Krishna frolics with Radha in one glittering pendant while in another,a female figure dances with abandon.

Move over Bollywood,India’s regional films are making big bucks in the overseas markets

Madhuri Dixit is clearly walking many extra miles to make her presence felt,even as she gets ready for a second innings in films.

The first day at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012 in Mumbai saw both Goth and glamour on the ramp.

Mahatma Gandhi’s life,including Satyagraha and Dandi March,comes alive in Geeta Chandran’s new dance piece

When six Spanish musicians and dancers took to the stage at Instituto Cervantes recently,the audience did not expect Spanish folklore with short sentences in Hindi thrown in.