From Mehboob Khan’s Mother India to Hrithik Roshan’s super-tanned Anand Kumar in last week’s release, Super 30, brownfacing actors to show people from less-privileged backgrounds is not a new phenomenon in the Hindi film industry, but certainly a troubling one

Actor Ananya Panday on her new initiative to deal with cyberbullying, and how social media normalises hate

The story was written by American playwright Aaron Sorkin, according to legend, on cocktail napkins while working as a bartender.

Roy has written two novels, a travelogue The Heat and Dust Project (2015) and a graphic novel, Indira (2018). Her next book is a sequel to the travelogue, called Man. Woman. Road.

Instead of moral policing, if India had a culture of policing manners and etiquette, Kangana Ranaut would deserve a life sentence—without bail.

Comprising 27 works from 13 years, the showcase has Tallur experimenting with the medium of bone meal and film for the first time, but there are common strands that connect with several of his previous works — his engagement with the past and how it affects the present.

Born and raised in Pune to an upper middle-class family, Niki Ray did not give education much importance and was more drawn to meditation.

The project was conceived by Alefiya Kachwalla, a liberal arts graduate and co-founder of A Fresh Coat.

Despite there being 6,000 species of dragonflies globally, their transparent wings and large eyes have escaped the attention of poets and painters who are more fascinated by birds, bees and butterflies.

Chef Christiaan Stoop on understanding diversity in food and taking avid patrons on a culinary journey through five countries.

Popular K-pop band KARD makes its India debut with concerts in two cities.

Food isn’t just meant to be sweet or spicy: umami is an essential, but underestimated aspect of good food.

Sarathy Korwar continues to form to deliver a heady mix of music that matters.

A lecture platform of 20 years connects generations of architects to their peers.

Aneeth Arora on Pero’s successful decade, her NID roots and why she is happy to be behind the scenes.

An exhibition gives a rare insight into SH Raza’s friendship with his contemporaries and masters of exhibition

A Capital-based couple is helping Afghan refugees find livelihood and some spirit by helping them create and sell rag dolls

What also sets the album apart is that Ahmer raps in Koshur, something not many rappers in the valley have attempted.

Malayalam filmmaker Shyamaprasad, whose Oru Nyayarazcha was screened in Delhi, explores the limits of love, lust and fragility of relationships.

Working on the exhibition for over a year now, Uma Nair has brought together a collection that represents the modern and the contemporary.

This is not the first time Egypt has demanded the return of an artefact. Neither is it likely to be the last. Countries world over, including India, have been demanding that artefacts — several of which were looted during the colonial period — be brought back to their countries of origin.

Iain Armitage was cast as Ziggy Chapman in the award-winning drama mystery, Big Little Lies, at seven, and soon landed the role of Sheldon in the comic prequel spin-off of The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon.

In the second season of the podcast, Noronha brought Karkaria on to the show for a segment called Culture Vulture: it begins after the guest interviews and consists of recommendations for queer content in pop culture.

Conservation is a collective responsibility and it’s unclear how Ms Ambani’s purchase of the Birkin deserves more flak than everybody else.