A private home opens its doors to a new generation of the culturally conscious

Shortlisted among submissions from across the world, the handcrafted pavilion is an ode to the friendship between India and France.

While the earlier display misses out on important aspects of the history of the display, the new display is also being designed in a way that the notes tagged alongwith are interesting, crisp and useful.

While the love affair had many critics label the book as pulp fiction and Bollywood-esque, the author says he drew inspiration from the Russian novel Anna Karenina, and wanted to weave a “nice” story set in the Bihari hinterlands and rooted in reality.

While there have been many books, films and documentaries on Italy and its culture, Martani says this book is different as it weaves in a commentary on the outcome of many historical events.

As fables go, the higher reaches of the Himalayas are home to a mysterious bear-like creature, called the Yeti.

SASO is a dream project put together by former diplomat Nirupama Rao along with her retired civil servant husband, Sudhakar.

Author and illustrator Lavanya Karthik, known for her humorous Ninja Nani series, feels the introduction to everyday science topics is a huge educational curve for children.

The book explores how Bangladeshi women from poor and undereducated backgrounds, who have crossed the Indo-Bangladesh border, find themselves in prisons serving sentences under the Foreigners Act 1946.

There can be a rich life outside of work

The 30-year-old lawyer, writer, and fierce feminist’s part-manual, part-memoir is full of pop culture references and news items from the past decade or so, that elicit a chuckle, a sigh, and lots of nodding at regular intervals.

Seven years after the modernist’s demise in 2011, Qatar is now celebrating his art through an exhibition that features his works spanning six decades.

Finding a special place on the menu is the Arcot biryani, famous for its exquisite rice and lamb preparation.

The focus of Rangroot Theater's plays, films and literary activities is social and political problems faced by the present generation and the society at large.

One of the plays has been written by actors Gaurav Kumar and Ankhush Shukla, who read and researched multiple books and explored numerous resources to understand the tragedy from different dimensions.

The third edition of a queer film festival in Pune is about intersectionality in real lives.

The event, held earlier this month, featured storytellers, timeless tales and an involved audience.

Farhan Akhtar has been known for juggling quite a few things — direction, acting, singing and composing, but until recently he wasn’t comfortable launching an independent music album.

Textile revivalists Swati & Sunaina on mapping the link between Tibetan monasteries and Banarasi weavers, and converting the revered Gyaser silk brocade into saris

Unrequited love, class divide, and refugee crisis are central in director Feisal Alkazi’s latest musical adapted from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities

Since there has been little or no exposure to the Ethiopian cuisine, nearly everything on the menu sounds alien, that is, until it arrives on the table.

Using the help of unknown facts and intimate details of what happened before and after the massacre, it examines whether the fateful event was a well-planned conspiracy by Dyer to confine those gathered inside the premises, which was devoid of any escape route.

The graphic novel, for children and young adults, is the brainchild of designer Raj Kumari and her screenwriter husband Varun Grover.

In Around the World in 80 Trains (Bloomsbury, Rs 599), a title she borrows from Jules Verne’s acclaimed adventure novel, we ride along with Rajesh and her fiancé Jem (now her husband) on their 45,000-mile adventure on some of the best rail services.