Sharon Isbin on creating space for her nylon-stringed guitar in the world of western classical music.
Growing up in a home with a musician father and a textile artist mother, Myerscough always waited for the circus to come to town. Its fantasy world never failed to impress her.
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award and author of Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman, a seminal book of critical writing on poetry, Namwar Singh was known for his communist views, reinventing Hindi literature through his contemporary writing and his literary critique.
Kerala’s new tourism campaign pans on the common man as the state’s real hero
Founded by cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, along with chef Dharshan Munidasa, the restaurant has consistently been placed on most Best Restaurant lists in Asia since it opened in 2011, and because of its policy of serving only the best catch of the day, the prices are high and tables served each day are limited.
Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, the folk singer who performs Kabir bhajans in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh (MP), has begun his performance and his powerful voice is drawing the swish set, who walk through the snaking lanes of Jogeshwari’s vegetable and meat market, and the hoi polloi alike.
Karl Lagerfeld, whose big India moment came with his pre-fall 2011-12 Paris-Bombay Metiers d’Art collection, had self-admittedly, never been to India.
With the iconic view of the Arabian Sea and the city’s skyline, Soho House has a rooftop area and gym, a private theatre, a member’s lounge area and 38-bedrooms (open to public on booking) with a preference given to the global and local members.
Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar on her latest book for children, parenting in today’s time, and why policy intervention is required
Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra on his latest movie Mere Pyare Prime Minister, censorship vs certification, and making biopics.
One might say that couturiers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, have been adding ruffles and frills to everything that drapes, shapes and contours for years. But it’s this season’s somewhat understated and more wearable version that is racing to the top of the trend charts.
A rapidly growing segment of the society is single. Finally, we can see them on TV .
Around a month after Santiniketan announced that it will honour its eminent alumni Benode Behari Mukherjee with a gallery dedicated to the work of the visually challenged modernist master, an exhibition in Delhi traces his oeuvre, from the time Mukherjee completed his studies at Kala Bhavan. “He registered as its second student in 1919, when […]
A film festival dealing with the theme of dance is being held this weekend in Pune
The Black Pepper Food Festival traces the journey of spices in India through a culinary sojourn of Southern Deccan region of Tamizhagam.
Theatre director and playwright Atamjit Singh, who recently received the Punjab Gaurav Sanmaan, on reaching new audiences through his translated plays and creating a stage for newer dialogue.
Pitching the farmer as a wrestler who is constantly struggling against odds, an exhibition addresses the agrarian crisis in the country.
Inspired by a real-life incident, Aleena Khan’s film Code Blue, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, looks at the ground reality of the practice of triple talaq
Playwright Shankar Shesh believed in re-inventing mythology and has done this through his many works including Ek Aur Dronacharya and Komal Gandhar. The play Raktbeej is also inspired by the mythical demon Raktbeej, whose every drop of blood creates another replica of his.
An alumnus of the Delhi College of Art, Nivedita Mishra, who is originally from Odisha, says stone was always her first choice for expressing herself, simply because of its dimension.
The show, which is replete with more than 20 works, is the debut exhibit of the furniture designer who specialises in the gold-hued medium.
In the exhibition, Khalil Chishtee, who learned the art of calligraphy from Lahore’s master artist Sadeqain, also reflects on his childhood memories in the aftermath of the Partition and the political ups and downs in the country.
Can a transistor be a coaster? Can a mug be a pouffe? Taamaa, a lifestyle brand, takes everyday objects and pushes them over the cliff of one’s imagination.
Editors, cinematographers and directors from the Indian film industry on the recent decision by The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to not televise four technical categories.
It’s been high Indian season at the Berlinale 2019, with 10 Indian films programmed across different sections.


