The Indian Orthodox church, which takes its origins from St Thomas the Apostle’s arrival in India in first century AD, celebrates the birth of Jesus through its songs and rituals on Christmas day.

As you eat through the calendar, other seasonal signs appear: chestnut sellers, oyster shuckers, reindeer and other Nordic fauna in shop windows, and butchers who are suddenly the most important in the market — and know it.

Theatre responded with high drama to the country’s political developments but left space for humour and extravaganza

In an interview, Army Chief Bipin Rawat has raised some questions like ---what happens to the children when their moms are posted to remote areas, and more pertinently, are we as a nation, ready to see women return in bodybags?

A scintillating debate on the future of cards and whether digital transactions would soon obliterate them set the tone for the Express IT Awards 2018 held in Mumbai recently.

"In Mirzapur, I am extra optimistic and hopeful, while in Selection Day, I am this extra pushy person. For me, the concept of parenting has to be somewhere in-between," says Tailang who played two different kinds of father in the two series.

An initiative by Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi is creating awareness about visual arts in rural Punjab.

Saddat Hasan Manto’s short story, 100 Candle Power Bulb, has been turned into a short film by the members of Alankar Theatre

Dancer Saumya Shukla on the close connection between miniature paintings and Kathak

Puppeteer Anurupa Roy brings her new play for children to Prithvi Theatre.

Chef Justin Horne’s London-based restaurants exemplify the need and ways to rewrite the destiny of waste.

Director Aanand L Rai on his latest film, Zero, falling in love with the ordinary, and not knowing.

Nikita Gill on reimagining fairy tales, why Instagram poetry is popular and the criticism it receives.

Landmarks of several countries come together in Vinita Karim’s art.

The exhibition, which is one of the special projects at the Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, also gives a bird’s eye view of what the future, with the right interventions, could look like for Panjim.

Paakhi A Tyrewala on directing her first film, Pahuna, and taking Sikkim to the world

Inspired by his childhood spent in Banga, Punjab, and his grandfather’s sartorial elegance, Suket Dhir drew upon the personal and personable.

In December 2016, Shroff was on a road trip with her family in Gujarat, when they came across the Dinosaur Fossil Park in Rahioli. “It was an overwhelming experience to see fossils, including dinosaur eggs, lying about in the world’s largest natural exhibit of dinosaur remains,” she says.

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Tushar Joag, who considered art as a tool for social concerns, passed away at his residence in Noida after a heart attack. He was 52. He is survived by his wife, artist Sharmila Samant, and two children.

The King of Tragedy returns.

Sunil Kant Munjal, founder of the Serendipity Arts Foundation, on the third edition of the annual festival, its challenges of scale, and workplace safety.

Gayatri Asokan, who was in Delhi for Jashn-e-Rekhta, is among the first female ghazal singers from Kerala.

Artists dwell on their experiences to bring voices from the margins to the fore at the Kochi Muziris Biennale.