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Deepika Singh
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Jigra, My Brother Nikhil: When Bollywood showed sisters, too, can be protectorsSubscriber Only
August 09, 2025 09:39 IST
On Raksha Bandha 2025 today, here's tipping our hats to two onscreen sisters who didn't want their brothers' protection, but stood like rocks between them and the world.
Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Zara Chowdhary’s The Lucky Ones revisits the uncomfortable realities of the 2002 Gujarat riotsSubscriber Only
August 02, 2025 20:56 IST
Written in an easy and engaging tone, it captures the crippling fear among the minorities and the apathy of the authorities with nuance
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Do you have problem with social media successes like Dolly Chaiwalla? Just sit back and enjoy reelsSubscriber Only
July 17, 2025 18:32 IST
Those who have a problem with social media successes need to either realise the world is changing or just sit back and enjoy the reels
Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Air India plane crash: Recalling the Charkhi Dadri collision, one of the worst aviation disasters in historySubscriber Only
June 16, 2025 19:20 IST
The Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad came 29 years after the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision of Saudia Flight 763 which was going from Delhi to Saudi Arabia’s Dhahran, and Kazakh Flight 1907 which was travelling from Kazakhstan’s Chimkent (now Shymkent) to Delhi
Mon, Jun 16, 2025
When sirens blared, society park became a ‘field hospital’: How the mock drill played out at East Delhi’s Sahyog ApartmentsSubscriber Only
May 08, 2025 04:06 IST
As many residents from the complex – the society is a mix of low-rise and mid-rise residential buildings -- gathered at the park, some watched over from their balconies.
Thu, May 08, 2025
How did Chawri Bazar get its name? What does Ballimaran mean? On this heritage walk, nuggets of Delhi’s history come to lifeSubscriber Only
March 31, 2025 14:19 IST
This and many other fascinating nuggets of Old Delhi were shared by Hashmi as he held his penultimate heritage walk of the season, titled Exploring Hauz Qazi.
Wed, Apr 02, 2025
For the debacle that is ‘Nadaaniyan’, blame the writer, not actorsSubscriber Only
March 19, 2025 13:12 IST
A comparison with ‘Socha Na Tha’, another rom-com that released 20 years and was the launchpad of another star kid, shows why some movies age well while others fall flat upon their faces
Wed, Mar 19, 2025
Dear men’s rights activists, calm down: ‘Mrs’ is not a threat to your familySubscriber Only
February 26, 2025 18:46 IST
It is you, with your insensitive and entitled ways, who may be doing that. If a film makes men a little bit aware of their toxicity and inspires women to stand up for themselves, what is the harm?
Wed, Feb 26, 2025
How I rediscovered the book fair and met Sir Arthur Conan Doyle againSubscriber Only
February 09, 2025 11:50 IST
Over the years, with everything online taking over most aspects of my life, book fairs sort of fell off the priority list. Till I went last year and learnt their secret — they allow books to find you.
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
Policing ‘live-in’ relationships will not end intimate partner violenceSubscriber Only
February 02, 2025 13:34 IST
We need to stop ignoring abuse, including in marriage. We need to start training boys from a young age about domestic violence and how they can break the pattern
Sun, Feb 02, 2025
A new jewellery ad with Katrina Kaif gets exactly what fat people wantSubscriber Only
January 23, 2025 16:12 IST
We just want to be allowed to exist, without being condemned, fetishised or, worst of all, pitied.
Fri, Jan 24, 2025
Dear CEOs, here’s what we do when we are not at work — besides staring at our wivesSubscriber Only
January 10, 2025 11:17 IST
Subrahmanyan and those of his ilk conveniently seem to be skipping one point of note: They are the CEOs, raking in millions in salary, apart from other bonuses, perks, ESOPs and what have you. The employee that they are expecting to selectively emulate them is mostly an average-paid worker
Mon, Jan 13, 2025
The joy of being salon-freeSubscriber Only
December 08, 2024 06:00 IST
Do I miss it? Not for a second. Oddly, I feel liberated. As someone who is not conventionally attractive, the parlours mostly made me feel inadequate about what I didn’t have. Besides, I am very lazy and getting hair removed from various body parts was hardly a motivation to get out of bed.
Sun, Dec 08, 2024
Millennials in a Gen Z crowd: Is 37 too old for a Prateek Kuhad concert?Subscriber Only
December 04, 2024 13:04 IST
But then who says you can’t attend a concert that is strictly reserved for the Gen Z, or later millennials at best?
Thu, Dec 05, 2024
Delhi’s heritage walks hit as pollution plays spoilsport: Here’s how organisers are copingSubscriber Only
November 24, 2024 04:20 IST
Taking a break from work was something that the team of Asif Khan Dehlvi, founder of Delhi Karavan, had advised him to do amid the spike in pollution level.
Sun, Nov 24, 2024
Delhi: Rare manuscripts to 9th CE bronze sculpture, this exhibition traces Hindi’s expanseSubscriber Only
November 13, 2024 03:41 IST
The exhibition also has an audio-visual section where visitors can watch Hindi being represented on international platforms such as the speech given by the then foreign minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the UN General Assembly in 1977.
Wed, Nov 13, 2024
A queen’s promise, a festival spanning 200 years: How Phoolwalon ki sair is a testament to Delhi’s syncretic cultureSubscriber Only
October 28, 2024 04:39 IST
Speaking at the event, CM Atishi said, “'Phool Waalon Ki Sair’ is not just a festival; it has upheld the tradition of Delhi's centuries-old Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb.”
Mon, Oct 28, 2024
This winter, explore Delhi’s famous and unexplored monuments — one heritage walk at a timeSubscriber Only
October 11, 2024 02:56 IST
The Delhi Tourism Department is organising a Heritage Walk Festival, as part of which it will hold 100 Heritage Walks each day until December 31. Thursday’s walk was at the Mutiny Memorial, renamed Ajitgarh, near Kashmere Gate
Fri, Oct 11, 2024
A tourist favourite, Agrasen ki Baoli is grabbing eyeballs for another reason nowSubscriber Only
October 07, 2024 04:23 IST
Rameen Khan, founder of City Tales, which conducts heritage walks in Delhi and beyond, says, “The most famous baoli of Delhi is also an enigma.”
Mon, Oct 07, 2024
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ gets many things right. Portrayal of a newspaper office is not one of themSubscriber Only
September 06, 2024 18:48 IST
One can flag many inconsistencies in the series but that would take away from the larger picture: Which is that the Hindi entertainment industry does not know how a newsroom functions. Worse, it doesn't want to find out
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
Isa Khan Niyazi’s tomb: Among the first and last structures of its kindSubscriber Only
September 02, 2024 08:20 IST
The octagonal structure with glimpses of blue tiles adorning its domes can be accessed following a short walk from the complex main gates, towards the right where a nondescript entrance gives no indication to the fascinating, exquisite structure to be found inside.
Tue, Sep 03, 2024
A riverside citadel, symbol of a king’s ambitions: Feroz Shah Kotla, where ruins tell a storySubscriber Only
August 26, 2024 05:08 IST
A short walk from the stadium leads to a 14th-century monument built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty who succeeded his cousin Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
Mon, Aug 26, 2024
Barapullah: Mughal-era bridge that lends its name to a busy flyover, key drainSubscriber Only
July 22, 2024 06:00 IST
Educationist and reformer Sir Syed Ahmed Khan describes the bridge as “very beautifully constructed and located four miles south of Shahjahanabad on the way to Faridabad near an inn” in his book Asar-us-Sanadid published in 1847.
Mon, Jul 22, 2024
Speaking for myself: In defence of ‘spoiling the mood’ — and making family members uncomfortableSubscriber Only
June 29, 2024 12:17 IST
When a snide remark about women or minorities in an otherwise jovial dinner time conversation stings, it is good to disrupt. There are tiny victories in fighting the good fight
Sat, Jun 29, 2024
In heart of Mehrauli, this Bhool Bhulaiyya is more than just a mazeSubscriber Only
June 24, 2024 05:30 IST
Besides Adham Khan, his mother Maham Anga, Akbar’s wet nurse and foster mother, is also buried here. Although, only one gravestone is visible now.
Mon, Jun 24, 2024
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