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All in the Family: Why certain species cannibalise on their ownSubscriber Only
September 18, 2025 16:20 IST
The rationale often is the survival of the fittest, especially when food is short and the parents are hard-pressed to feed a brood
Between two cities, a ghazalSubscriber Only
September 15, 2025 11:01 IST
When I stand in front of the mirror after these travels—between New York and India, between past and present—I too ask: is there anything new here? Have I changed, or only the backdrop against which I measure myself?
Baithaks in your Living Room: How intimate, ticketed concerts in urban homes are driving a co-ownership of the age-old music traditionSubscriber Only
September 14, 2025 20:22 IST
From being hosted in large mansions of aristocratic families with access only to a privileged few to new-age gatherings in apartments and experimental spaces, the classical music baithak is now digital-savvy, ticketed and more democratic
How Bhopal’s matrilineal history shaped its modern culinary cultureSubscriber Only
September 13, 2025 10:31 IST
The food of Bhopal tells its own tale — one composed in slow-simmered qormas and aromatic pulaos, in breads pulled fresh from the tandoor’s glow, in sun-aged pickles that whisper of seasons past
‘Architecture is a continuous baton-passing exercise’: Architect Nuru Karim on designing the award-winning Guwahati International Airport, creating cultural gateways and harvesting from NatureSubscriber Only
September 13, 2025 10:23 IST
The Mumbai-based architect talks about why he chose bamboo to design the airport in Guwahati, what advocacy means for Indian architects and how working with water can transform Mumbai
Anuparna Roy on winning at the Venice Film festival, the challenges she faced while shooting for Songs of Forgotten TreesSubscriber Only
September 12, 2025 19:10 IST
The first Indian to win the Orizzonti Best Director award at the Venice Film Festival, Anuparna Roy talks about discovering platonic love between women and finding the political in the personal.
Bobby Deol on Monkey in a Cage and being fearless in his choices: ‘When I did not have any work, I took acting classes…’Subscriber Only
September 14, 2025 08:35 IST
Even as Bobby Deol adopts a fresh approach for his career, he talks about stepping out of his comfort zone, regaining faith in himself and how OTT gave him the chance to be the antagonist.
Rewriting Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind: Unlearnt lessons from historySubscriber Only
September 10, 2025 10:53 IST
We are being told fossil fuels are good and that climate change was just the result of an overheated imagination
The Squelch and the Mulch of Rain: Author Sumana Roy on how the sounds of the world change when it rainsSubscriber Only
September 7, 2025 07:58 IST
The rains force us to become something more than ourselves, like it is the nature of water to spread and increase its occupation.
The Bad Bawrsha: Author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar on celebrating the rain and being resilient with its devastation in JharkhandSubscriber Only
September 7, 2025 05:30 IST
I am at peace when it rains outside at night and I am tucked in bed. I feel everything is alright and nothing bad can touch me. But then, that is my privilege speaking.
‘This story could not have been told in a stoic and dark way’: Inspector Zende director Chinmay Mandlekar on using humour to make the filmSubscriber Only
September 7, 2025 09:09 IST
The film features Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Zende and Jim Sarbh as Carl Bhojraj.
‘There are invisible glass ceilings that one needs to keep shattering’: Huma Qureshi on playing a cop in BayaanSubscriber Only
September 7, 2025 09:09 IST
The actor and producer talks about balancing mainstream and meaningful cinema and her desire to tell stories that resonate with audience beyond urban centres
Why birds look the way they do: Decoding Mother Nature’s LogicSubscriber Only
September 6, 2025 08:40 IST
In the painted snipe, a water bird, the lady sports snazzy white straps and kathakali dancer-like face make-up. Her husband looks similar but as though he’s been given a good rubbing down with a pencil eraser
Designers Shantnu-Nikhil debut at Moscow Fashion Week with women’s couture lineSubscriber Only
September 1, 2025 15:48 IST
‘Both of us took time to decide on a lookbook because we wanted womenswear to feel distinct, not an extension of what we already do,’ say designers
From Bombay to Pune: A journey through Ganesh worship and meaningSubscriber Only
August 31, 2025 08:18 IST
When Bal Gangadhar Tilak transformed Ganesh Chaturthi into a public festival, it was not to divide but to unite — to give people a shared purpose, to teach a city to breathe in chorus.
He was more contemporary than any of the artists I know: Atul Dodiya remembers Tyeb Mehta in his centenary yearSubscriber Only
August 30, 2025 11:36 IST
One of India’s foremost modernists, Mehta painted the silence and anguish of the human soul
Collecting Performance Art: Here’s how you can navigate the ephemerality of the mediumSubscriber Only
September 1, 2025 09:06 IST
Performance art is having its ‘golden moment’ in India and beyond, with an emerging dynamic collector base
‘The composer is the profit… sets the destiny of a film’: Mithoon on being the highest paid composer in Bollywood, his global hit from ‘Saiyaara’ and the stories embedded in his musicSubscriber Only
August 29, 2025 19:06 IST
Music composer Mithoon's 'Dhun' from Saiyaara has entered Spotify's Global Top 100.
Exclusive | Tannishtha Chatterjee on fighting stage 4 cancer, says Shabana Azmi went with her to hospital; Dia Mirza, Urmila Matondkar in support groupSubscriber Only
August 28, 2025 20:14 IST
Tannishtha Chatterjee shares a first-person account of how her girl gang is helping her fight stage 4 oligometastatic cancer.
Making sense of the dilemma over stray dogs
August 27, 2025 15:13 IST
We have allowed the problem to achieve gargantuan dimensions before going in for solutions that are clearly impossible to achieve
Japanese food has been here a while—so why is India now obsessed with ramen, sushi and matcha?Subscriber Only
August 24, 2025 15:20 IST
Sushi counters, ramen bars, adorable kawaii-themed cafés, and omakase experiences — India is in the middle of a Japanese dining boom. Once reserved for five-star hotels, Japanese cuisine is now increasingly accessible, immersive, and imaginative, attracting a younger and more curious audience than ever before
The House that Gudda BuiltSubscriber Only
August 24, 2025 02:00 IST
The Kash-Gul show, from Rohit Bal Design, at the Couture Week, was proof that a brand, when built with soul, does not die with the master. It evolves, it flourishes
When Brad Pitt wore a ‘Made in India’ shirt: Meet Shani Himanshu who is acing contemporary fashion by reviving indigo and desi cottonSubscriber Only
August 24, 2025 08:51 IST
The designer, who was trained at Diesel, Italy, is now into R&D and is on the cusp of creating India's own denim brand
Kabir Khan at Expresso: ‘Saying you’re apolitical is the most political statement. It reeks of privilege’Subscriber Only
August 25, 2025 07:49 IST
At Expresso in Mumbai, director Kabir Khan and actor-producer Richa Chadha reflected on spending a decade in Bollywood, their big breaks, and being vocal about their political views.
Jungleland wishlist: What animals have, and humans wantSubscriber Only
August 21, 2025 11:04 IST
We’ve been grossly short-changed, but if we put on that sweet, inane smile the three-toed sloth wears, maybe Mother Nature will bestow us with her benediction
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