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From Cover Drives to Contracts: How Smriti Mandhana Became India’s Most Marketable CricketerSubscriber Only
November 9, 2025 08:05 IST
The left-hander, who once joked that her agent looked like Paresh Rawal, is now among the world’s top female sporting earners — with 17 brands and a World Cup to her name
The Hug That Told a Thousand Stories: Harmanpreet Kaur and the Moment India Became World ChampionsSubscriber Only
November 9, 2025 09:29 IST
After 16 years of tears, toil, and triumphs, Harmanpreet Kaur’s World Cup-winning catch ended not just a match — but a family’s lifelong dream
Babul mora naihar chhooto hi jayeSubscriber Only
November 9, 2025 11:38 IST
It is not merely about leaving; it is about the limits of being loved. About how even the most generous arms cannot always erase inherited apprehension.
Why Lucky Ali’s RE:SOUND tour feels like more than just a comebackSubscriber Only
November 9, 2025 13:41 IST
Singer Lucky Ali on touring at 67, his ‘unrefined’ voice and leaving the Hindi film industry where he didn’t really know anyone.
Maria Zbąska’s award-winning To Nie Moj Film screens at EU Film Festival in IndiaSubscriber Only
November 8, 2025 07:04 IST
Screened a recent film festival in Delhi, To Nie Moj Film explores the complex relationship of a couple against the backdrop of a harsh winter.
Chef at Home: ‘Accidental chef’ Hemant Oberoi on relishing dhaba meals and crafting finest tables for Ambanis, Bachchans, GodrejsSubscriber Only
November 9, 2025 17:16 IST
At just 19, Oberoi joined The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, as a trainee, earning Rs 150 a month. By 31, he was an executive chef
200,000 killed by cars, a few by tigers: Double standards in man-animal conflictsSubscriber Only
November 5, 2025 07:00 IST
In most cases, the reportage of the man-animal conflict often glosses over the fact that the root cause is humans themselves
Ritwik Ghatak centenary: Revisiting the life and legacy of Indian cinema’s rebel auteur
November 3, 2025 18:15 IST
Writer-director Ritwik Ghatak’s films stand out for their stark depictions of social and cultural displacement. We piece together the portrait of Indian cinema’s fierce visionary — a filmmaker driven by a yearning for a wider audience and a lifelong struggle for acceptance
The song that sang me: How ‘kahe ko byaahe bides’ found my soulSubscriber Only
November 2, 2025 09:09 IST
Kahe ko byaahe bides from Umrao Jaan is a song of love and longing that echoes the pain of exile
SRK@60: How Shah Rukh Khan’s songs taught India to fall in loveSubscriber Only
November 2, 2025 07:22 IST
From mustard fields to city skylines, how Shah Rukh Khan became the song on screen, defining love and longing for an entire generation.
SRK@60: In the age of Andrew Tate, the early Shah Rukh Khan still offers a kinder, wiser masculinitySubscriber Only
November 3, 2025 05:39 IST
Through some of his iconic roles, Shah Rukh Khan has answered a question that is seldom asked now: What does it mean to ‘be a man’?
SRK@60: Why Shah Rukh Khan is Bollywood’s last, and only, superstarSubscriber Only
November 1, 2025 19:29 IST
A look at the Delhi boy who dreamed big and became the face of New India.
How Thukral and Tagra are turning Indian art into playSubscriber Only
November 1, 2025 15:21 IST
Over their two-decade partnership, Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra have tried to make art accessible to all, engaging in playful ways to turn the audience into collaborators
Shah Rukh Khan turns 60: Why Gen Z still believes in the magic of King KhanSubscriber Only
November 2, 2025 07:21 IST
When Gen Z is often accused of detachment, we find comfort in Shah Rukh Khan who believes so unapologetically in love and drama.
Rukmini Vasanth on Kantara Chapter 1: ‘Many of my scenes with Rishab Shetty were complex, but he was always right there — guiding and performing’Subscriber Only
October 31, 2025 18:54 IST
Rukmini Vasanth on how Rishab Shetty tricked her before inviting her for the narration of Kantara: Chapter 1, the prep for Princess Kanakavathi, and why Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A and Side B was her acting lab.
The lost seasons of India: From Delhi’s crisp winter to monsoon magicSubscriber Only
October 29, 2025 21:19 IST
A look at how human recklessness has cost India the joy of its characteristic seasons
Avartana and the future of Indian tasteSubscriber Only
October 26, 2025 05:30 IST
ITC Hotels has done what few global groups dare — turned commerce into culture, business into beauty. Avartana’s interiors are not design; they are devotion.
From Thamma to Lokah: Indian cinema’s vampire boom rakes in the big bucksSubscriber Only
October 25, 2025 20:36 IST
As vampires reclaim their place in mainstream cinema, a closer look at how they have reinvented themselves through the centuries and why filmmakers are once again sinking their teeth into these narratives.
In Kerala’s Malarikkal, a sea of pink water lilies turns paddy fields into paradiseSubscriber Only
October 25, 2025 13:09 IST
Between July and October, the backwaters of Malarikkal get covered with thousands of pink blooms, transforming it into Kerala’s most Instagrammable destination
Avanti Patel and Rutuja Lad’s ‘O Gaanewali’ Reclaims the Legacy of Courtesans and Women SingersSubscriber Only
October 25, 2025 10:30 IST
The show is a nod to courtesans who navigated patriarchy and asserted their cultural authority
Why humans are masters of the planet but fools of the futureSubscriber Only
October 22, 2025 13:36 IST
Human intellect is accelerating environmental collapse. This is what we can learn from animals.
Festive Frames: Raja Ravi Varma’s ‘Lakshmi’ and other visual depictions of DiwaliSubscriber Only
October 28, 2025 11:19 IST
A look at how art works captured the spirit of the festival of lights
We are as strong as the forest that surrounds usSubscriber Only
October 28, 2025 11:19 IST
My hope and faith is that if we have to bring about a social change, then the future of mental health is not in the clinics but in the schools, colleges and in the community
The shared table that is DiwaliSubscriber Only
October 20, 2025 07:13 IST
In our kitchen, occasions overlapped, flavours mingled and every dish told a story of coexistence.
Devdutt Pattanaik on how Rama’s return to Ayodhya is one of the many stories around DiwaliSubscriber Only
October 20, 2025 16:31 IST
Diwali a ‘pagan’ festival — an accusation once made by Muslim rulers and British colonisers for whom festivals were usually about the birth of prophets and martyrdom of saints
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