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Golden Globes Gala Dinner - Arrivals - The Red Sea International Film Festival 2025

‘Hope to make it hub for good cinema’: Shivani Pandya Malhotra on spearheading the Red Sea International Film FestivalSubscriber Only

December 20, 2025 14:47 IST

Media professional Shivani Pandya Malhotra, who put the Dubai International Film Festival on the map, moved base to Jeddah for the Red Sea International Film Festival.

Joyce Arora

Inside Joyce Arora’s kitchen: The home cook behind Bollywood’s favourite dishesSubscriber Only

December 20, 2025 17:14 IST

Joyce's Christmas lunch is a bustling affair. She single-handedly cooks for over 40 people, with enough leftovers for friends and family to take home

panettone

Chasing Panettone: How a Christmas bread from Italy became a global obsessionSubscriber Only

December 20, 2025 12:29 IST

Baked with the right mix of candied fruit and stories, the crusty panettone is Italy’s reminder of everything Christmas

Salman Khan, Idris Elba

RSIFF 2025 brings powerful Palestine films, Bollywood stars and global filmmakers to JeddahSubscriber Only

December 20, 2025 07:38 IST

In the fifth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), the festival honours storytellers and new talent from West Asia, with Bollywood throw in for good measure.

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1871 in 2025: Revisiting Mumbai’s first classical music clubSubscriber Only

December 20, 2025 10:39 IST

By recreating concerts of a Parsi music club in 19th-century Bombay, Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan show how it helped democratise Hindustani classical music

Bald-headed geese are migratory birds

Why millions of birds migrate each winter—and how India becomes their refugeSubscriber Only

December 19, 2025 12:57 IST

While many birds will splash down near Delhi's wetlands, so,e will fly further south, to places such as Pulicat lake and Point Calimere.

Humsafar

Woh Humsafar Tha: On endings, echoes, and the book that became my beginningSubscriber Only

December 14, 2025 10:37 IST

A song that has outlived countries, outlasted relationships, and out-reasoned reason itself.

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Gen Z reinvents the sari: From traditional drapes to modern boho-chic fashionSubscriber Only

December 14, 2025 17:11 IST

A sari has always been about style and common sense. Now, women (and men) are reimagining the many ways to wear it

Radhika Das's concert in Delhi

Why Gen Z is flocking to modern kirtansSubscriber Only

December 16, 2025 13:07 IST

With the need for stillness and a curiosity around the spiritual, the young are heading to bhajan clubs for a place to anchor

Snigdha Kapoor's Holy Curse

Oscar-Qualified Holy Curse: Lilly Singh and Snigdha Kapoor Discuss Telling Queer, Honest StoriesSubscriber Only

December 13, 2025 14:44 IST

Director Snigdha Kapoor and executive producer Lilly Singh on the importance of telling stories from a feminine lens.

Shovana Narayan

A taste of home: Shovana Narayan remembers Rohu Poshtodana, Chutneys and the comfort of her mother’s kitchenSubscriber Only

December 13, 2025 14:26 IST

The Kathak exponent on her mother’s fish in mustard and rohu in poppy seed paste.

Sudarshan Shetty

From chawls to trains: Sudarshan Shetty’s immersive Mumbai experience at Serendipity ArtsSubscriber Only

December 13, 2025 14:21 IST

Sudarshan Shetty on capturing the rhythm and tempo of Mumbai in his video titled A Breath Held Long, showing at the Serendipity Arts Festival

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At home with the world: international artists to watch out for at KMBSubscriber Only

December 13, 2025 13:48 IST

The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale brings several internationally renowned artists whose works expand the biennale’s global dialogue.

Ibrahim Mahama

At Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Ibrahim Mahama reimagines jute sacks to tell a story of labour and tradeSubscriber Only

December 12, 2025 18:44 IST

Mahama is the first African to be named the most influential figure in the art world

Birding on the Sirocco Plateau in Goa

Birding on the Sirocco Plateau: North Goa’s ancient laterite wilderness and migratory raptorsSubscriber Only

December 12, 2025 18:34 IST

One can spot harriers, Brahminy kites and even if you are lucky enough Amur falcons

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‘The Nutcracker on Ice’ transforms Mumbai’s grand theatre into a winter wonderlandSubscriber Only

December 12, 2025 14:20 IST

Tony Mercer, director of the ongoing NMACC show 'The Nutcracker on Ice,' talks about combining classic tales with figure skating elements.

Marina Abramović

Kochi Biennale showstopper Marina Abramović, a pioneer in performance art, brings with her stories of endurance and power of reinventionSubscriber Only

December 7, 2025 08:15 IST

US-based Marina Abramović, who will headline the sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, on using the body to confront vulnerability, archiving memory and how art can be spiritual

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Vanvas in the age of noiseSubscriber Only

December 7, 2025 05:30 IST

The vanvas we crave today is not geographical — it is psychological.

Nikhil Chopra

How Kochi’s history and living traditions shape Nikhil Chopra’s vision for the Kochi-Muziris BiennaleSubscriber Only

December 6, 2025 12:23 IST

The artist on curating the biennale's 6th edition and putting the body at the centre of all experiences

Chef Rahul

A life in sandwiches: Chef Rahul Akerkar on memory, mentors and Mumbai’s food revolutionSubscriber Only

December 6, 2025 11:55 IST

From studying surgery to becoming a chef, Rahul Akerkar found a friend in knife.

Suraj Sharma and Simone Ashley in This Tempting Madness

From Life of Pi to This Tempting Madness: Actor Suraj Sharma on growth, identity and new horizonsSubscriber Only

December 6, 2025 07:00 IST

Actor Suraj Sharma spoke about growth, identity, and new horizons on the sidelines of the world premiere of his upcoming film This Tempting Madness at IFFI 2025.

Shefali Shah and Huma Qureshi were guests at the recent Expresso

‘If I don’t use the privilege of a mic and a camera to change the narrative, it would be unfair,’ says Shefali Shah at ExpressoSubscriber Only

December 6, 2025 07:30 IST

At Expresso, actors Shefali Shah and Huma Qureshi spoke about the latest instalment of popular Netflix series Delhi Crime, how OTT has opened new doors for new stars and taking the critics’ words with a pinch of salt.

A morning view of the Pilerne lake in Goa

Jacanas on a vanishing lake: A morning in PilerneSubscriber Only

December 4, 2025 17:01 IST

In the Jacana clan, it is daddy dear who brings up the brood but it’s his wife who wears the pants

bookstore

How Indian bookstores are luring young readers back with stories, events and screen-free spacesSubscriber Only

November 30, 2025 10:22 IST

The ‘de-screening’ impulse is fostering a growth in India's children's books market. Parents and bookstores are doing their bit to raise the next generation of readers

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The mountains are calling us back to ourselvesSubscriber Only

November 30, 2025 06:00 IST

‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ cannot be a banner. It must be a becoming

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