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2025 promises a vibrant year of art, music, fashion and food

Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Kochi Biennale and Kala Ghoda: What are 25 things to do in 2025Subscriber Only

January 5, 2025 22:14 IST

Here's unfurling the calendar for the best of culture, fashion, food, art, books and the grand spectacle called India

Richa Chaddha and Ali Fazal with Suvir Saran and Jyoti Sharma Bawa at IIT Delhi for SCREEN Live event. (Photo: Express Photo)

‘Both father and mother have to raise their boy together. Beta padhao, beti bachao’: Richa ChadhaSign In to read

January 5, 2025 20:59 IST

Actor-producers Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal on Girls Will Be Girls, which won awards at the Sundance Film Festival, parenting and breaking their fixed deposits to fund their debut project. The conversation was moderated by Suvir Saran and Jyoti Sharma Bawa.

birds

Why do some migratory birds lose their way?Subscriber Only

January 4, 2025 14:42 IST

A Little Gull spotted in the Chandu wetlands near the Sultanpur National Park, far off its course, drew birders from far and wide

Life isn’t meant to be wiped clean; it’s meant to be layered, like that burnt chutney, with flavours born from our mistakes and triumphs alike. (Credit: Suvir Saran)

This new year, let’s live fully, messily and beautifullySubscriber Only

December 29, 2024 22:22 IST

Resolutions demand that we start anew each January, erasing the months before. But life isn’t meant to be wiped clean; it’s meant to be layered, like that burnt chutney, with flavours born from our mistakes and triumphs alike

Wellesley in the US in its many colours

Winter travel special: Jerry Pinto sees life in the white and quiet world of WellesleySubscriber Only

December 29, 2024 22:24 IST

When I walked through the campus designed by the same man who landscaped Central Park, New York, I could enjoy a host of young women acting winter: they stamped their shoes, they flicked snowflakes off their hair, they wrapped and unwrapped themselves with the care that we would give birthday gifts back home.

wild elephant, corbett

Winter travel special: How a Corbett safari ended in an encounter with a wild elephant overdosed on testosteroneSubscriber Only

December 29, 2024 06:00 IST

I must have been in the middle or towards the end of the ‘queue’ when I was suddenly confronted by all the pioneering leaders rushing pell-mell back urgently whispering ‘Pagal haathi! Pagal haathi!’

Moringa trees

Winter travel special: Under the Moringa Tree’s ShadowSubscriber Only

December 29, 2024 14:47 IST

Is Barmer about serendipity? Or a way of life in the Thar, where sight, sound, smell, and everything else is about the art of finding water?

Sharmila Tagore at SCREEN live

Sharmila Tagore on Screen Live: ‘Film awards once celebrated the industry. Now there is an A-lister row and nobody talks to anybody’Subscriber Only

December 28, 2024 14:05 IST

Sharmila Tagore on her new film Outhouse, being ahead of her time and the missing camaraderie in Bollywood. The conversation was moderated by Aakash Joshi

Machu Picchu

Winter travel special: How Machu Picchu became an Earth Mother, nudging us on our trekSubscriber Only

December 28, 2024 13:15 IST

"Suddenly, I felt like the only person alive in an alien universe. I also felt ill and dizzy, as if the snow was simply waiting for me to die and be buried under," says author Nandini Krishnan

winter travel

Winter travel special: How Sikkim is home to a different Christmas treeSubscriber Only

December 28, 2024 13:21 IST

Conifers dusted with powdery sugar and trees plump with frosting. Snow in Sikkim may have thrown our best-laid schemes awry but we would not have had it any other way

Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol at SCREEN Live

Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol on films, legacy and father Dharmendra: ‘Not dhai kilo ka haath, my truth is my strength’Subscriber Only

December 23, 2024 11:42 IST

At SCREEN Live, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol come together to discuss their blockbuster year, family legacy, camps in Bollywood and the secret of their grit.

honey badger

What makes the ratel or the honey badger — street fighters of the animal world — my favourite animal?Subscriber Only

December 21, 2024 10:08 IST

While not shredding the dignity of inquisitive lions and leopards, ratels hunt for smaller animals with the same degree of ferocity and are vital in keeping animals like rodents and lizards under control

Awaara

Raj Kapoor @ 100: The showman whose magic dazzles us through generationsSubscriber Only

December 15, 2024 21:35 IST

Remembering the legendary Raj Kapoor on his centenary, what made him an awaara and why he felt the hardest thing to do in cinema was to make a good popular film.

suvir saran

How raagas can heal: A life in music and memoriesSubscriber Only

December 15, 2024 06:00 IST

Raagas like Bhairavi and Bageshri became guideposts in dark times, their melodies reminding us that light and hope are always within reach

bhupen khakhar

Bhupen Khakhar made a virtue of painting pain, he suffered and laughed: Gulammohammed SheikhSubscriber Only

December 14, 2024 19:41 IST

Gulammohammed Sheikh on curating an exhibition of Bhupen Khakhar at Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, their friendship and Khakhar’s depiction of homosexual relationships

There you have the mother of all traffic jams and all you can hear are skylarks or bulbuls singing their hearts out all around you.  (Credit: Ranjit Lal)

Why not replace car horns with bird sounds?Subscriber Only

December 13, 2024 19:48 IST

If the guy behind you in the Humvee warbles like a skylark or bulbul, you’ll gladly give way to him or her with a smile and a wave, even if he is purple with rage

Chuck Russell

Why director Chuck Russell says watching horror films is catharticSubscriber Only

December 7, 2024 10:43 IST

American director Chuck Russell was at IFFI, Goa, where he spoke about returning to the horror genre and possibility of setting part of his next project in India

Avinash Tiwary, Tamannaah Bhatia and Jimmy Shergill at the Screen Live event in Mumbai

Avinash Tiwary: ‘Once we create stories, a certain escape for those couple of hours, audiences will come back’Subscriber Only

December 6, 2024 17:00 IST

Jimmy Shergill, Tamannaah Bhatia and Avinash Tiwary talk about the ‘hustle’ of entering the industry as outsiders, meeting superstars like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan and working with Neeraj Pandey on their new film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar. The conversation was moderated by Jyoti Sharma Bawa, Entertainment and Lifestyle Editor, Indian Express Digital.

If it weren’t for fruit bats we probably could kiss goodbye to mangoes and bananas and a host of other fruit, which they pollinate

Fruit bats: the Boeings and Airbuses of the animal kingdomSubscriber Only

December 4, 2024 20:55 IST

The only mammals that can maintain sustained flight, a fruit bat can give you the heebie-jeebies while flapping close past you

Boong

Lakshmipriya Devi on how her directorial debut Boong is rooted in Manipur: ‘Things about my childhood came rushing in…’Subscriber Only

December 1, 2024 11:43 IST

When Lakshmipriya Devi strongly reconnected with her Manipuri roots while caring for her father and aunt at her Mumbai home, she badly wanted to write the story of Boong.

Karan Aujla

How Indo-Canadian pop sensation Karan Aujla is the new prince of Punjabi popSubscriber Only

December 2, 2024 09:46 IST

The 27-year-old Karan Aujla on ruling the charts, staying true to his roots, his Bollywood debut with the hit 'Tauba Tauba,' and why his upcoming India tour feels like homecoming.

Girls Will Be Girls

Preeti Panigrahi on how imperfections made her performance in Girls Will Be Girls shine: ‘A lot of my inhibitions were dodged off’Subscriber Only

December 1, 2024 11:32 IST

Girls will be Girls, the debut directorial by Shuchi Talati that recently screened at the Dharamshala International Film Festival, features Preeti Panigrahi (23) in her first feature film performance.

dharma

How one’s dharma can sow seeds of changeSubscriber Only

December 1, 2024 05:30 IST

It has fallen upon me to declare the truth to my neighbours, to help them become better humans

MF Husain’s work at the exhibition — Portrait of a Painter (note: this is the one with husain in the painting surrounded by his other works)

The maverick and his art: MF Husain across six decadesSubscriber Only

November 30, 2024 08:55 IST

Husain’s paintings have spoken to audiences, both regional and global. Now, an exhibition in the Capital testifies to why he is one of India’s most-admired artists

Abhishek Bachchan with Ahilya Bamroo in a still from I Want To Talk

Abhishek Bachchan asked me if he should eat more to look bigger for I Want To Talk role: Shoojit SircarSubscriber Only

December 1, 2024 08:32 IST

Shoojit Sircar unpacks the making of I Want To Talk, how Abhishek Bachchan became his assistant director on the set and how Johny Lever was cast as his namesake

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