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In an expansive conversation, writer Amit Chaudhuri and political theorist Pratap Bhanu Mehta discuss the idiosyncrasies of Indian classical music, how it shaped Chaudhuri’s creative impulse and his idea of home and the world
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Why we need to stand in the light
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How a zen-like Gaitonde practised minimalism in life and art
With his 1961 canvas selling for Rs 39.98 crore last month, he set a new record for Indian art worldwide. But, as in art, so in life, for VS Gaitonde, less was always more
Why the Rashtrapati Bhavan photo archive is the nation’s family album
The Rashtrapati Bhavan photo library provides rare glimpses into the multifaceted personalities of our presidents, and of lost time
‘I’ve made my peace with waiting’
From Marathi films to the Hindi blockbuster Gully Boy, from Sacred Games 2 to the recent Bombay Begums, actor Amruta Subhash is making the audience sit up and take notice.
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Dancer Aditi Mangaldas recalls growing up with VS Gaitonde’s 1961 painting, which sold for Rs 39.98 crore last month, setting a new record for Indian art. She and her brother Aditya Mangaldas owned the work
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Govind Nihalani’s 1984 NFDC-produced film shows how differences and discussions were welcome at gatherings in the ’80s
Biriyaani and Holy Rights, recently given the National Award, show the many wrongs women endure for a right
While Farha Khatun faced criticism for her documentary Holy Rights on women qazis, a handful of Kerala theatres refused to screen Sajin Baabu's Kani Kusruti-starrer feature Biriyaani
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How Bangladesh has arrived on the global map at 50
A cast of dynamic Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and intellectuals tell the story of a nation on the upsurge, that has emerged from a difficult past to a prosperous and nuanced present
Why the cat outside your door might be feral
Is it a domestic cat first becoming a stray and then progressing to feral?
‘Emotionally, the lockdown was a period of introspection’
Actor Sanya Malhotra, 29, on playing a young widow in her just-released film Pagglait, and how the character is still a part of her
Sunday Long Reads: A year of the pandemic, work-from-home culture, Begum Akhtar’s ‘Parda Uthao’, and more
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Are wildcats more ferocious than tigers
They are our forests’ best kept secrets but they can let out quite a roar
What does it mean to be an inclusive, empathetic society
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Why the queen of ghazals Begum Akhtar ordered, ‘Parda Uthao’
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What happened when virtual meetings took over our lives and we became the WFH generation
Will the future workforce be more remote than every before and can there actually exist a healthy balance between home and work
How our future homes and work spaces can include ideas of impermanence
An architect’s insight into what it means to have the live.work.play narrative shaped into new configurations
As the lockdown took over our lives, what do children have to say
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What an epidemiologist has gathered as we complete a year of the pandemic
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