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Chess superstar: Magnus Carlsen at a game in London, in March 2013 (Credit: Andrew Testa/The New York Times)

How Norway shaped Magnus CarlsenSubscriber Only

June 30, 2024 08:46 IST

There’s more to this world chess champion than the mastery of 64 squares. It comes from a Scandinavian upbringing of enjoying what he does and measuring success differently

Qawwali great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Credit: Express File Photo)

How a record label lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s music and found it 35 years laterSubscriber Only

June 30, 2024 01:00 IST

Twenty-seven years after he passed away, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s voice will be heard again through a lost tape that has been found in a UK warehouse

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What made a misfit reach for the starsSubscriber Only

June 30, 2024 01:00 IST

At the heart of India lies a hunger for learning, discovering and acceptance, and plurality of thought and action

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‘For our own poetry, we need to save our mother tongues’: Poet Jiban NarahSubscriber Only

June 28, 2024 10:00 IST

Malayalam poet Anvar Ali talks to Assamese poet Jiban Narah on the political strains in his poetry and why ethnic languages must survive

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What elephants talk when we aren’t listeningSubscriber Only

June 25, 2024 12:00 IST

Down in Jungleland eavesdrops on a matriarch elephant discussing Artificial intelligence with her two senior-most aides, Golu and Bholu

KG Subramanyan

Celebrating KG Subramanyan: Artist, Scholar, Poet, WriterSubscriber Only

June 23, 2024 07:21 IST

From using mythology and folklore, calligraphy and Western Cubism to depicting modern-day issues, KG Subramanyan’s influences were as diverse as his oeuvre. A look at the prolific modernist and teacher in his birth centenary year

Milind Soman, his wife Ankita Konwar and his mother Usha Soman (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

Why Milind Soman says that fitness is personal in the book Keep MovingSubscriber Only

June 28, 2024 17:31 IST

In their first book together, titled Keep Moving, Milind Soman, his mother Usha and wife Ankita talk about why fitness is personal and how starting small can go a long way

Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in Paradise

A supportive audience pushes you to make unconventional choices: Roshan MathewSubscriber Only

June 22, 2024 07:00 IST

Lead actors of Paradise, Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran, talk about headlining a Sri Lanka-India co-production, working with director Prasanna Vithanage and being permanent collaborators.

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Plants can be ferocious tooSubscriber Only

June 19, 2024 14:12 IST

In hostile surroundings, one can find carnivorous plants and even those that strangle host plants for their survival

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Finding love, empathy and compassion in Kabir’s songsSubscriber Only

June 17, 2024 17:53 IST

Deepa Bua gave me the gift of Kabir Bani, poems of wisdom, that could easily become the epitome of truth for those who follow his simple words steeped in clarion devotion to the one, God, and through that to all of humanity

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Sonal Mansingh lives with her naayikas: How her 60 plus years of dancing has changed herSubscriber Only

June 16, 2024 22:30 IST

The veteran on recovering her body from a tragic accident, the Sanskrit texts that inspire her moves and what legacy means to her

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L Shankar, Shakti’s lesser-known founding member is back and he has a story to tellSubscriber Only

June 16, 2024 14:27 IST

He speaks about why he left the band in its prime, working with Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel, inventing LSD – his stereophonic double violin and being disappointed at not being asked to be a part of ‘50 years of Shakti’ tour

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Gullak’s new season shows challenges of the Mishras with grown-up sons: Director Shreyansh PandeySubscriber Only

June 15, 2024 09:12 IST

The new season of Gullak remains within the ambit of the world it has created even as the elder son Annu is dealing with problems on the work front while the younger one has found several distractions.

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‘No failure or feeling is permanent’: Masoom MinawalaSubscriber Only

June 14, 2024 10:00 IST

Fashion creator and entrepreneur Masoom Minawala on her debut book, She'll Never Make It, embracing failure and the importance of looking forward

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Theatre veteran MK Raina explores importance of cultural education, Kashmir and healing power of stories in memoirSubscriber Only

June 13, 2024 18:18 IST

Raina says that he would like Indians to understand that the nation was built on the foundations of pluralism and sacrifice. It is with that purpose that he has penned his memoir Before I Forget (Penguin)

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The marvellous mechanics of flyingSubscriber Only

June 12, 2024 13:59 IST

While wings are Mother Nature’s most ingenious creations, the computing power of birds and insects is even more impressive

Muskan Nazz, a healthcare analyst from Bihar (Credit: Renuka Puri)

10 years of NALSA judgment: What has changed for transgender communitySubscriber Only

June 10, 2024 16:52 IST

A decade after the Supreme Court judgment that recognised the rights of transgender people in India, the community tells us what has changed in their lives – and what hasn’t

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MF Husain to Manu Parekh, India shines at the Venice Biennale despite no national pavilionSubscriber Only

June 8, 2024 18:03 IST

India does not have a national pavilion at the ongoing edition of the Venice Biennale, but there is a substantial presence of Indian art and artists at the prestigious event helmed by its first Latin American curator Adriano Pedrosa

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Oscar-winner Resul Pookutty on the significance of India’s big win at CannesSubscriber Only

June 9, 2024 11:58 IST

The Padma Shri recipient sound designer on why most Indian awards aren’t credible and therefore, Western validation is important, the need to support indie movies, the importance of film schools, and his upcoming projects.

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Teens organised art therapy workshop at soft launch of their start-upSubscriber Only

June 5, 2024 17:00 IST

Sia Ahluwalia, 16, and Trisha Vijeshwar 15 of Shriram Millennium School, Noida, launched their non-profit, The Sukoon Studio, and organised an art therapy session

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Birds that prosper better in cities than in the hinterlandSubscriber Only

June 5, 2024 16:35 IST

Humans might have a role to play in why sparrows, blue rock doves, crows, mynas and black kites, among others, prefer the big city life

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India at Cannes: What does Payal Kapadia’s win mean for our film industrySubscriber Only

June 2, 2024 08:09 IST

It was India’s moment in the sun at the Cannes Film Festival this year as the audience and jury tipped their hats to the confidence and fearlessness of its new talent.

Tears for his loss have turned into smiles as I struggle with the challenges of life

The journey from home to eternitySubscriber Only

June 2, 2024 06:00 IST

Though he is physically no more, the realisation that my father is in my blood and a part of me has freed me from being consumed by the cycle of life and death

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The bass female playback voice is receiving long-overdue credit. But is the shift still superficial?Subscriber Only

June 2, 2024 07:52 IST

Deep female playback voices in Hindi cinema were once considered liberated, dominating and unshackled by the burdens of society, which is why they were not used for the lead female character

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Kaushik Das, aka DJ ROOP, will be the only Indian to play at this year’s TomorrowlandSubscriber Only

June 1, 2024 17:34 IST

DJ ROOP will perform at the 18th edition of Tomorrowland in Belgium — the mecca of electronic dance music (EDM), where 750 global artistes will perform for nearly 400,000 people

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