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Sentimentality colours your understanding of a situation: Raghu Rai
May 4, 2024 14:31 IST
Raghu Rai, India's first Magnum photographer, on his ongoing exhibition in Delhi, finding magic in the ordinary and exploring life through his lens.
How writer Moin Beg’s story about Lahore’s courtesans prompted Sanjay Leela Bhansali to create HeeramandiSubscriber Only
May 4, 2024 07:37 IST
Writer Moin Beg on how the world of Lahore’s courtesans and their crucial role in the Independence struggle led him to write the story of Heeramandi and the two decades it took before Sanjay Leela Bhansali brought it to life.
16th edition of the Habitat Film Festival to begin in New Delhi on May 3Subscriber Only
May 2, 2024 17:35 IST
The 10-day festival will premiere about 40 feature films, including Jayant Somalkar's Marathi-language film Sthal and Atul Sabharwal’s spy drama, Berlin (2023)
It is imperative we teach our kids how to behave around animalsSubscriber Only
May 1, 2024 18:41 IST
The big takeaway from teaching your children how to behave with empathy and kindness around animals is how they hopefully will behave around people too. And that’s a win-win all the way
Knife: Salman Rushdie’s temptation of, and triumph over, fateSubscriber Only
April 28, 2024 07:00 IST
The book is an attempt to recover the strength of Rushdie, the person, occluded by Rushdie, the targeted writer
Vijay Rana’s Kashi: The Abode of Shiva is a loving ode to the citySubscriber Only
April 28, 2024 15:21 IST
The Vishwanath temple is the focal point of the book and city, with ample pictures of priests, devotees, idols and the banks of the Ganges
New Roadie Story: How campervan travellers in India are discovering off-the-grid vacaysSubscriber Only
April 30, 2024 05:39 IST
With a mobile 1BHK, kitted out with a kitchen, bathroom and bed, a growing number of Indians are hitting the road with their caravans. Be it an Isuzu truck, or a Maruti Eeco, anything goes in this democratic form of travel
Heeramandi actors on playing women with different shades: ‘For Sanjay Leela Bhansali, all women are beautiful’Subscriber Only
April 28, 2024 21:38 IST
Actors Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal and Sanjeeda Shaikh talk about working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the preparation for their roles and hopes of having more shows with a woman at the centre of a narrative.
Here’s how birds hunt, defend, build nests and romance using their bills
April 26, 2024 19:31 IST
From needles to shopping bags, birds make use of bills in different ways
One of India’s most provocative modernists, how FN Souza’s art was perplexing yet arrestingSubscriber Only
April 21, 2024 19:00 IST
In his centenary year, a look at the life and legacy of Francis Newton Souza, one of India’s most influential modern painters who defied social and artistic conventions
Vidya Balan-Pratik Gandhi open up about marriage, infidelity and witch-hunt: ‘Comments on my appearance were so damaging couldn’t face mirror’Subscriber Only
April 22, 2024 08:21 IST
At the inaugural session of Expresso, actors Vidya Balan and Pratik Gandhi spoke about their film, modern relationships and nepotism.
How artist FN Souza reduced the cosmos to a dot through his work
April 21, 2024 05:10 IST
In FN Souza's fractured and fragmented images, we confront our dark selves
Why Shobhaa De says hunger is underrated
April 21, 2024 05:00 IST
It is her ability to be disruptive without being destructive, to deliver without fuss, to come out victorious without a fight, that is trademark Shobhaa De
Is there hope for India’s dying wastelands?Subscriber Only
April 19, 2024 13:44 IST
The Yamuna Biodiversity Park shows the way forward – through the meticulous planning of horticulturists, tackling issues of soil salinity and contending with the invasive Vilayati Keekar
Gobardhan Ash: The artist who knew how to capture the realities of lifeSubscriber Only
April 14, 2024 07:12 IST
From works depicting the horrors of the Bengal famine to capturing the sights and sounds of the streets of Kolkata, a retrospective of Gobardhan Ash celebrates the artist who drew what he saw
Spring Feast: How food has been the eternal migrant in regional New YearsSubscriber Only
April 14, 2024 07:00 IST
As the country celebrates regional new years, a look at how the kinship of food ties communities and languages, one ingredient at a time
Books to read: Salman Rushdie’s latest and Huckleberry Finn’s revivalSubscriber Only
April 13, 2024 22:45 IST
Here's the latest Indian fiction and non-fiction you must read, from mysteries to thrillers to memoirs
Imtiaz Ali on collaborating with Diljit Dosanjh for Chamkila, calls AR Rahman his ‘co-storyteller’ for the filmSubscriber Only
April 12, 2024 19:38 IST
Writer-director Imtiaz Ali on how he was unexpectedly offered the rights to make Amar Singh Chamkila's biopic, reuniting with AR Rahman and why he couldn't have made the film without Diljit Dosanjh.
How bad monkeys from the towns are corrupting good monkeys that live in the hillsSubscriber Only
April 10, 2024 11:20 IST
The problem is that macaques have pretty short and extremely incendiary fuses: if you don’t give them what they want, you’re asking for trouble
EXCLUSIVE | Diljit Dosanjh: ‘Amar Singh Chamkila is bigger than Elvis Presley for us’Subscriber Only
April 11, 2024 05:30 IST
Amar Singh Chamkila is not a character for Diljit Dosanjh, he is an inspiration. As he brings to life the late singer in an Imtiaz Ali film, the singer-actor holds forth on performance, passion and public connect in an exclusive interview.
Diljit Dosanjh’s untold story: Son of a Punjab Roadways driver who cut his first album at 16; brought Punjab to Coachella and the worldSubscriber Only
April 9, 2024 08:17 IST
From becoming the first Punjabi artiste to perform at Coachella to sharing the stage with Ed Sheeran, from rocking Jamnagar to acing his social media game, singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh has travelled a long way.
In the cartoons of Abu Abraham is a political mind at work, more wicked than any search engine
April 7, 2024 07:45 IST
In his centenary year, a show of Abu Abraham’s original cartoons in Kochi, including his work for The Indian Express, reacquaints viewers with India’s political history
‘Mammootty gave his best in the first take, didn’t need more than two’: Bramayugam director Rahul SadasivanSubscriber Only
April 5, 2024 07:00 IST
Director Sadasivan talks about writing Bramayugam for Mammootty, working on the lead character's look, and his love for horror genre.
In search of traditional rotiwallas — a food trail in Old Delhi
April 5, 2024 19:35 IST
All roads lead to one place during this month of Ramzan – the coconut paratha, the dilkhush bread and the shahi sheermal
The music that insects playSubscriber Only
April 3, 2024 10:00 IST
Insects rely on vibrations to make melodies with both high notes and low, often to communicate or receive information
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EntertainmentUpdated: May 4, 2024 10:11 IST
Heeramandi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much anticipated web-series, recently dropped on Netflix, featuring a star-studded cast including Shekhar Suman, Adhyayan Suman, Manisha Koirala, Richa Chaddha, and Fardeen Khan. Adhyayan, who plays Zoravar Ali Khan, spoke about his struggles in the industry and how his parents' support helped him cope.
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