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Can I have a katha or kahani, please, says Poonam Saxena
Malayalam, Bengali, English... stories from a range of languages are on our screens. What will it take for producers to tap into the trove of Hindi treasures?
Updated on Sep 21, 2024 02:00 PM IST
Mughal Glass: Read an exclusive excerpt from the book by Tara Desjardins
Why is there so little known about these exquisite artefacts? How far back can they be traced? Answers begin to take shape, in an excerpt from the introduction.
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:41 PM IST
Tara Desjardins
The exquisite mystery of Mughal glass
A new book documents 200 objects made about 300 years ago: bottles, ewers, hookah bases; some gilded, others studded with gems. Take a look.
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:39 PM IST
Riddhi Doshi
The Promised Party: Read an exclusive excerpt from a chapter on Frida Kahlo
A friend of the family, author Jennifer Clement was often in the house where Kahlo once lived. An excerpt from the chapter What Was Given.
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:38 PM IST
Jennifer Clement
The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar: Read an exclusive excerpt from the fantasy tale
Part family mystery, part love letter to fantasy, the novella follows a teen in Kolkata as he tries to unwrap his family’s fantastical past.
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:31 PM IST
Indrapramit Das
How to frame your dragon: A Wknd interview with fantasy writer Indrapramit Das
His new novella is about a teen who seems to come from a long line of dragoners. Set in Kolkata, Das also uses the tale to ask: What makes someone a migrant?
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 09:15 PM IST
Sukanya Datta
AI has entered the building, but does that make it greener?
Algorithms are finding surprising new ways to make buildings smarter,reduce emissions. But what happens when we factor in the carbon footprint of the AI itself?
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 12:49 PM IST
Natasha Rego
Would’ve, could’ve, should’ve : The purpose of regret
Everyone feels it, and wishes they didn’t. We're more likely to regret things we didn’t do or didn’t say. What is its purpose, this gnawing feeling? Take a look
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 12:38 PM IST
Anesha George
The streaming wars are over, and you’ve lost
See why it’s becoming so much harder to find something good to watch — and how ‘good’ itself is being redefined — amid the rise of Mid TV.
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:29 PM IST
Anesha George
Post-nuclear: What’s next for the modern family?
In India, even the nuclear family comes with extensions. See how new terms are being coined for these. Plus, what happens as more of life gets outsourced?
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:26 PM IST
Sukanya Datta
Roman runes: The ancient roots of the nuclear family
When it was coined in 1924, the term signalled modernity, but the format has roots in Ancient Rome. See how the tiny unit has changed shape, and shaped us.
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:24 PM IST
Sukanya Datta
This is us: How the nuclear family changed the world
The term is now 100 years old; the format goes back millennia. It has shaped housing and phone plans, careers and ‘family packs’. Now, new formats are emerging.
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 02:46 PM IST
Rock’s prince of darkness: Sanjoy Narayan writes on Nick Cave
He had been using his music to find a way out of the fog after the death of his sons. His new album, Wild God, is joyful and uplifting.
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 03:06 PM IST
Buy the way: These markets sell witches’ brews, exist to celebrate divorce
In Bolivia, a witches’ market is reminiscent of Grimms fairy tales. And in Mauritania, divorce markets are dedicated to endings and new beginnings.
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 03:12 PM IST
Raul Dias
Why do we know so little about Dalit food?: Wknd interviews author Shahu Patole
He wants less secrecy, more pride, around this food. The English translation of his book, Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, certainly helps in that mission, he says
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 02:56 PM IST
Natasha Rego
A Corner of a Foreign Field: Read an excerpt on Dalit cricketer Palwankar Baloo
At the heart of Ramachandra Guha’s book is this forgotten hero. Read an excerpt on Baloo’s performance during the first All India Team tour of England, in 1911.
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 02:59 PM IST
Clean sweep: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on India at the Paralympics
How are we sweeping up so many medals in Paris? It comes down to tales of true grit, and lessons in how even a little infrastructure can change the game.
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 03:40 PM IST
Rudraneil Sengupta
Meet the makers of a new film about a forgotten cricket icon
Co-produced by Tigmanshu Dhulia, it picks up where a book left off, to tell the story of an early hero: the sidelined Dalit bowling whiz Palwankar Baloo.
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:25 PM IST
Rudraneil Sengupta
The Golden Road: Read an exclusive excerpt from William Dalrymple’s new book
Why are parts of the country still dotted with Roman coin hordes? See how ancient trade led to India being called the ‘sink of the world’s precious metals’.
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:23 PM IST
Gilty pleasure: India is where gold came to shine
What drove the desire for this metal in pre-colonial India, and what keeps it going? See how our love for gold has evolved, shaping us and our country.
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:20 PM IST
Anesha George
Our preciousss...: A look at our 6,000-year history with gold
As an exhibition and a new book shed light on this shining trail, see some of the world’s finest artefacts, grandest tributes and the metal’s deep, dark secrets
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:11 PM IST
Anesha George
Long story short...: Deepanjana Pal on Nari Hira and the Hema Committee report
The report is just the kind of thing Hira’s magazines would have broken down for the average fan of cinema. Instead, our social feeds are full of PR fodder.
Updated on Aug 31, 2024 05:59 PM IST
Deepanjana Pal
An experiment heard around the world:The making of L Subramaniam’s Global Fusion
In the seminal album by the Carnatic violinist, musicians from around the world combine instruments and vocals in new ways.
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 04:34 PM IST
Fellowship of the string: Bhanuj Kappal on pathbreaking violinist L Subramaniam
He's performed with George Harrison, Yehudi Menuhin; taken the Carnatic violin around the world; created a new formula for music. We must try new things,he says
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 04:30 PM IST
The whole truth can sometimes be too much, says Simran Mangharam
It’s not always easy knowing what to say and what to hold back, but it is crucial. In this week’s With Love, a look at the subtle art of the heart-to-heart.
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 04:20 PM IST
Simran Mangharam
Sanjoy Narayan on King Gizzard, a lizard wizard and the chameleons of rock
The band’s music can't be pinned down to a genre. Experiments extend beyond music too... they once released a batch of songs for anyone to produce as vinyl LPs.
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 04:18 PM IST
Deer diary: Inside the world of nature journaling
Artists, ecologists – and nature lovers with no expertise at all – are turning to this hobby as a way to immerse themselves more deeply in the world.
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 04:17 PM IST
Sukanya Datta
Red between the lines: What do your city’s climate stripes look like?
As these charts – created for cities, countries and the planet as a whole – shift from blues to reds across 150 years, the message is simple: The heat is on.
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 04:15 PM IST
Anesha George
The Sporting Life: It’s time for India to do better, says Rudraneil Sengupta
Why are other countries racing ahead of us, even in arenas where we excel? Why is cricket, still, so many leagues ahead?
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 05:13 PM IST
Rudraneil Sengupta
Did that car just bleat again?: EVs are trying some wild experiments with sound
BMW is working with the Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer; Mercedes-Benz with rapper Will.i.am. Lamborghini may even draw inspiration from spaceships.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 05:07 PM IST