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    Features

    Why Satyajit Ray’s films continue to touch our lives even today

    Amit Sengupta
    18 May 2025 1:36 PM IST

    As Aranyer Din Ratri premieres at Cannes, Ray’s cinema returns to global spotlight, evoking his timeless humanism and ability to see the extraordinary in the everyday

    Satyajit Ray
    Films
    Ranthambore
    Features

    Live bait to tigress queen Machli comes back to bite Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

    17 May 2025 6:43 AM IST
    Banu Mushtaq
    Features

    Banu Mushtaq interview: ‘Muslim women are capable of fighting their own battles’

    16 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Kannada literature
    Features

    P. Lankesh, Poornachandra Tejaswi: Two greats of Kannada literature, found in translation

    14 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Bengaluru waterscapes

    How Bengaluru lost touch with its waters and why getting it back is urgent

    13 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Recreated Kannagi idol during the Chitra Pournami festival, which falls on May 12

    Chitra Pournami: Tamil epic heroine Kannagi’s idol portion missing for 50 years

    12 May 2025 10:40 AM IST
    Garm Hava

    10 films that look at India-Pakistan relations with a different lens

    9 May 2025 10:32 AM IST
    Chithirai festival at the Meenakshi temple in Madurai

    How history, mythology, culture converge at Madurai's Chithirai festival

    8 May 2025 3:52 PM IST
    The Piprahwa Gems

    Piprahwa Gems: Sotheby’s halts sale of Buddha’s jewels; can India get them back?

    8 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    G S Amur: The writer-critic who opened Kannada literature to the world

    G S Amur: The writer-critic who opened Kannada literature to the world

    8 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    The Last of Us

    How The Last of Us turns an apocalypse into a meditation on care, moral survival

    6 May 2025 8:30 AM IST
    Why Chennai

    Will Chennai’s butter biscuits melt away under pressure of packaged snacks?

    4 May 2025 9:10 AM IST
    Indian teenagers

    How virtual world is driving India’s teenagers to anxiety and depression

    4 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Palestine

    Delhi exhibition showcases works of global artists in solidarity with Palestine

    3 May 2025 7:21 PM IST
    mayonnaise

    Why Tamil Nadu’s ban on raw-egg mayonnaise over health risks misses the point

    Priya Bala
    1 May 2025 4:40 PM IST

    Cracking down on a condiment no one’s actually making, Tamil Nadu’s food safety authorities have stirred up fear over ‘unhealthy’ mayonnaise while...

    Chef Shun Sato-Japanese-food

    Chef Shun Sato interview: What India can learn from Japan’s minimalist cuisine

    1 May 2025 2:20 PM IST
    Banu Mushtaq, author of Hearth Lamp

    How Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq shines a light on Muslim women’s struggles

    30 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Phule-Ananth-Mahadevan

    Ananth Mahadevan interview: ‘I want my films to speak the language of global cinema’

    27 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    The Sky is Dirty-Spacejunk

    The Dirty Sky: Filmmaker OP Srivastava on why space junk is earth’s next big crisis

    26 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Magen David (Shield of David) synagogue

    What Kolkata’s synagogues reveal about the City of Joy’s Jewish heritage

    24 April 2025 11:00 AM IST
    Jeyamohan talks about his memoir, Of Men, Women and Witches

    Jeyamohan interview: ‘Devastated by my mother’s death, I found refuge in writing’

    23 April 2025 2:01 PM IST
    Bookstores

    World Book Day: Bookshops in India will vanish unless government steps in

    23 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Latika Katt

    How Latika Katt chiselled a bold, modernist language for Indian sculpture

    20 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    AI in films

    How Artificial Intelligence is shaping the future of Indian filmmaking

    19 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Food-FOMO-Restaurant booking

    How to eat out in Bangalore without losing your mind (or the table)

    17 April 2025 5:56 PM IST
    Parvathi Nayar

    Parvathi Nayar on how art helps us think about what it means to be human

    15 April 2025 9:08 PM IST
    Vivek Anchalia-Naisha

    Vivek Anchalia on Naisha, a full-length AI-powered film, and use of AI in filmmaking

    13 April 2025 7:30 AM IST
    Feminist Manifesto: Expat Malayalis’ play wins hearts at Thrissur theatre festival

    Feminist Manifesto: Expat Malayalis’ play wins hearts at Thrissur theatre festival

    12 April 2025 8:26 AM IST
    HeartLamp-DeepaBhasthi-Banu Mushtaq

    Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp makes it to International Booker Prize shortlist

    8 April 2025 10:38 PM IST
    Alpana-Bengal-floorart

    How Alpana, the floor art of Bengal, became a part of its culture milieu

    7 April 2025 11:00 AM IST
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