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How Alpana, the floor art of Bengal, became a part of its culture milieu
Ranjita Biswas
7 April 2025 5:30 AM GMT
What began as sacred rice flour strokes beneath women’s fingers has bloomed into Bengal’s cultural pride; here is how Alpana changed from a household ritual to high art
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The return of Sati Sulochana, the first Kannada talkie
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Tracing the lives, hopes and end of the victims of The Dupatta Killer
28 March 2025 8:42 AM GMT
The Dalai Lama on how he fled his home in Lhasa after Chinese oppression
27 March 2025 8:51 AM GMT
Hindu Nationalism in South India: Why a saffron surge is building in favour of BJP in Kerala
27 March 2025 5:17 AM GMT
Kunal Kamra: The stand-up comedian, satirist, and the man who won’t shut up
26 March 2025 8:52 AM GMT
Bride and Prejudice: How Gurinder Chadha gave Jane Austen’s novel a Bollywood twist
25 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT
India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture
24 March 2025 5:18 AM GMT
5 years of Covid lockdown: From WFH to OTT, 5 changes that stayed on
24 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT
Buzz: Maahir Khan on telling tattoo artist Eric D’Souza’s story through a documentary
23 March 2025 4:22 AM GMT
Adolescence: A terrifying descent into the dark web of misogyny, teenage rage
20 March 2025 10:50 AM GMT
Pico Iyer interview: ‘It’s the best in others that I feel most strongly in silence’
19 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT
Caravaggio’s painting ‘Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy’ comes to Delhi in April
18 March 2025 1:10 PM GMT
Pico Iyer interview: How to use language to bring silence into the conversation
Nawaid Anjum
18 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT
In the first of a two-part interview, Pico Iyer talks about his book ‘Learning from Silence,’ why he keeps visiting Benedictine monastery, and how as...
Aamir Khan at 60: The ‘perfectionist’ who remains Bollywood’s grandmaster of surprises
17 March 2025 8:30 AM GMT
Small, intimate bars are the next big idea in Bangalore’s drinking culture
16 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT
New book on India-Pakistan relations urges return to dialogue, reconciliation
15 March 2025 4:13 AM GMT
Abhay K. interview: ‘Nalanda gave birth to the idea of a university’
14 March 2025 3:09 PM GMT
Michio Kaku interview: The physicist who sees the future of everything
14 March 2025 5:00 AM GMT
Rang, raga and romance: 10 Holi songs from Hindi films you can play on loop
14 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT
Gita Krishnankutty interview: ‘Simplicity of language is a hurdle in translation’
13 March 2025 2:15 AM GMT
Chennai Photo Biennale show spotlights set photographer T. Lakshmikanthan’s works
12 March 2025 11:00 AM GMT
Rojava, Zin: How two novels in different languages depict Kurdish liberation struggle
12 March 2025 4:50 AM GMT
What Harper Lee’s new book reveals about her as one of America’s beloved writers
11 March 2025 3:41 AM GMT
Shatbhi Basu: The woman bartender who stirs glass ceiling, one cocktail at a time
10 March 2025 10:25 AM GMT
Anupriya Sahu interview: ‘Luxury is about how a furniture piece makes you feel’
8 March 2025 6:55 AM GMT
How Amrita Sher-Gil, India’s Frida Kahlo, redefined modern Indian art
8 March 2025 1:00 AM GMT
Devika Rani: How Indian Cinema’s daring first lady was ahead of her time
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The Big Book of Odia Literature review: A landmark anthology spanning five centuries
7 March 2025 7:31 AM GMT
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