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    Vir Das turns up the Fool Volume in his new Netflix stand-up special

    Ektaa Malik
    19 July 2025 6:30 AM IST

    In a time of rising self-censorship, the Emmy-winning comic experiments with a new form of storytelling and delivers the punchlines even when it gets uncomfortable

    Vir Das
    Entertainment
    Kochi-Muziris Biennale
    Features

    Kochi-Muziris Biennale’s sixth edition set to begin from December 12

    16 July 2025 6:30 PM IST
    52-hertz whale-loneliness
    Features

    What the 52-hertz whale, world’s loneliest, tells us about our isolated lives

    16 July 2025 10:20 AM IST
    Vasundhara on writing, AI and cinema
    Features

    Tamil actor Vasundhara on ‘The Accused’, social media, truth, and storytelling

    14 July 2025 7:07 AM IST
    The Thumb Print

    How The Thumb Print, a little online magazine, chronicles the Northeast story

    13 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Guru Dutt at 100: How the auteur of Hindi cinema made melancholia his signature

    Guru Dutt at 100: How the auteur of Hindi cinema made melancholia his signature

    9 July 2025 1:00 PM IST
    Manam Chocolate

    How Hyderabad’s Manam is putting Indian craft chocolate on the world map

    7 July 2025 9:28 AM IST
    Great Barrier Reef

    How to enjoy Australia’s wondrous Great Barrier Reef as a non-swimmer

    6 July 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Umrao Jaan

    How a song from Umrao Jaan, Pratham Dhar Dhyan, evokes our syncretic past

    6 July 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Indore-Street-Food

    How Indore, India’s cleanest city, became an inventive street food hub

    4 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Dalai Lama at 90: The monk who became the world’s conscience through compassion

    Dalai Lama at 90: The monk who became the world’s conscience through compassion

    3 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    How Tamil films fared in first half of 2025? No mood for mediocrity, say audiences

    Tamil films 2025 first half report card: Good content first, superstars next

    3 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Sonam Kalra

    Sonam Kalra interview: ‘Art must be used for something greater than oneself’

    2 July 2025 7:03 AM IST
    Nanavati case

    How Hindi cinema rewrites the KM Nanavati case for contemporary India

    30 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why Pride Month is not about protest anymore

    Time to reclaim Pride Month as revelry overtakes protest as main agenda

    Ritash
    29 Jun 2025 5:34 PM IST

    Queer persons feel Pride has fallen prey to corporate agendas, divisive politics and power-hungry individuals gatekeeping the movement

    Pattachitra

    Pattachitra artists in Odisha’s Raghurajpur strive to keep 4th-century art alive

    29 Jun 2025 12:14 PM IST
    Capital Christie-Agatha Christie

    How Agatha Christie made London a perfect backdrop for murder and mystery

    27 Jun 2025 10:39 AM IST
    JCB prize for literature

    How the JCB Prize For Literature lost its way and shut down quietly

    26 Jun 2025 8:09 AM IST
    Emergency

    7 must-read books that reveal what really happened during the Emergency

    25 Jun 2025 3:16 PM IST
    Assam-Majuli-mask

    How Majuli, Assam’s river island, struggles to keep its monasteries, mask art alive

    25 Jun 2025 9:29 AM IST
    Elio

    How Pixar’s Elio turns childhood loneliness into an intergalactic adventure

    22 Jun 2025 7:30 AM IST
    Aerial Yoga in Chennai - International Yoga Day 2025

    International Yoga Day | Aerial Yoga in Chennai: Kids to adults fly to fitness

    21 Jun 2025 11:32 AM IST
    Jaws

    Jaws at 50: How Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster shark film changed Hollywood

    20 Jun 2025 7:05 AM IST
    Srinath Raghavan

    Srinath Raghavan maps the making and unmaking of India under Indira Gandhi

    19 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Sholay

    Sholay at 50: How Ramesh Sippy’s film captured India’s angst and anxieties

    18 Jun 2025 8:01 AM IST
    Sitaare Zameen Par

    RS Prasanna on Aamir Khan and how directing Sitaare Zameen Par changed him

    18 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Sidhu Moose Wala-The Killing Call

    The Killing Call: BBC documentary unravels why Sidhu Moose Wala was killed

    17 Jun 2025 7:17 AM IST
    Frederick Forsyth

    How Frederick Forsyth, a war correspondent, became the thriller legend

    15 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Nayakan-South Indian cinema

    From Nayakan to Thug Life, how gangster drama in South cinema has evolved through decades

    14 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Boeing 787 Dreamliner

    How Boeing 787 Dreamliner became a game-changer for long-haul flights

    13 Jun 2025 6:01 PM IST
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