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

    Ranjita Biswas
    7 April 2025 11:00 AM IST

    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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    Manoj Kumar
    Films

    Manoj Kumar obit: How the actor-filmmaker gave patriotism a face on screen

    5 April 2025 9:24 AM IST
    Kannada films, Sati Sulochana, Talkie
    Features

    The return of Sati Sulochana, the first Kannada talkie

    30 March 2025 8:02 PM IST
    DocuBay, The Dupatta Killer, Mahanand Naik
    Features

    Tracing the lives, hopes and end of the victims of The Dupatta Killer

    28 March 2025 2:12 PM IST
    Voice For The Voiceless, The Dalai Lama

    The Dalai Lama on how he fled his home in Lhasa after Chinese oppression

    27 March 2025 2:21 PM IST
    Hindu Nationalism in South India: Why a saffron surge is building in favour of BJP in Kerala

    Hindu Nationalism in South India: Why a saffron surge is building in favour of BJP in Kerala

    27 March 2025 10:47 AM IST
    Kunal Kamra

    Kunal Kamra: The stand-up comedian, satirist, and the man who won’t shut up

    26 March 2025 2:22 PM IST
    Bride and Prejudice

    Bride and Prejudice: How Gurinder Chadha gave Jane Austen’s novel a Bollywood twist

    25 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture

    India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture

    24 March 2025 10:48 AM IST
    5 years of Covid lockdown: From WFH to OTT, 5 changes that stayed on

    5 years of Covid lockdown: From WFH to OTT, 5 changes that stayed on

    24 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Maahir Khan on ‘Buzz’ and Eric D’Souza

    Buzz: Maahir Khan on telling tattoo artist Eric D’Souza’s story through a documentary

    23 March 2025 9:52 AM IST
    Adolescence

    Adolescence: A terrifying descent into the dark web of misogyny, teenage rage

    20 March 2025 4:20 PM IST
    Pico Iyer

    Pico Iyer interview: ‘It’s the best in others that I feel most strongly in silence’

    19 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Caravaggio

    Caravaggio’s painting ‘Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy’ comes to Delhi in April

    18 March 2025 6:40 PM IST
    Pico Iyer -Learning from Silence

    Pico Iyer interview: How to use language to bring silence into the conversation

    Nawaid Anjum
    18 March 2025 6:30 AM IST

    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

    Aamir Khan at 60: The ‘perfectionist’ who remains Bollywood’s grandmaster of surprises

    17 March 2025 2:00 PM IST
    Bangalore small bars

    Small, intimate bars are the next big idea in Bangalore’s drinking culture

    16 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    In Pursuit of Peace Improving Indo-Pak Relations

    New book on India-Pakistan relations urges return to dialogue, reconciliation

    15 March 2025 9:43 AM IST
    Book on Nalanda University

    Abhay K. interview: ‘Nalanda gave birth to the idea of a university’

    14 March 2025 8:39 PM IST
    Michio Kaku

    Michio Kaku interview: The physicist who sees the future of everything

    14 March 2025 10:30 AM IST
    Holi songs

    Rang, raga and romance: 10 Holi songs from Hindi films you can play on loop

    14 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Gita Krishnankutty

    Gita Krishnankutty interview: ‘Simplicity of language is a hurdle in translation’

    13 March 2025 7:45 AM IST
    Chennai Photo Biennale

    Chennai Photo Biennale show spotlights set photographer T. Lakshmikanthan’s works

    12 March 2025 4:30 PM IST
    Rojava-Zin

    Rojava, Zin: How two novels in different languages depict Kurdish liberation struggle

    12 March 2025 10:20 AM IST
    Harper Lee

    What Harper Lee’s new book reveals about her as one of America’s beloved writers

    11 March 2025 9:11 AM IST
    Shatbhi Basu

    Shatbhi Basu: The woman bartender who stirs glass ceiling, one cocktail at a time

    10 March 2025 3:55 PM IST
    Anupriya Sahu

    Anupriya Sahu interview: ‘Luxury is about how a furniture piece makes you feel’

    8 March 2025 12:25 PM IST
    Amrita Sher-Gil

    How Amrita Sher-Gil, India’s Frida Kahlo, redefined modern Indian art

    8 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Devika Rani

    Devika Rani: How Indian Cinema’s daring first lady was ahead of her time

    7 March 2025 8:45 PM IST
    The Big Book of Odia literature

    The Big Book of Odia Literature review: A landmark anthology spanning five centuries

    7 March 2025 1:01 PM IST
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