LIFESTYLE
Political art: Probir Gupta's migrants in the museum speak of a universal experience of inequality, injustice
Artist activist Probir Gupta highlights inequalities, injustices and instances of shocking violence in his works. The latest exhibition of his works, 'Migrants in the Museum', was mounted at Travancore Palace in New Delhi.
LIFESTYLE
How Open Network for Digital Commerce facilitated Maha Kumbh 2025 prasad delivery across India
ONDC managing director and CEO T. Koshy explains how ONDC is like the National Payments Corporation of India or NPCI, ONDC's uphill task educating MSMEs on how to become e-retail ready and how and why it started delivering Maha Kumbh Prasad to people through apps like PayTM.
LIFESTYLE
Shedding Raj legacy: 'We actively recognise that Australian art didn’t begin with the arrival of the British in 1770'
Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) director Chris Saines on returning stolen art, giving indigenous arts their rightful place and Indian artists at the ongoing 2025 Asia-Pacific Triennale in Australia.
LIFESTYLE
In photos: Made by Ai Weiwei, Veer Munshi, NS Harsha... 10 must-see artworks at India Art Fair 2025
If you are planning to visit the India Art Fair 2025 and are not sure what to see first, start with these 10 pieces. Also start here if you're unable to go for any reason but would like to keep abreast of what's interesting at the 16th edition of the Delhi art fair.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Mehta Boys movie review: Boman Irani's heartwarming father-and-son saga is also about ageing, dealing with loss
Boman Irani's directorial debut, The Mehta Boys is a bitter-sweet father-son story with an original score that feels just right for a movie that also reminds us of some of the riches that India has to offer.
LIFESTYLE
India Art Fair 2025: 'Indigenous art is not just dots and boomerangs. We speak many different visual languages and methods'
Western Australian artist Darrell Sibosado on treating indigenous art like any other form of contemporary art rather than an 'anthropological display case', coming to the India Art Fair 2025 and why he wants to come back to India again.
LIFESTYLE
Indian history: European travellers were once mad for these mica tablets, painted brightly with scenes from India
'Forgotten Souvenirs', an exhibition of mica tablets painted in Indian cities like Murshidabad and Tiruchirappalli, between the 1750s and 1850s, is on at MAP Bengaluru till February 23, 2025.
BUSINESS
India Before the Ambanis review: How Indian business changed the course of history over 300-plus years
Business history: In 'India Before the Ambanis', historian Lakshmi Subramanian lays out the context in which Indian business influenced history for more than 300 years, from the time of the Mughals till the 1950s.
SCIENCE
What is massive gravity & how is it saving life on earth? Imperial College of London physics professor explains
Coolest thing about gravity that most people don't know, one sci-fi film that got the physics of gravity right, why blackholes are so interesting, how Harry Potter-style portkeys are theoretically possible & more questions answered by Imperial College London Professor Claudia de Rham.
BUSINESS
Book review: First Global's Devina Mehra does not want you following investors Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio's example
Money, Myths and Mantras: The Ultimate Investment Guide by Devina Mehra is written simply, with lots of examples and cautionary tales to present her understanding of, and her company's practice around, what to do and what not to do when investing your money.
LIFESTYLE
Myths & folktales from Arunachal Pradesh: Tara Douglas & Jatwang Wangsa's illustrated book is a valiant effort to preserve oral history
Book review: Incredibly visual and fantastical, the short stories in 'Myth, Memory & Folktale of the Wancho Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh' are just as entertaining as they are thought-provoking, not least because they aren't well-known to Indians outside the North-East.
BOOKS
Amitav Ghosh on why the original American model of wildlife conservation doesn't work, Donald Trump & end of Eurocentricity in the world
Amitav Ghosh's new book review: 'Wild Fictions' offers a glimpse into the mind of Amitav Ghosh, and on to the world through the lens of a well-read and widely travelled anthropologist-turned-writer.
BOOKS
How medieval India's wealth, power and influence grew under the Chola kings - and queens
Medieval Indian Chola kings gave the world many things: Nataraja bronzes, economic systems that persist today, words like cash...
INDIA
Why Amitabh Kant had to get involved when China wanted US visa guarantees for 2026 G20 Summit
Amitabh Kant on why he thinks the 'G20 is today a far more important body than the United Nation', why developed countries need to cough up trillions of dollars in climate finance instead of billions and how the Global South representing over 80 percent of the world population can increase its influence in international fora.
LIFESTYLE
India's theatre is growing again because of technology, mobility: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time director Atul Kumar
Aadyam Theatre Festival Season 7: Theatre director Atul Kumar on using artificial intelligence for live theatre productions, why he hopes to explore the potential of cinema and virtual reality for stage, and his latest production - 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'.
LIFESTYLE
From getting a corporate box at IND vs AUS Border-Gavaskar Trophy to planning ICC Champions Trophy 2025, meet one of the BTS people working away in the nets to make things happen on the ground
What does it take to put together cricketing events for the ICC in India and abroad? And is India ready to host a Coachella-like event? We asked someone who's been in the event management and experiences business for over 20 years.
BOOKS
Isaac Asimov's 105th birth anniversary: what you need to know about the GOAT sci-fi writer
Born in Russia in 1902, Isaac Asimov first read a science fiction magazine in 1929. His experiments in writing began a couple years later. In June 1938, a publisher rejected his first story, but offered copious notes that Asimov said he found useful.
LIFESTYLE
Water buses in Goa vs air taxis & self-driving cars: Charles Correa Foundation wants you to think about the future of public transport in India
Navi Mumbai architect Charles Correa thought a lot about ways to build efficient cities around the three key ingredients of jobs-housing-transportation, with adequate attention to social, cultural and educational institutions. The Charles Correa Foundation's Nagari Film Festival 2024 was all about urban mobility.
LIFESTYLE
Who needs another book of chocolate recipes & how to make an eggless lamington cake for New Year 2025
Made for India: Bake with Shivesh creator Shivesh Bhatia's fifth and latest book has (mostly) eggless chocolate recipes that are on-trend for 2025. (Think chocolate pistachio thumbprint cookies.) What's missing is something to challenge the palate and really push chocolate as an ingredient in Indian kitchens.
BOOKS
When Indian Air Force flew to the rescue just hours after 2004 Tsunami hit & more stories of skill and courage in the IAF
Wing Commander (Retd) Arijit Ghosh on how a team from the Indian Air Force rescued 58 people from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on an aircraft made for just 25 in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, other stories of courage and skill from the Indian Air Force, and his book 'Air Warriors'.
LIFESTYLE
Why Titan's sales head is counting down to quick commerce delivery of watches in 2025...
...And all about the Unity watch which marks 40 years of the first Indian going into space and has astronaut Rakesh Sharma's famous first words in space - 'Saare Jahan Se Achha' - inscribed on the back.
IIMS
Why IIMA Professor Pankaj Setia offers Rs 5 crore to Rs 10 crore to students as a thought experiment
A world without jobs? Information Systems Prof. Pankaj Setia, who also runs the Centre for Digital Transformation at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), on revisiting human purpose and work in the age of artificial intelligence.
BOOKS
Why Samvidhan architect BR Ambedkar was an original thinker, despite borrowing freely from others
'A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of BR Ambedkar' author Ashok Gopal on why the world needed another biography of BR Ambedkar, why Babasaheb was unique among his contemporaries, and the flavour of Ambedkar's own writing in Marathi as well as English.
LIFESTYLE
Why & how to implement passive design ideas in your home, architect Chitra Vishwanath explains
Do you live in a hot and dry city? Try greening your roof to bring down air-conditioning costs. If your home is in a hot and humid city, a shaded terrace can help to cool things down. In both cases, avoid indoor carpeting - advises Bangalore-headquartered Biome Environmental Solutions' Chithra Vishwanath
