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  • International Museum Expo 2023 | 3 experiences to look forward to May 10, 2023 09:54 PM IST

    International Museum Expo 2023 | 3 experiences to look forward to

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day International Museum Expo 2023 at Pragati Maidan, on the morning of May 18, 2023.

  • Quality education that values culture, tradition and nationalism alone is 'meaningful': Yogi Adityanath April 09, 2023 05:11 PM IST

    Quality education that values culture, tradition and nationalism alone is 'meaningful': Yogi Adityanath

    He further said it was the responsibility of educational institutions to inform students about the government schemes that can help them achieve their goals. Adityanath was addressing the inaugural ceremony of a private school here.

  • NMACC will make India's art and culture more accessible, says PM Modi April 03, 2023 09:32 PM IST

    NMACC will make India's art and culture more accessible, says PM Modi

    Modi said Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre "will provide a platform to budding artists and performers to showcase their talent, which in turn encourages more people to take up art professionally",

  • Libyan couscous connoisseurs cook up for UNESCO recognition bid March 22, 2023 05:57 PM IST

    Libyan couscous connoisseurs cook up for UNESCO recognition bid

    Dozens of Libyan chefs are busy preparing a couscous platter the size of a large inflatable swimming pool as they seek international recognition for their country's beloved dish. Conflict-scarred Libya missed out as the country remains mired in political crisis. Its couscous tradition has not been recognised by UNESCO as Libya is yet to ratify the UN's cultural heritage convention.

  • ‘James Bond’ books revised to erase racist references February 27, 2023 11:21 AM IST

    ‘James Bond’ books revised to erase racist references

    The edited books will be released in April to mark the 70th anniversary of Casino Royale -- the first James Bond book.

  • Travel hacks | What to do, what not to do in a foreign land December 31, 2022 12:16 PM IST

    Travel hacks | What to do, what not to do in a foreign land

    Tip: If you’re in Europe (or travelling across the Andes) and staying at one of the old boutique hotels, remember they may not have elevators to carry your six-piece expandable luggage.

  • Quasar Thakore Padamsee: ‘I was curating a community experience, for the theatre performers, at Serendipity’ December 10, 2022 01:26 PM IST

    Quasar Thakore Padamsee: ‘I was curating a community experience, for the theatre performers, at Serendipity’

    Serendipity Arts Festival is back in Goa with performances in music, dance and theatre. Thakore Padamsee, who has curated the theatre section, speaks about what the audience can expect from the nine-day festival.

  • 'Heritage is everything to me': Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré December 04, 2022 04:08 PM IST

    'Heritage is everything to me': Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré

    Globally respected guitarist and singer Vieux Farka Touré, the son of Malian musician Ali Farka Touré, talks about legacies and music, old and new, before his 5-city India tour.

  • Director Seema Pahwa: ‘Watching theatre content on OTTs might encourage a new audience to go watch live performances' November 20, 2022 03:23 PM IST

    Director Seema Pahwa: ‘Watching theatre content on OTTs might encourage a new audience to go watch live performances'

    'Koi Baat Chale' is a new series, airing from November 19 on the OTT Zee Theatre, that is bringing dramatic readings to your screens.

  • Ranga Shankara's Arundhati Nag: 'Theatre is the art of telling a story in different ways' November 04, 2022 03:23 PM IST

    Ranga Shankara's Arundhati Nag: 'Theatre is the art of telling a story in different ways'

    Bengaluru’s iconic Ranga Shankara theatre's annual festival is on till November 6, with performances by new as well as veteran actors like Ratna Pathak Shah, Neil Bhoopalam and Padmavati Rao.

  • Neil Bhoopalam: The rehearsal process is like cooking a biryani; you can't rush it October 30, 2022 05:59 PM IST

    Neil Bhoopalam: The rehearsal process is like cooking a biryani; you can't rush it

    The Masaba Masaba actor is gearing up for NCPA’s production of playwright Tom Stoppard’s play Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.

  • Bharatanatyam doyen Malavika Sarukkai: 'Classical dance makes us feel and empathise' October 16, 2022 09:36 AM IST

    Bharatanatyam doyen Malavika Sarukkai: 'Classical dance makes us feel and empathise'

    Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi recipient Malavika Sarukkai on completing 50 years in dance, and her latest solo production, 'Anubandh – Connectedness'.

  • Snake charmer on Spain newspaper’s front page on Indian economy. Zerodha CEO, others join debate October 14, 2022 01:43 PM IST

    Snake charmer on Spain newspaper’s front page on Indian economy. Zerodha CEO, others join debate

    Spain's La Vanguardia newspaper acknowledged India's economic power with the headline "The hour of the Indian Economy" but used a racist stereotype to represent it, social media users pointed out.

  • One nation under Xi Jinping: How China’s leader is remaking its identity October 12, 2022 11:34 AM IST

    One nation under Xi Jinping: How China’s leader is remaking its identity

    As Xi Jinping prepares to claim a ground-breaking third term in power at a party congress starting Sunday, he has in effect appointed himself China’s historian in chief, crafting a story — retold in museums, on television shows and in journals — that casts his authoritarian, centralizing agenda as a fulfilment of values rooted in antiquity

  • Street art: When in Philadelphia, pause and gaze at the murals October 02, 2022 09:32 PM IST

    Street art: When in Philadelphia, pause and gaze at the murals

    Walking in the mural capital of the world is like browsing through an outdoor museum. Here are six murals in Philadelphia which certainly deserve a closer look

  • Beyond Ponniyin Selvan: 6 other novels by Kalki Krishnamurthy October 02, 2022 01:09 PM IST

    Beyond Ponniyin Selvan: 6 other novels by Kalki Krishnamurthy

    Kalki Krishnamurthy and Ponniyin Selvan are a cult in Tamil historical fiction, read the gargantuan novel after watching Mani Ratnam's magnum opus film, but if that sounds daunting, read Kalki's other shorter novels, straddling the historical, social, and romance. Here, we list six of them

  • Music Review: Kolkata musician Jaimin Rajani’s 'Cutting Loose' is a tight debut album October 02, 2022 12:43 PM IST

    Music Review: Kolkata musician Jaimin Rajani’s 'Cutting Loose' is a tight debut album

    The debut album of the Mumbai-born, Kolkata-bred singer-songwriter, a bright new star on the indie horizon, has hallmarks of ageless music

  • How too much professionalism made Kerala’s famed snake boat races a costly affair September 26, 2022 12:46 PM IST

    How too much professionalism made Kerala’s famed snake boat races a costly affair

    Unlike earlier days when a sumptuous lunch hosted by village families could get the rowers to work, training sessions lasting for months together and costing a bomb are now just enough to keep the loyalties intact

  • As Russia retreats, a question lingers: Who counts as a collaborator? September 22, 2022 01:37 PM IST

    As Russia retreats, a question lingers: Who counts as a collaborator?

    As Ukrainian troops forced the Russian army into a chaotic retreat in the northeast, they reclaimed towns and inherited a legal and ethical quandary: Who in the towns had collaborated with the Russians when they were in control?

  • Mexico has Tequila. Peru, Pisco. In Colombia, a push for Viche, now legal September 21, 2022 11:22 AM IST

    Mexico has Tequila. Peru, Pisco. In Colombia, a push for Viche, now legal

    Viche, made of distilled sugar cane, was invented by formerly enslaved people in the region around Colombia’s Pacific coast. Outlawed for generations, viche became a symbol of the long-standing exclusion of Black culture from Colombia’s national narrative

  • India Ink: Meet the indie tattoo artists giving Indian folk and indigenous art a new canvas September 11, 2022 12:57 PM IST

    India Ink: Meet the indie tattoo artists giving Indian folk and indigenous art a new canvas

    From Dori embroidery to Patachitra art, Kolam designs to neo-Naga tribal tattoos, India’s growing tribe of alternative tattoo artists are spotlighting India’s rich heritage on the human body.

  • Ritviz: 'It’s just such a flex to say that I made it to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!’ September 10, 2022 02:33 PM IST

    Ritviz: 'It’s just such a flex to say that I made it to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!’

    The Udd Gaye and Liggi singer, songwriter and record producer on his tracks being featured in Ms Marvel and his new album Mimmi.

  • Why spoken word poetry speaks to many of us August 28, 2022 04:02 PM IST

    Why spoken word poetry speaks to many of us

    The 2022 Bangalore Poetry Festival is on. We look at Spoken Word poetry and how the young generation of poets own it.

  • In Ukraine, young lives are shaped, or ended, by the ravages of war August 07, 2022 12:22 PM IST

    In Ukraine, young lives are shaped, or ended, by the ravages of war

    In Ukraine, time is dwindling to prevent another “lost generation” — the oft-used expression not only for young lives taken but for the children who sacrifice their education, passions and friendships to shifting front lines, or suffer psychological scars too deep to be healed

  • Starbucks brewing up in the Indian market with filter coffee, masala chai July 11, 2022 12:14 PM IST

    Starbucks brewing up in the Indian market with filter coffee, masala chai

    The menu, additionally, includes street-style sandwiches, milkshakes, bite-sized snacks, and a smaller beverage cup