By Nivedita New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) “I would continue to do normal things as everybody else because that’s what it is,” actress Kareena Kapoor Khan had said during her pregnancy. Like her, several new-age…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Actress-producer Priyanka Chopra’s Sikkimese production “Pahuna” will have its trailer screened at the upcoming edition of the Cannes Film Festival, says the movie’s director Paakhi A. Tyrewala….
By Shubhi Sinha Title: Today is My Favourite Day; Author: Siddharth Shirole; Publisher: Wisdom Tree; Pages: 168; Price: Rs 150 Nobody in this world is guaranteed to lead a n entirely happy and joyous life….
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) French saxophonist and composer Sylvain Rifflet has his finger firmly set on the pulse of modern times. Yet, he feels that music appealing to the popular taste,…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Fitness trackers have become a fad of late, with young- and middle-aged Indians sporting these devices at the park, in the gym and on the streets. Sensing…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) India’s publishing industry is as ruthless as it is dotted with glitz. With debutant authors often taking years to find a publisher, the journey of the manuscript…
By Vikas Datta Title: Tetralogue: I’m Right, You’re Wrong; Author: Timothy Williamson; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 160; Price: Rs 399 It is all in our mind. How we live our lives depends, to a…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Decline of Civilisation; Author: Ramin Jahanbegloo; Publisher: Aleph Book Company; Pages: 176; Price: Rs 399 Is the rise of extremist and exclusivist ideologies, which assess the world by inflexible dogma,…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: CityMakers; Author: Indu Prakash Singh; Publisher: Mukul Prakashan; Pages: 608; Price: Rs 1,000 Why do the mass of homeless in city after city, the ones who build homes and castles…
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) It’s great that actors are venturing out and trying their hand at singing, says Ayushmann Khurrana, who believes they are no threat to professional singers. Apart from…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Leading art practitioners have asserted that Indian culture and art forms that have preserved their core traditions for millennia are being reduced to a mere “spectacle” today in the race…
By Saket Suman Title: Option B: Facing Adversity, Buiding Resilience and Finding Joy; Author: Sheryl Sandberg with Adam Grant; Publisher: Penguin; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 226 Let the reader be warned: This book will make…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Layered mixed-media canvases, and assemblages in subtle monochromatic palette compose an introspective and revelatory exhibition in the national capital. The exhibition, titled “A(Void)”, by artists Dilip Chobisa and Tanmoy Samanta…
By Karishma Saurabh Kalita New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Stylish, uber chic and hipster — the three things that come to mind when one steps into Cafe Yell. Complete with an array of delectable food…
By Vikas Datta For keen readers, the point where texts transform into literature is always interesting. The protagonists are more likely to be fallible humans than deities, the prescriptive and didactic approach wanes to show…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Just a few steps inside the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in the capital and an entire potpourri of art works by sculptors throw up an…
By Vikas Datta His political accomplishments are still worthy of emulation. A successful war leader-turned-outstanding statesman, Marshal Tito showed how to subsume narrow ethnic identities into an inclusive nationalism and temper ideology with pragmatism as…
By Mayank Chhaya Chicago, May 6 (IANS) Thirty years after Chicago-based photographer and writer Victoria Lautman first stepped into the famous stepwells of India, the magic of that experience has not waned. If anything, it…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Even as the publication dates of noted Indian writer Vikram Seths “A Suitable Girl,” — a sequel to his much acclaimed 1993 novel “A Suitable Boy” — continues to hang…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Indias art world had never experienced it before — a multimedia art exposition showcasing the works of eleven legendary avant-garde artists of the 19th and the 20th…