The best part about a picnic is that there are no rules about food
The best part about a picnic is that there are no rules about food
After touring 19 countries, an exhibition of 150 models of the architect-planner’s works has come to Chandigarh
Co-founder of Fabindia, Bim Bissell was the force behind promotion of Indian handicrafts and handlooms
Poet and author Gopaldas Neeraj, popularly known as Neeraj, also penned the lyrics of several hit film songs. His son, Mrigank Prabhakar, pays tribute on his birth centenary
Ensure the safety of the most susceptible group of passengers on the road — children, particularly while travelling on the most vulnerable mode in India, two-wheelers
Exploring the eclectic world of four women who have been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2024
The complex, and often conflicting, relationship between humans and owls ranges from reverence to superstition
Kumbh is a symbol of integration, a vessel or pot, in which quintessential wisdom, spiritual thoughts and human philosophy, as contemplated by saints and seers, are accumulated
What makes the Chettinad rendering of chicken curry special is the judicious blend of spices
Reach out with love to those who have to start over, whether an immigrant from a village to your city or a lost soul
High-altitude flowers are symbols of life’s resilience and beauty in adversity
The job comes with limited powers, but is much coveted — the First Citizen tag is appealing, but the real benefits often fail the test of propriety
The journey of the India Meteorological Department since it was established on January 15, 1875, is pretty much the journey of modern science in India
From withdrawing her first book over editing changes to turning down the Padma Bhushan, from designing her own gararas to rattling off coarse words used in her book at a seminar — each act of Krishna Sobti was an act of defiance. Remembering the literary icon in her birth centenary year
The launch of the Katra-Srinagar train connectivity is generating excitement, and some bit of anxiety too
An ecological crisis looms large as Aravalli hills get flattened and Haryana dithers on an effective strategy to counter illegal mining
Nicely spicy, Indian soups are broth-like and light in consistency
The memorable journey to Dodital, Uttarkashi, in the early 1970s
Despite having tasted success with two Hindi films, the filmmaker made a conscious departure from the narrative style of storytelling
A painting, a temple, and a father-son duo — the knowledge-bearers of Nerti
In times where monitoring of what you say, write or paint is auto-corrected by the artists’ dependence on grants and endorsements, art is increasingly relinquishing the connection it had towards the political sphere
His films are about the dream lives people have led after Independence. They encapsulate bits of us that are important, but to which we have the least access
Mahatma Gandhi felt that if the machinery craze grows in our country, it will become an unhappy hand. As we commemorate his 76th death anniversary this month, here is revisiting what he wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj’
Connoisseurs across North India can look forward to various art, culture, literary, music and many other related events. Here is what is on the platter: The national winter carnival at Manali, being held since 1970’s, usually happens in the first...
Several of the popular parallel films to come out of India in recent years are collaborations between countries geographically & culturally distant
Working in an era when sophisticated equipment was not widely available, the stage lighting stalwart relied on ingenuity to achieve complex effects
What Bapsi Sidhwa was doing in prose, Shyam Benegal deftly achieved through cinema
Spicing of chicken curry from the mountains of Karnataka is subtle and different
An American scholar’s tribute to KK Sharma of Palampur
Edited excerpts from ‘Strictly Personal’, the engaging biography of her parents — the late former Prime Minister and his wife — by Daman Singh, first published by HarperCollins in 2014