For the newly elected government, the drug menace that has the UT in its grip poses a huge challenge
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With its unique topography and proximity to Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, Jammu is fast becoming the entry route for drug smuggling from Pakistan. In the recent past, there have been multiple cases of huge seizures of heroin in joint operations...
The Punjabi writer and her daughter, artist Arpana Caur, chose to step out and help as Delhi burnt 40 years ago
Guru Nanak’s eldest son occupies a complicated place in the Punjabi and Sikh traditions
Food is often used as the main ingredient in plays, engaging the audience in multi-sensory ways
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Thota Vaikuntam’s Delhi show is a reflection on his five-decade journey and the connection with his Telangana roots
There is an old saying, ‘Catch them young!’ This is the best way, we are told, to spot talent so that kids with promise can grow up to be stars. This is as true in the kitchen as on the...
In an exclusive interview with The Tribune’s Editor-in-Chief, Jyoti Malhotra, Guha discussed his motivation for writing the book, which explores the intellectual history of environmental thought in India
Exploring the many shades of joy in the contemporary filmmakers’ experiments
Kishore Kumar died on Oct 13 in 1987, aged 58. Thirty-seven years later, his voice is probably heard daily by more people than ever before
Dr Christopher Turner is the Keeper of Art, Architecture, Photography and Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, responsible for collections of over 20 lakh objects.
Beyond their scenic and aesthetic value, iconic trees are historical assets and focal points of local traditions
Every year, when the Durga Puja season arrives, we are bewildered by the mouth-watering temptations at different pandals. Pujo is celebrated with great gusto in West Bengal, Odisha and Assam, and also wherever the probasi Bengalis are domiciled. There is...
Lavish backdrops, melodramatic flourishes, high-pitched singing, complex tableaux and opulent floats — it combined European techniques with local contours to create a theatre form that became India’s first commercial venture
An exhibition to mark 20th anniversary of Gallery Akar Prakar puts the spotlight on the trailblazers
In this festive season, when sweet shops are lined with platters of laddoos, I am reminded of my village in western Uttar Pradesh. Laddoos were essential to every wedding feast and were served in pairs, or joda, before a meal...
Imagine a museum where you’re supposed to blabber, rather than maintain silence. Enter Planet Word, an interactive museum dedicated to the spoken and written word
October is what I would call my spirit month! The sun is balmy, the breeze cool. The crisp mornings lend you early apricity, and even as the afternoon scorches, the saptaparni-laden evenings bring in a calm that beats even the...
Ladakh-raised Maisam Ali takes his debut film ‘In Retreat’ to the prestigious Busan International Film Festival
Bickram Ghosh brings Shubha Mudgal, Aruna Sairam and Usha Uthup on one stage, and it’s magic
A 76-year history of strife and killing
A Muslim boy who got separated from his family in 1947 and was adopted by a Sikh family in East Punjab finally gets to meet his brothers in West Punjab — thanks to an Indian historian and a Pakistani YouTuber
As the nation celebrates the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, his legacy in Ahmedabad is far more than a historical memory -- it is a living, breathing force that continues to shape the city's ethos even today. Among the most...
A hundred years ago, on September 20, 1924, John Marshall, the then Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), wrote in the Illustrated London News announcing to the world the discovery of Harappa in western Punjab and Mohenjodaro in...
Once in a while comes a show that transports viewers from the real world to the sublime and works as a time machine. ‘OP Sharma & the Fine Art of Photography (1950s-1990s)’, presented by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts...
From Alkazi experimenting with the Japanese Kabuki form in ‘Andha Yug’ to Karanth employing Karnataka’s Yakshagana style in his adaptation of ‘Macbeth’, traditional forms have resonated with the contemporary
Lotus is the national flower of India, celebrated in legend and lore. It is the stuff of metaphysical speculation and is depicted in sculptures and paintings. The stem holds the hundred-petalled blossom aloft, but serves the master unseen underwater. We...
Known for its spectacular vintage setting, Edinburgh, the charming Scottish capital, is also home to an intriguing childhood museum where an array of galleries presents a rich collection of toys, games, literature and pictures. The collection, dating back to the...
At first glance, Pancham Cajla, 36, comes across as the boy next door who could be working in a corporate office or managing a cafe. All this, of course, he was doing until a few years back when he was...
On September 26, Keki Nasserwanji Daruwalla passed away at 87. A former IPS officer who had an illustrious career, he was a gifted writer though poetry was his real passion. Searing honesty, wit and realism defined Keki’s repertoire. Here is an edited selection from his column in The Tribune
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