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BN Goswamy was India’s most eminent art historian — distinguished with the highest honours by the Indian government and admired by his readers and listeners for his deep and traditional understanding of Hindu religiosity as well as Muslim Sufi culture;...

A few careless words uttered in a film I was watching on the telly hit me hard. “Anyone can make a stew,” said Irina Asanova, female lead in ‘Gorky Park’, and got me all, please pardon the pun, stewed up....

The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia. Westland. Pages 364. Rs 599 An impoverished young man, Jagat, is found guilty of murder and is sentenced to the sleep of death for a century. A century later, tensions run high in Peruma. As...

Chingus Serai in Rajouri is a testament to palace intrigues

Arpita Singh’s works move us on many levels, elevating the ordinary with a startling intensity, yet soothing serenity

It’s a cruel twist of fate that the document which turned Salman Rushdie into a cause celebre has vanished

Celebrated American comics journalist Joe Sacco’s work is a blend of reportage and art

Writer-director Subhadra Mahajan, who hails from Himachal, showcased her debut film at Dharamshala International Film Festival

Photographer Sayali Goyal travels through rural India and captures the unnoticed

There is more to the quick-witted art collector than meets the eye

Photographers share expert tips to help you capture perfect moments

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake. — Alfred Hitchcock In its 13th edition, the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) is clearly getting bigger and better. The icing on the veritable feast,...

Biting into a mutton chop one pleasant evening, I got thinking about this delightful snack that eastern India revels in. A chop is not to be confused with the western lamb chop, or mutton chaap, or something indescribable called a...

In New Delhi to participate in the India International Centre’s annual Festival of Arts, former Trinamool Congress MP Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University, speaks to Aditi Tandon on a range of issues

The other day, I happened to speak to some graduates who were a couple of months into their first jobs. While some of them enjoyed their work, a few others didn’t. But all of them, including the ones who loved...

Paul Celan’s ‘Death Fugue’ on Holocaust and Amrita Pritam’s ‘Ajj Aakhan Waris Shah Nu’ on Partition remind us of the horrors of the past

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...

Thota Vaikuntam’s Delhi show is a reflection on his five-decade journey and the connection with his Telangana roots

Food is often used as the main ingredient in plays, engaging the audience in multi-sensory ways

Guru Nanak’s eldest son occupies a complicated place in the Punjabi and Sikh traditions

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...