Just as Shakespeare is ours, why doesn’t 'The Mahabharata' belong to the world? Narrow regional boundaries only crush the possibility of multidimensionality
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These Assembly seats are a microcosm of politics in the state, where the more things change, the more they remain the same. Political dynasts, surname as the golden ticket, family bonding and splits, fickle loyalties and merit too, if other factors favour
Delhi's 700-year-old bridge is crying for attention. Will the Yamuna Biodiversity Park bring attention to this structure?
I had the good fortune of spending an extended weekend at Anand Kashi, a tranquil resort run by the Taj group (IHCL) on the banks of river Ganga, near Rishikesh. It has many charms, not the least its emphasis on...
Watching the heroes of the Paris Paralympics, a tribute to Lt Gen PS Joshi, who converted his adversity into strength
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Madeleine Albright, in an interview, recalled a meeting at the White House with US President Bill Clinton and several senior officials. Albright had just been appointed the Secretary of State, the first woman in American history to hold the post....
A fabulous combination of aesthetic expression and visual anthropology, ‘The Nagas: An Exhibition of Photographs by Pablo Bartholomew and Aditya Arya’ offers a deep and personal look at the 30-odd tribes that are known as the Nagas. Charged with diverse...
A haveli can be a continuum of heritage, a receptacle of experiences, memories and stories passed down generations. In Indian-American artist Joya Mukerjee Logue’s 30 oil and watercolour paintings — a part of ‘those who walk before me’, her first...
History — or folklore — often comes wrapped in flavours. One particular story about Awadh never fails to tickle my nostrils. Legend has it that Asaf-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh in the late 18th century, had ordered that huge mounds...
Abhyu Ghimire is a doctor with dogged determination who took to the Himalayas like a Sherpa because, in his own words, work satisfaction is what really matters. Leaving the comfortable confines of Kathmandu, he set up the Mountain Medical Institute...
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