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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

On his birth centenary, remembering the quiet genius of Shimla-born abstractionist Ram Kumar

You may have heard about a diner who went to a fancy restaurant, looked at the elaborate menu and ordered a dish that sounded most appetising: baby spuds sauteed in mustard seeds and curry leaves, cocooned inside a crisp and...

It was a warm and hazy winter afternoon as we sat on a muddy embankment along Sambhar Lake, India’s largest inland salt lake in Rajasthan, watching hundreds of Pink Flamingos and a variety of migrant birds foraging through the shallow...

Sportspersons turn cynics when quite young, for their experience tells them that the sports administrator is venal and undependable

What exactly should a column contain, or proclaim, or aim for? It’s a task that has its own challenges

We need to take ownership of improving our traffic ecosystem

The Solan ragging incident is yet another episode where the desire for aberrant superiority unleashes in the most vile form

Jyoti Malhotra, Adil Akhzer & Arjun Sharma soak in the lively Assembly election atmosphere as J&K votes after 10 years

A community art exhibition delves into what the tribal region could, but should not, look like

75-year career, 50,000 songs in 14 languages — statistics, however, cannot define the greatness of Lata Mangeshkar, whose 95th birth anniversary falls this week

As global voices for restitution of stolen art treasures get louder, priceless Indian heritage is coming home

‘The Imam’ is the story of a little girl whose desire to become a cleric, like her father, ruffles a lot of patriarchal feathers

Just as Shakespeare is ours, why doesn’t 'The Mahabharata' belong to the world? Narrow regional boundaries only crush the possibility of multidimensionality

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

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...