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Nonika Singh It was not just another photo-op, but an iconic moment etched in cinematic history: four Indian women on the most coveted stage of Cannes Film Festival. Payal Kapadia’s fiction debut, ‘All We Imagine As Light’, picked up the...

Sarika Sharma In 2014, when filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur set up the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), noted director Shyam Benegal had donated him his entire archive. The repository was a veritable treasure trove, with scripts, booklets, lobby cards, notes, and...

Rahul Verma Even a few years back, I would have sniggered if told that I was seen reaching out for a second helping from a salad bowl. But it was a hot day, and I was irresistibly drawn to the...

He was Luv, and I, his identical twin (younger by 14 minutes), am Kush. Our childhood was spent in Palampur and we made the most of our identical looks — playing pranks, filling in for each other and at times,...

Amanpreet Singh Gill Nurdi, a small village on the Tarn Taran-Attari road, is more popular for landmarks in the city of Tarn Taran like Nurdi Bazaar, Nurdi Road and Nurdi Adda. Few would recall that Nurdi was named after a...

On his eighth trip, Vijay Mohan takes the route less taken, and it’s quite an adventure

Extreme heat can severely impact various components, from the engine to the tyres. Make sure your car remains a dependable ally on the road. Fuel tank: Keeping your fuel tank full or at least half-full in the hot weather is...

Vijay C Roy Projected as a mass market product, it would come as a surprise that the adoption rate of electric vehicles in the luxury segment (priced at Rs 50 lakh and above) is almost three times higher. Given the...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has maintained its sales momentum, achieving ‘new milestones’ in the last fiscal year. Vikram Gulati, country head and executive vice-president for corporate affairs and governance, and Sabari Manohar, vice-president, sales-service-used car business, share the company’s plans...

A. Amarender Reddy and Tulsi Lingareddy INDIA’s food production requirement is expanding due to the rising demand from the growing population. The remarkable growth in foodgrain production from about 50 million tonnes in 1950-51 to a record 330 million tonnes...

Nearly 80 postcards offer an insight into larger social and political framework in the early 1900s

Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry Can there be a single perspective for any event? Two people in an identical situation generally interpret their participation in completely different ways. For example, my experience in an overcrowded bus, a long wait at the gas...

Pushpesh Pant Tex-Mex foods are immensely popular in India. There are many reasons for this. The ingredients used are familiar to most Indians — tomatoes, rajma-like kidney beans, corn and chillies. Then, there is the touch of the exotic contributed...

Aparna Banerji In 1987, following an open polo tournament at the Jaipur Polo Grounds in New Delhi, the chief guest, ‘Maharani’ Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, requested a meeting with a dashing player, Major Narinder Singh. Complimenting him, she said, “Narinder,...

Yogesh Snehi INDIA’s monumental heritage is a complex articulation of its imperial past. These monuments range from palaces, forts, serais, temples, mosques, gurdwaras and memorials. In an attempt to rethink these imperial legacies and decolonise our contemporary narratives of the...

Manu Moudgil The intense heatwave has broken numerous past records, putting the most vulnerable at a greater risk of health and livelihood crises. Although global heating plays a significant role, yet we cannot overlook the drastic changes in local landscape...

Sarika Sharma Eh jo rangan ch chitre ne khur jaange Eh jo marmar ch ukre ne mit jaange Balde hathaan ne jehre hawa vich likhe Haraf ohi hameshaan likhe rehange (These painted in colours shall deface These engraved in marbles...

As temperatures hover between 40°C and 45°C and the IMD predicts hotter days ahead, Dr Ravindra Khaiwal, Professor, Community Medicine and Public Health, PGI, Chandigarh, who has created, ‘VAAYU’, a comic on ‘Climate Change & Heatwaves’ for kids, gives some...

Renu Sud Sinha Eleven-year old Raghav is pre-diabetic. Born through IVF, he is an over-pampered child, who has become insulin-resistant due to over-eating. He is part of the rising childhood obesity cases that are driving the burden of non-communicable diseases...

Renu Sud Sinha Ashima (30) has been having panic attacks for nearly 20 years now. Harsimran (20) cleared NEET in her third attempt due to severe exam anxiety. Mayank (26) couldn’t clear JEE and had to settle for BSc because...

Jitendra Vir Sharma IN India, where agriculture and forestry are integral to the livelihoods of millions, the intersection of environmental conservation and economic empowerment holds immense promise. Carbon finance projects, particularly those focusing on ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation) and...

Monica Arora Sreemoyee Singh’s ‘And, Towards Happy Alleys’ is a gem of cinematic brilliance, a symphony on Iranian poets, filmmakers and, most importantly, women. Here are women who go on living with grace and dignity, refusing to be quietened, despite...

Krishnaraj Iyengar There is no India without Sindh, says filmmaker Susheel Gajwani, reminding us how the words ‘India’ and ‘Hindustan’ originate from ‘Indus’ or ‘Sindhu’. His fierce passion has finally found form. After having directed several Hindi and Marathi movies,...

Sarika Sharma Manjit Bawa’s first-ever painting sold for Rs 50. Over the last one year, his artworks have been auctioned for as high as Rs 25 crore, making and breaking records. Bawa, born in the small town of Dhuri in...

SINGAPORE: Singapore has topped a ranking that tracks the effectiveness of more than 100 governments around the world for the second consecutive year. It edged out Denmark, Finland, Switzerland and Norway in the fourth edition of the Chandler Good Government...