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It’s the 111th birth anniversary of jazz musician and guitar genius Jean ‘Django’ Reinhardt. This week’s quiz is all about guitars and ...

Regina King’s film ‘One Night in Miami’ turns the spotlight on four young men’s often conflicting ideas of power, and how to use it for a cause

Each new year millions of people around the world resolve to change their lives for the better. These self-improvement podcasts are just the encouragement one needs to not throw in the towel — at least not just yet

What makes the new crop of young Indian cricketers such game-changing winners? Over and above their talent, it’s the fearlessness with which they express themselves, both on and off the field

‘You ready to go to work?’ Joe Biden had asked Kamala Harris before naming her as his running mate. ‘Oh my God. I’m so ready to go to work,’ she’d replied. As the new US vice president takes oath today, a look at the incredible journey of a woman of Indian and Jamaican origins to the second highest office in the United States

Writer Narendra’s latest book, rich with vignettes from Bastar and his native village in Uttar Pradesh, questions the State’s mission of corralling people into the so-called mainstream

On the eve of his 86th birthday, a peek into an interview-based book that reveals the actor’s many moods, fears and vulnerabilities, and his reflections on life

Forget the tuna. The island nation will keep you full and happy with coconut, koftas and jasmine

This year, on Facebook, I saw that someone had posted a list of EASY RESOLUTIONS. I didn’t copy them down but they were like: “In 2021, I resolve to ...

With strokes of quirky humour, Partha Pratim Deb uses pulp, terracotta, glass and discarded cloth to create fascinating objects in psychedelic shades

Given the events in Washington DC on January 6, this week’s quiz is all about buildings that house or housed seats of power.On the house1 Before the ...

While good writing wars against the cliché, television gives it a natural home

In these isolated times when people yearn for a slice of the familiar, amateur and professional chefs are zhuzhing up work-from-home meals, with recipes taught by grandmothers to menus designed around festivals

The storming of the Capitol on January 6 could be the prelude to yet another chapter in the US’s long and shameful history of colour and racial divides

In an anti-tobacco campaign launched last month, the global health body has engaged the community of those who have quit the habit

‘Now It’s Come to Distances’ examines the defining moments of the past year — the Shaheen Bagh protests, Covid-19 and its management by the Central government

Legal and regulatory uncertainties hang like a sword on an industry which earned ₹2,470 crore revenues in the last financial year alone

Sopan Deb’s journey towards personal catharsis is perhaps the most honest and straightforward look a man can take at his people

A crackling fire, a tusker and a family scandal bring together a group of fellow travellers in Kerala

This tale begins 10 years ago, when I first moved to Elsewhere, into an elderly apartment building. Housing for multiple tenants often have a laundry ...

Although they match their Gujarati, South Indian and North Indian counterparts bite for bite, Maharashtrian snacks are a low-key bunch

On this day in 1863, the world’s oldest underground railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon, the first stations of the London Underground.

Actor-director Seema Pahwa spent her time in pandemic 2020 building stories around the eccentricities of joint family set-ups

India is ready with two vaccines to beat the deadliest virus of recent times. The immunisation drive, however, is still in the planning stage. A quick overview