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Author Amish Tripathi is gearing up for his new book titled War of Lanka, the fourth in the Ram Chandra Series, and recently got candid about the same. Amish Tripathi needs no Introduction. All his fans need to know is that he’s is gearing up for his new book titled War of Lanka, the fourth in … Read more

Though Kathak dancer Shivani Varma has been dancing since the tender age of three, she didn’t realise it was her calling till much later. Having pursued a law degree, she practiced as a lawyer for a number of years, while dance continued in the backdrop as a way of life. However, the leap from dance … Read more

To really get into the Halloween spirit, tune into these incredible, spine-tingling horror audio stories on Audible that sure to spook the living daylights out of you. To really get into the Halloween spirit, tune into these incredible, spine-tingling horror audio stories on Audible that sure to spook the living daylights out of you – … Read more

Several costume designers have moved on to fashion design, or red-carpet dressing. Niharika Bhasin insists she only wants to work with Bollywood if she’s part of the bigger process – of the film, and not just the actor. If there was ever a time when costume stylists belonged to the platinum club of Bollywood insiders, … Read more

The movie has won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2022 and the Golden Eye award for the best documentary at Cannes Film Festival 2022. After winning worldwide recognition and different accolades, Delhi based director Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes is now set to be one of … Read more

Julie Powell died of cardiac arrest on 26 October at her home in upstate New York. A famous food writer, she authored the book ‘Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen’ in 2005, which was then turned into the hit movie ‘Julie and Julia’ New York: Food writer Julie Powell, who … Read more

Any new work of fiction by Alan Moore is an event, of course, but even by the man’s own lofty standards, his new collection Illuminations (recently released by Bloomsbury India) is a truly mind-bending phenomenon. For newcomers to Moore’s style, it is a worthy introduction to his many gifts as a writer: matchless wit, a … Read more

When Sumant Jayakrishnan turned 50 three years ago, he threw himself a party that his guests are still talking about. It was a Babylonian costume ball, at a friend’s New Delhi farmhouse, that started at dusk and should’ve ended at dawn but went on till office began. The garden was filled with sequinned elephants and … Read more

Is it possible to be modern without referencing tradition as a point of departure? Can tradition be a grounding force instead of imposing fetters on the imagination? How do we distinguish between rejection and reconfiguration, invention and appropriation? These are fascinating questions to ponder while reading Anuradha Ghosh’s book Jamini Roy: A Painter Who Revisited … Read more

Thirty-six years ago, you couldn’t imagine an air-conditioned ladies’ toilet at Independence Rock. Heck you couldn’t dare dream of a single regular ladies’ toilet there. The Rang Bhavan that spawned a musical movement which laid the foundation for the “scene” as we know it today, was decidedly testosterone-driven and drenched in sweat, adorned with the … Read more