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Long condemned as sleazy, Bhojpuri music comes into its own with Caribbean success
Migration, lifestyle changes, and the incapability of Bhojpuri folk music to enter the urban lifestyle are some of the primary reasons why this genre is limited to a selected few people
Mahavir Jayanti 2022: Four books to ponder upon emphasising on Mahavira's principal of ahimsa
Check out book recommendations on Mahavira that will give you a picture of who he was and what he stood for.
Irrfan: Dialogues with the Wind book review — A filmmaker's hauntingly beautiful recollection of his actor, friend
Anup Singh has memorialised his talented, driven, introspective friend whom he directed in two films, Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost and The Song of Scorpions.
Weaving ragas into orchestral symphonies: Violinist L Subramaniam on his process, training, and legacy
“Sitting down to write a piece of music is a foreign concept to me. To me, the music just floods my senses, and I can hear the instruments play to form a melody," says L Subramaniam.
As regulations against workplace harassment gain ground, it's time we turn to abuse against home-based workers too
In a new Homenet South Asia study, respondents from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India shared their experiences of physical, financial, verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse.
Know Your Classical Dances: Kathakali’s rich repertoire and elaborate costuming make the dance-drama a spectacle to behold
Kathakali demands arduous physical and emotional feats from its artists and the costumes only add to the remarkable portrayals of the mythological characters that come alive on stage.
Veteran artist Shobha Broota: ‘Art is not a money-making profession’
Shobha Broota, a veteran artist who has exhibited extensively in India and abroad, has her work currently on display at the ongoing India Art Festival (IAF).
Book Review | Pallavi Nigam Sahay’s ‘A Sip in Time’ offers the best of teatime recipes
‘A Sip in Time’ is not only a culinary book on tea and teatime recipes, but it also delves into their histories and shares other food-related memories.
Interview | We have performed Qawwalis all over the globe, but there is no place like India: Ghulam Waris Nizami
Qawwali singer Ghulam Waris Nizami of the famed Nizami Brothers performed in front of a packed audience at a 10-day cultural extravaganza hosted at the Red Fort from 25 March to 3 April, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations
Beyond Sharmaji Namkeen: Acknowledging the many Sharmajis who can't cook to save their lives
For every Sharmaji who finds a sense of purpose in the kitchen, there are many who have perpetually laboured at the ask. It is true at least for the many Sharmajis in my life, including of course my father.
Amish Tripathi on his new gaming and time travel book set in London, and adapting his Shiva trilogy for three-season OTT series
"The medium is different so my experience as a writer is bound to be different. With a book, I use words to create images in the minds of my readers but how they visualise also depends on their own imagination. On screen, you get to see only the director’s imagination," says Amish Tripathi.
Book Review |Barkha Dutt’s ‘To Hell and Back’ exhumes the bodies of those whose stories were waiting to be told
‘To Hell and Back: Humans of COVID’ is not about the numbers, but the people behind these numbers.
India Art Festival: Here's what 6 self-taught artists have to share
Manoj Kumar Swain and Sadashiv Sawant’s wife at The India Art Festival (IAF).
Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand becomes first Hindi novel to be shortlisted for International Booker Prize
Geetanjali Shree's book, translated into English by Daisy Rockwell and described by the judges as "loud and irresistible novel", will compete with five other titles from around the world
The fashion influencers are ringing the death knell for fashion journalists in India
Here is a young writer’s take on fashion journalism post pandemic after her visit to the recently held FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week 2022.
Art Attack: The India Art Festival returns to Delhi after two years
Sixth Edition of the India Art festival to be held in Delhi after two long years of the pandemic
Meet Muktamani Devi, Manipur entrepreneur who recently got Padma Shri for her shoe-knitting business
"Padma Shri has encouraged me to do better, provide employment to more people, and improve the quality of my products," Muktamani Devi says with a smile.
Gaurav Gupta on being a culturalist, and designing red carpet gowns for Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, Jennifer Hudson
"Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, and Jennifer Hudson are all culturalists. Ours is also a culturalist brand. We also challenge how people think of fashion so that is where we resonate," says designer Gaurav Gupta.
Book Review | BN Goswamy's Conversations, a collection of his art columns, is a guide to every new enthusiast
This book is evidence that an understanding of art need not be presented using convoluted paragraphs of indecipherable sentences.
Know Your Classical Dances: Tracing Sattriya’s aesthetic legacies, from sattras or monasteries to the modern stage
Sattriya has now emerged as a significant body of art that makes relevant the universal ideas of infinite faith, its registers resonating across the globe with practitioners continuing to explore and expand the contours of its performance style
Book Review | Devapriya Roy’s ‘Cat People’ is much more than cats and cat-loving or hating humans
‘Cat People’ can be the ‘light’ read you’re looking for, though this review focuses on grief stories in it.
Forgotten Food: The Eenthu Panna tree's seeds contain the story of a cuisine, culture and its custodians
In addition to being the star ingredient in heirloom dishes like the ‘eenthu pidi’ made by the Mappila Muslims, the seeds of the Cycas circinalis (popularly referred to as the eenthu panna) tree are a living testimony to the age-old reliance of indigenous communities on wild edibles and the unrecorded wealth of ethnobotanical information they possess.
On International Transgender Day of Visibility, read British Muslim trans activist Sabah Choudrey's book
Sabah Choudrey's book also considers how visibility does not always serve trans people; it can be at odds with their safety.
Tarun Tahiliani’s ‘Global Indian’ collection was a playful symphony of luminous hues and cascading drapes
In a conversation with Firstpost, designer Tarun Tahiliani says, “Fashion is becoming more sustainable and versatile with customers wanting to buy pieces which can be worn in multiple ways.”
Divya Prakash Dubey: 'We need to go beyond the traditional platforms to make Hindi cool again'
"It's not like people aren't interested in just Hindi literature. They don’t care about what’s happening in English writing either. It’s not like they are looking forward to what Arundhati Roy is going to write next. That’s a lifestyle issue," says author Divya Prakash Dubey.
Anindita Ghose on her debut novel The Illuminated: 'It is essentially a novel about shifts in perspective'
Anindita Ghose on The Illuminated: 'It is a story about women coming into their own, how they dazzle when they choose to shine together'
AAP MP Raghav Chadha turns showstopper at FDCI X Lakme Fashion Week
The 33-year-old politician, Raghav Chadha walked the ramp for designer Pawan Sachdeva.
Know Your Classical Dances: How Bharatnatyam, rooted in temple dances of Devdasis, contributes to nation's sociopolitical climate
The trajectory of Bharatnatyam, as cultural evolution of a dance form and the political makings of a nation state, provides a fascinating glimpse.
From India to Madagascar: How revisiting Kalidasa can help us become sensitive towards biodiversity and climate change
Like Kalidasa’s Meghaduta, Monsoon not only depicts the rich flora and fauna of the places through which it travels but also highlights their vivid colours and sounds, tastes and aroma of the rich cuisine, and landscapes and monuments
World Theatre Day: Manav Kaul on juggling cinema and plays, and why he keeps returning to the latter
"I have tea as well as coffee, and of course, they are different, they have to be, that is why we are having both. The same is the case with theatre and cinema," says Manav Kaul.