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Cartoonist and Padma Shri awardee Narayan Debnath dies at 97
Noted cartoonist and Padma Shri awardee Narayan Debnath created the legendary characters like Handa Bhonda, Bantul the Great and Nonte Phonte.
How Pandit Birju Maharaj always stayed alive to sights, sounds, and sentiments of the present
Birju Maharaj’s artistic oeuvre was defined by this spontaneity. Kathak is richer for the ideas he brought to it.
Love in the Time of Covertness: Columbian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez had a secret daughter with Mexican writer
Gabriel García Márquez had a daughter with Susana Cato, a writer and journalist who worked with him on two movie scripts. Their daughter Indira is now in her early 30s, and uses her mother’s surname.
Pandit Birju Maharaj leaves behind the tradition and legacy of Kathak, a dance form synonymous with his name
“Who can sit for three hours now? You need to be able to make them clap every three minutes. This has ruined the beauty of the dance, the seriousness of it," Birju Maharaj said.
Pandit Birju Maharaj, legendary Kathak dancer and Padma Vibhushan awardee, dies at 83
Legendary Kathak dancer Birju Maharaj was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj.
From Panipat to the Podium: Arjun Singh Kadian's Neeraj Chopra biography documents the athlete's astronomical rise
Written by a policy professional from Haryana, the book seeks to understand Neeraj Chopra’s journey in the wider context of what Haryanvis have accomplished in sports.
Birju Maharaj on living, breathing and dreaming Kathak: 'Art will never betray you'
"Don't do Kathak in haste. Don't go for an item [dance number]. It hurts the complete emotion of doing. Items will happen, applause will come in too; instead, go steady, let the art mature": Pandit Birju Maharaj's parting words from a 2017 exclusive interview.
How Birsa Munda led his people into organised rebellion against Church and British rule
Birsa Munda appealed to thousands of his followers to renounce Christianity and return to their original faith
Auction of the century: Roman villa housing Caravaggio to go up for sale on Tuesday amid legal dispute
Almost 35,000 people have called on the Italian government to exercise "its pre-emptive right" to buy the building and the Caravaggio, which alone is valued at 350 million euros
On Tiruvalluvar Day, let's remember Tamil saint poet
'Tiruvalluvar Day,' observed on the second day of Tamil month 'Thai' by the state government and others, is dedicated to the memory of the great Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar.
Shabana Azmi on father Kaifi Azmi's 103rd birth anniversary: 'I remember him with celebration, not sorrow'
“When Abba passed away, I realised nothing prepares you for the loss of a Nothing! I was completely devastated. But now, years later, I feel his spirit envelopes me like the air I breathe," says Shabana Azmi.
Spider-Man comic page sells for record $3.36 mn bidding in Dallas
Mike Zeck’s artwork for page 25 from Marvel Comics’ Secret Wars No. 8 brings the first appearance of Spidey’s black suit.
Experiments of a shopaholic: How metaverse is serving as testing grounds for real-life products by luxury designers
How users interact with online goods — what they flock to and what they ignore — offers a relatively low-risk and low-cost opportunity for firms to develop products.
Book review | In his memoir The Ambuja Story, entrepreneur Narotam Sekhsaria throws light on origin story of the company
Young entrepreneurs, who are not acquainted with the economic landscape in India before liberalisation in 1991, will find The Ambuja Story quite educational.
'Magic is much like love, a beautiful moment of suspension from reality': Drummond Money-Coutts
"Being a magician is very much like being a musician. Nobody is born able to play the chords and scales of any instrument, but they are born with the passion that will carry them through many years of commitment required to learn them," says DMC.
What's 'love bombing'? How do you know when you're getting 'love bombed' in a relationship? Here are the answers
"With love bombing, the constant attention, flattery, seduction, gifts make it hard to process that you’re overwhelmed. And when you’re overwhelmed, you don’t see danger.”
#instawedding takes over Kerala: How traditionally quieter South Indian wedding ceremonies are now chasing colour and dance
“When they see something on social media, they say my wedding should be like this, too. Everybody wants to become a film star," says Mayjohn PJ, owner of a leading wedding management agency on the new South Indian wedding.
The Parthenon Quest: Greece gets marble foot in door of British Museum
Greece hopes the 2,500-year-old marble fragment, which arrived on loan from an Italian museum, may lead to the reunification in Athens of all surviving Parthenon Sculptures — many of which are in the British Museum.
Book review | Remo Fernandes bares it all, from confessions on adultery to being blamed for death of fellow band members
There are some things Remo Fernandes is embarrassed about but he wants to acknowledge in his memoir they did happen. The sexual repression that resulted from his Catholic upbringing is a big theme in this book.
As Indian couples increasingly choose to go childfree, premarital counselling must be extended to their families
“We feel better communally, and that insight over time is getting lost with individual counselling. As per Western standards, healing is considered to be this isolated thing you do, and you do it yourself but we’re not culturally brought up that way."
Novak Djokovic is more a victim of the brand he couldn't become than the flawed human being he obviously is
Tennis Australia and Novak Djokovic have not been each other’s best friends of late, but this public persecution of Tennis’ biggest star is more bureaucratic hubris than the enlightened response it wants to dress up as.
Jaipur Literature Festival rescheduled from January to March due to surge in COVID cases
"We remain committed to bring the Festival back to Jaipur as an on-ground," organisers said in a statement.
In her new book Watershed, climate expert Mridula Ramesh stresses on urgent need of water management in India
"While conscience is good for spurring a change, it is less effective in sustaining a change. That’s why we need good economics and design to come in to sustain the action we want to see," says Mridula Ramesh.
Living Art | How COVID-19 lockdown, contrary to popular belief, has led to a boom in art market, thanks to online auctions
“During the lockdown, disposable incomes of the high-end groups and businessmen had grown because they weren’t travelling, partying or attending weddings. Speculators disappeared, and serious collectors gained ground," says Dinesh Vazirani, CEO, Saffronart.
Book review: With Raj Kapoor: The Master at Work, filmmaker Rahul Rawail presents an intimate account of his guru
With his biography on Raj Kapoor, Rahul Rawail is not looking to ruffle feathers or provide cheap thrills. He is clearly in awe of the person that he is writing about, and this subjectivity is central to the book.
Book review | With Unbound, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke explains why she felt the need to reclaim the movement
"If these white women start using this hashtag, and it gets popular, they will never believe that a Black woman in her 40s from the Bronx has been building a movement for the same purposes, using those exact words, for years now."
What is India’s educational heritage? A review of Sahana Singh’s new book
Long before the first European universities appeared, India already had multidisciplinary centres of learning that fuelled a knowledge revolution around the world. So, why this mess now?
Book Review | 'Shuttler’s Flick: Making Every Match Count' offers peek into mind of Pullela Gopichand
The book would appeal to various kinds of people – those who enjoy reading about sports, those who like books on leadership, those who are curious about the lives of famous personalities, and those who thrive on self-help.
Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush colours and textures, dies at 101
Thiebaud had started out as an animator for Walt Disney and later worked as a poster designer and commercial artist in California and New York before becoming a painter
'He-Man' artist and toy designer T Mark Taylor dies at 80 of congestive heart failure
He-man was the muscled frontman for toy manufacturer Mattel's Masters of the Universe franchise, which later spawned a popular animated series