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Lakme Fashion Week: Bipasha Basu looked smashing in Bibhu Mohapatra’s collection
Bipasha Basu, who gave birth to baby girl Devi last year, flaunted her curves on the runway as she walked for New York based Indian designer Bibhu Mohapatra.
Lakme Fashion Week 2023: Pallavi Mohan's 'Not So Serious' label present a fashionable journey of style and beauty
Pallavi's visual romance with flowers and nature has always been translated into 3D embellishments and surface ornamentation along with ingenious crafting of laser cut flowers
Lakme Fashion Week 2023: 'Guapa' and 'Not So Serious' display colours, style, and fashion at the event
'Guapa' unleashed a versatile feast for the eyes, as its resort wear comprised dresses, co-ord sets, shirts, colourful kaftans, shorts, coverups and swimsuits in myriad colours, prints and embellishments to match every mood of the holiday make
DAG announces first exhibition drawn from the DAG archives curated by historians Rana Safvi and Swapna Liddle
Alongside numerous photographs of Delhi and the three durbars, the exhibitions includes many other objects relating to them, from medals, souvenirs, postcards, official durbar directories, admittance tickets and book
Bigger, better & grander: Zomaland is back with its 4th season
The Grand Food and Culture Carnival to kick off its 1st leg in Pune on 4th November
Shanti Banaras In Search of a Tiger Utopia
Shanti Banaras's new collection transports you into the rich world of tigers while instilling hope to inspire its conservation efforts in India
Meet the 'GenNext' designers to debut at Lakmé Fashion Week X FDCI
Like every year Lakme Fashion Week X FDCI has come out with its GenNext designers. Firstpost caught up with them as they gear up for the show.
'The Last Devil to Die' book review: It is a relentlessly smart and funny whodunit
Earlier this month, Osman released the fourth and latest book in the series, The Last Devil to Die. And while this book doesn’t really see Osman operating at the height of his powers, there’s enough ‘cosy crime’ goodness here to keep both returning fans and newbies happy
Food Friday: ‘Servings Simple yet Exotic’ | Roopali Mohanti’s new cookbook is about creating magic in the kitchen
Servings is a book which talks about creating magic in the kitchen with simple ingredients which are easily available in the market.
G20 Summit 2023: Akshata Murty's wardrobe collection screams elegance from miles away
Akshata Murty arrived in India on 8 September with Rishi Sunak. For the day, she picked a fusion outfit effortlessly blending Indian and Western styles.
Not Just Bollywood | Muzaffar Ali: ‘Cinema is a blend of all art forms; it sensitises you’
In conversation with filmmaker, cultural revivalist and designer Muzaffar Ali on cinema changing, how art is a way of sensitizing and humanising people and more.
Indian talent wins big honours at the prestigious Aga Khan Music Awards
The winners and recipients of a special mention at the Aga Khan Music Awards, set up by the spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, will share a prize fund of $500,000 as well as opportunities for professional development. Three of them are Indians, and one of them was born and raised in India
Getting Sudha Murty to serve on the NCERT committee is a win for children's literature
The fixation with Sudha Murty's personal food preferences has resulted in massive trolling recently and her achievements seem to have been forgotten. As one of the most popular authors of children’s literature in India, she has much to contribute to NCERT
Exclusive! Indrani Mukerjea on Sheena Bora murder: ‘I was labelled as social climber & a monstrous person’
In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy, Indrani Mukerjea opens up about her book Unbroken, the process of writing the book, the deep rooted bias against ambitious women and more.
Food for thought | The Biryani Story: India’s most loved one-pot meal
The story of Biryani is like a delicious mystery. Whether it evolved in India through the Mughals, Arabs, or is an inherent part of our own culture as mentioned in South Indian Vedas, is a subject of debate.
EXCLUSIVE! Rahul Khanna on India Couture Week: 'Balancing pragmatism, imagination is a crucial aspect of an endeavour'
In conversation with the designer duo Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna on the India Couture Week, how machines are inferior to craftsmanship and more
EXCLUSIVE! Amitav Ghosh on Smoke and Ashes: ‘Climate disruption is a clear and present danger’
In an interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy, author Amitav Ghosh talks about his favourite non-fiction book Smoke and Ashes, climate change and how opium trade has a multiplier effect in heightening social and political tensions.
What to expect from 'Veer Meera' – A musical on empowering women
The musical is inspired by the 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna, Meera Bai
Book Review: The Grande Matriarch of Malabar
Sajita Nair, a former army Captain, has written a captivating novel set in Kerala
Taste the Flavours of God's Own Country with HistoryTV18 and Rocky as he explores Kerala in #RoadTrippinWithRocky
The road trip starts from the pristine Kovalam Beach and then moves on to the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. From there a long journey to Kochi begins and after a few stops the trip culminates in Coimbatore
A Collectors' Paradise: AstaGuru's Masterpieces & Editions auction to showcase masterpieces by iconic western artists
The auction presents several works by artists from France, which emerged as a melting pot of modern art and shaped the course of global art history
A new biography of Atal Bihari Vajpayee tries to correct misconceptions and raise eyebrows
This book throws light on Vajpayee's formative years, his grassroots training, and how he made a place for himself in the Sangh Parivar and in the hearts of political adversaries
Sameep Padora: Diversity is our biggest strength, we are a country where food, language, clothing changes every 200 km
The new Dean of CEPT is one of India’s youngest and most interesting architects
Pride Month 2023: After Mumbai, Lailaa Manju screened in New Delhi's Indian Habitat Centre
Director Kamya N and Executive Producer, Production Designer Samarth Khanna are elated by the response they have received in Delhi as well at Indian Habitat Centre, followed by their screening earlier this month in Mumbai at the coveted the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
Arjun Khanna's new store shows off his cheeky style and terrific tailoring, boasts of his bad-boy-doing-good vibe
The irreverent designer on his 'biker jackets', launching womenswear and a coffee brand, and how he had restaurateur Rahul Akerkar model for him
EXCLUSIVE | Feroz Abbas Khan on Mughal-e-Azam : 'A great story remains timeless for a reason'
Director Feroz Abbas Khan, in an interview with Firstpost, talks on how Mughal-e-Azam remains timeless and the challenges of getting actors who could fit into the shoes of Dilip Kumar, Madhubala and Prithviraj Kapoor
Radhikaraje Gaekwad of Baroda is India's most progressive Maharani
The royal resident of the Lukshmi Vilas Palace, the private residence bigger than Buckingham Palace, on reviving the Baroda Shalu sari, getting women to drive school buses, and her cafe that’s run by transgenders
M.F Husain's death anniversary: Remembering the maverick painter
Rakshanda Hussain, granddaughter of M.F Husain talks to Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy on her relationship with her grandfather, how he was a source of inspiration to her and more
