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Dame Maggie Smith. (Reuters)

Maggie Smith proved that elderly ladies are the real scene stealers

7 min read . 04 Oct 2024

The smartphone has become not just a companion but a marker of our existence. (iStockphoto)

Can we ever slow down in the age of smartphones?

6 min read . 06 Sep 2024

Protesters in Bangladesh, with a defaced painting of Sheikh Hasina in the backdrop, on 5 August. (AP)

The ‘we-brought-you-freedom’ story has an expiry date

6 min read . 17 Aug 2024

Board games pre-date cardboard and were often just played by scratching lines in the dirt. (iStockphoto)

A museum in Kolkata dedicated to board games taps into memories, history

7 min read . 04 Aug 2024

Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The shot heard around the world

7 min read . 18 Jul 2024

Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Princess and the Pea’ has become the fairytale of our lives. (iStockPhoto)

Why Indians have trouble falling asleep

7 min read . 05 Jul 2024

Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi holds a copy of the Constitution, at a press conference on 4 June. (AP)

How the Constitution played a pivotal role in the election

6 min read . 14 Jun 2024

Influencer Nancy Tyagi might be the Cinderella-style story the media loves. (PTI)

The age of the influencer is truly upon us

7 min read . 01 Jun 2024

It’s hard to resist the impulse to feed a hungry puppy. (iStockphoto)

The mean streets are no happy home for stray dogs

6 min read . 17 May 2024

Pen-making is a handcrafted process. (iStockphoto)

The joy of getting inked with a fountain pen

7 min read . 05 May 2024

India is seeing increasing heatwave events. (iStockphoto)

Show a little kindness to lower the temperature

6 min read . 19 Apr 2024

For some, reading P.G. Wodehouse can be a stress-buster in trying times. (Getty Images)

The comfort of books in our loneliest hours

7 min read . 05 Apr 2024

Dancers perform ‘Invoking The River'. (Courtesy Chitresh Das Dance Company)

Chitresh Das: A purist yet a contemporary artist

7 min read . 22 Mar 2024

There’s a parasitic wasp in Ecuador named after Shakira. (Getty Images)

What names of animals say about us

6 min read . 08 Mar 2024

A Narayan Debnath comic strip on the Bangladesh War. (Courtesy Comics Culture Collective)

100 years of Bengali comics—100 years of history

7 min read . 23 Feb 2024

At the Grammys, singer-songwriter Annie Lennox raised her fist and said ‘Artists for a ceasefire—peace in the world’. (AFP)

When an awards show finally felt relevant

6 min read . 09 Feb 2024

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The celebrity circus over the Maldives fracas

6 min read . 14 Jan 2024

Milan Kundera in Paris, France, in August 1984. The Czech-French novelist died in July. (Getty Images)

The stars who open a doorway to the past

6 min read . 31 Dec 2023

The 'Ghee Happy’ episodes follow gods like Kali and Krishna as.children. (Courtesy Sanjay Patel)

Tales of monkey god, distilled like ‘ghee’

7 min read . 15 Dec 2023

It’s not hard to guess why we are anxious about authenticity these days. (iStockphoto)

How we went from gaslighting to authentic

7 min read . 03 Dec 2023