Ranjita Ganesan

Zubeen Garg: The legendary singer, musician who united a divided state

Fondly known as 'Zubeen da', Garg was impossible to slot and invariably treasured. Though his repertoire was fluent, reportedly encompassing 38,000 songs in 40 languages

Two women show how communities can unite to shape and guide AI's advance

Women tend to be less tolerant of unethical business strategies than men, say studies. Naturally, expressions of ethical dilemmas are relatively subdued in workforces where men outnumber women

Safeena Husain explains how girl-focused education works better for all

Lunch with BS: Meet Safeena Husain, whose Educate Girls became the first Indian NGO to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award

Master of artistic coups: Panahi's Palme d'Or divides Cannes, Iran

Oppressive rules are a universally occurring absurdity, as Panahi's travel experiences establish

Haku Shah's exhibition in Mumbai spotlights his underloved paintings

The Gandhian artist is best remembered for turning attention to Indian rural and indigenous arts

World Heritage Day: Check in at Mumbai airport, check out the artefacts

With 5,500 pieces, the art museum at Mumbai's Terminal 2 is one of Asia's largest public art projects. Ahead of World Heritage Day, a walk through its mural-filled corridors

India's concert scene grows, but accessibility still remains a concern

It is an interesting age for live music. "Concert economy" is a buzzword for governments and tourism boards across Asia, looking to attract domestic and overseas fans

Release for grief: When sincerity matters more than words themselves

Loss is humanity's lot, but as Gibson reaches urgently for their best gifts - love, humour, creation - we see it ought to be a connecting idea rather than an isolating one

Alienation and empathy themes shine at MAMI Film Festival screenings

The answer to alienation then is in freeing oneself of expectations. Why be beautiful when you can be free?

NCPA and Soho's first theatrical collaboration blurs national boundaries

Indian 'drag kings' to take the stage in Mumbai and London in Gentlemen's Club

How home brokers are gaining internet celebrity as real estate influencers

As a policy, everyone agrees it is wise to avoid collaborating with builders who have delayed projects for years

Watered down: Evaluating Bengaluru's future as India's IT capital

As Bengaluru segues from a parched summer to torrential rains, citizen groups and authorities evaluate the city's future as India's IT capital

Finding community

Despite not being from the region, the directors of Nocturnes and Flickering Lights were able to faithfully document stories from the Northeast by building bridges first

On the slow road: From drive-in cinemas to smaller outdoor screenings

'Drive-in theatres occupy a huge area of land. It is difficult to scale that kind of business'

26/11 Mumbai terror attacks: Somewhere between remembering and forgetting

15 years later, the bullet marks may have faded, but Mumbai's wounds from 26/11 still need healing

Show featuring Air India's famed art collection takes off at NGMA Mumbai

In the first in a series of planned exhibitions, 200 works selected from Air India's 4,000-large art collection are on display at the gallery

Office spaces adapt to post-Covid world with safety on its mind

This has meant changes in the traditional layout of offices. No longer open for waiting, the reception areas have turned into zones for temperature checks and sanitation

For Mumbaikars, work from home triggers an escape to beach town Alibaug

As ferry services increase and remote working becomes the norm, the rural beach town has turned into a sought-after refuge for city slickers from Mumbai and Pune

Quiz time in quarantine: How KBC was filmed without studio audience

While access to the set remains restricted amid Covid-19, access to participation actually opened up wider this time around

Animal instinct

Gaav inspires reflection on widely held, and poorly judged, ideas of what it is to be and appear and behave 'human'