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Multiplexes get the go-ahead, but dark cloud still hangs over silver screen

Filmmakers are not expected to be in a hurry to release movies in the October-November period, implying the quarter will hardly come to the rescue of theatre owners

A matter of age

Age. There's a lot that is associated with it, culturally and socially. So much of ourselves we let go of as we age

Sunil Sethi on how fashion industry is grappling with Covid-19 lockdown

There are challenges. And there are opportunities. And Sethi is good at seizing one when it comes along

On a budget and a prayer: The struggle for survival of low-cost pvt schools

Closed by Covid-19, budget private schools are struggling to cope and many could collapse without timely intervention

Fighting coronavirus: The other frontline workers of the pandemic

Across India, grassroots workers engaged in developmental work have taken on the role of keeping rural communities safe

Missing in Action: the unfinished stories of India's lost soldiers

This intensely researched book opens up a crucial and uncomfortable chapter of military, political and diplomatic history that few care to visit

At the time of coronavirus, the art of doing nothing and living the moment

So this is what I did in the park that morning: nothing. And this is what I have been doing in that park every morning since

Jahan-e-Khusrau festival reiterates the core message of the syncretic faith

Sufism, which is about looking inward, has no one language, no one definition. It transcends sects, disciplines, forms and expressions.

Delhi has a trendy new cultural space in the Mughal-era Sunder Nursery

A 16th century heritage park complex sprinkled with protected Mughal-era monuments, Sunder Nursery is an idyllic getaway from the city within the city.

When death do us part: AI-enabled immortality and the merits of letting go

There is something to be said about letting go

French artist Gerard Garouste's fantastical world on show at NGMA-Delhi

Garouste has a propensity, somewhat devilish, of putting faces of known people in his paintings

A Centre for Contemporary Art opens with two shows at Bikaner House, Delhi

The Centre for Contemporary Art is a maze of rooms, each big enough to accommodate artworks of scale

Leaves from history: Auction of texts dating back to the freedom struggle

An unusual online auction will allow us to understand the creation of our country at source

Why the Indian police needs to be insulated from its political masters

The Indian police is governed by the archaic, colonial-era Police Act of 1861, which has no place in a democracy

Operation admission!

We're still dealing with SMSes and calls from random colleges and vague deemed-to-be universities from all over: Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajastha

Memories of an uncomplicated time when we did not dissect happiness

A large part of our life is now transactional. Happiness, too, is being treated as a means to profit

Conservation must improve lives: Ratish Nanda of Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Conservation of a monument cannot be limited to the monument itself, says Nanda

Bacardi Reserva Ocho, the rum with a golden touch, is now in India

Rum can be luxurious. Veenu Sandhu finds out how, through a blend until recently consumed only by the Bacardi family

The redevelopment of Chandni Chowk doesn't capture its unique spirit

A massive, glitzy makeover of Delhi's Chandni Chowk fails to address the Old City's multiple, unique historie

How mandatory common salt iodisation helped bring down thyroid disorders

Despite correction of iodine deficiency, hypothyroidism remains an important public health problem