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Building on Balakot

What changed after Pulwama? Partly it was the memory of the surgical strikes that kept hopes alive that some action would be taken

Do the Pakistanis not love their children too?

'Main Hoon Na' embodied an optimism about India-Pakistan relationships that's all but lost now

Bitter death

Sassoon also served on the frontlines in France and was even decorated for his service

Speciality wines

A variant of botrytised wines is the Tokaji Eszencia, made from wine grapes in Hungary

Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose. The New Year is full of old stuff

History is just the same pizza with different toppings

Notes on nationalism

Our leaders, whether those in this government or the ones before, have failed to explain to the nation what our strategic constraints are

Fake-believe canvases

One of the gravest concerns among collectors is the lack of a platform, or authority, to which one can turn should one want a work authenticated, or a dispute resolved

Supermoon

The first sliver of a new moon appears (usually) three days after a no-moon night. The ancients, who were avid nature watchers, ascribe a sacred nature to the number three

Lies, damn lies and books

Psychologists say that liars tend to be more creative

Our misplaced FOMO

How far we have come from those days when we engaged with, or were even conscious of, the world around us - the real world, the tangible world

Flying a kite in a hurricane: Beth Hart at the Mahindra Blues Festival

She's a force of nature, you just grab tight and enjoy the ride

Little typefaces matter much

These great fashion brands originated in the Old World of Europe

Die, relive, repeat

Despite each of the eight episodes being under 30 minutes, Russian Doll tends to get lumbering with subplots

In defence of divorce

Even today, a majority of Indian women cannot walk out of unhappy, incompatible or abusive marriages because they don't have the social and economic capital to do so

Works of honour

Iqbal's great work is the Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, and it is one of the world's undiscovered classics

Through her eyes

Arpita Singh's are thoughtful paintings that make one pause and think. When that body of work covers 60 years, it makes one reflect on the extraordinary career of an artist

The season of promises

Together with the flow of middlemen landing in India from Dubai and the sustained efforts to bring Vijay Mallya home, the government will make the 2019 election a repeat of the 2014 one

Why Netflix's $100 million 'Friends' deal chips away at quality content

Instead of acquiring a lot of middling latest movies, Netflix needs to invest in classics.

More of the reds

Priorat is a small hilly area about 150 km west of Barcelona that make its wines principally from Garnacha and Carignan

Budget issues