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Traditional artist unknown
On the occasion, Mashe - as, indeed, other folk artists who were invited to the capital - was put up at a government-owned India Tourism Development Corporation hotel
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Symphony of cultures
On YouTube, I have about 100 tracks that I have set as my favourites. Most of this is Hindustani music, the majority being songs by Kumar Gandharva
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The gods of tech
The technology that powers AI comes with two faces, one that opens the door to a future utopia and another that lets in dystopia
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Freedom at midnight
Debut director Tinu Pappachan has elevated a generic plot to a rambunctiously entertaining ride solely on the basis of jaw-dropping gags
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The tapas bars of Andalusia
Tapas is a snack that may consist of bread with various combinations of cheese, olives, veggies, ham, fish and egg
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The river wild: A tryst with Arunachal's mighty, magnificent Siang
Here be monsters, if you're not wearing your glasses
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Open season on religion
If open-air namaz represents a law and order problem and potential land jihad, then Khattar should also be exercised about kawariyas, jagrans and trees on public land that morph into temples
Death of a PM
The real strength of the narrative is in the number of different strands that Goswami negotiates at the same time, without any confusion or obvious errors in plotting
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Words of wonder
The Tour de France, especially, has one of the greatest commentary teams in any sport, and this is the duo of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen
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The DNA of collector
How much would you pay for the Mona Lisa, for instance? Such works are priceless because they have the ability to draw eyeballs and footfalls
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Forget Tests, who's saving ODI cricket?
The extinction of ODI cricket will leave the sport dealing with two extremes: T20s and Tests
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Beyond stardom
Varun Dhawan is as comfortable doing a dance drama (ABCD) as he is channeling his darker side in Badlapur
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Calls in the cloud
In-flight calls won't be cheap, of course. But my bet is that there'd be plenty of people who'd be happy to pay for them and then do paisa vasool by yelling at the top of their voices
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The perfect 100-point wine dinner
Michel Chapoutier is one of the most famous vintners in France and one of the first in the country to convert to biodynamic viticulture
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Untrue to type
I still don't join the growing number of civil society protests, though now I would like to
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Public servants
Bharat Ane Nenu is already a roaring hit and will certainly hold the "non-Baahubali" record for its lifetime box office collections
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Mohamed Salah for the Ballon d'Or?
Talk of his being the best player in the world was swirling around Europe much before he harried, twisted and tormented an embarrassingly feckless Roma defence on Tuesday night
Numb and number
Data become ever more plentiful by orders of magnitude, and interactive data visualisations ever more powerful
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Who's afraid of the death penalty?
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi declared last week that her ministry was in favour of amending the POCSO Act to make the rape of minors below 12 years carry the death sentence
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Adieu to an artist possessed
Recognition for Ram Kumar came in his last decades when his market escalated, but not to extraordinary peaks like for V S Gaitonde
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