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Thoughts from a brevet

Bengaluru has many cyclists, runners and photographers of birds armed with bazooka-like lenses, meaning a serious interest rather than a hobby

India's global art advent

Art fair directors have capability to draw talent through curation and audience appeal that includes elite of museum and of art events and biennales

Oddly mesmerising

Baumbach's latest is about three bickering siblings getting together to care for their father who is an ageing, self-absorbed artist manque

A seat at the high table

Stephen Doe's wall paintings illustrate with brutal clarity the symptoms of ebola

Raise a toast to Down Under

Australian wines actually outsell all other imported wines in India and Jacob's Creek is the market leader

Damn you, online shopping

Bleeding from the bank and happy about it

Rajasthan ordinance row: Raje move is Rajiv Gandhi's anti-defamation redux

While saner sense had prevailed in the case of Gandhi, the Raje government on Monday referred the Bill to a select committee of the Assembly

Bihar's cultural supremacy

Earlier this month, the partially opened Bihar Museum in Patna was declared open to the public

Dematerialising Diwali

By bringing the culture of virtual spaces to the culture of Diwali, our celebrations differed from conventional celebrations in one crucial aspect: ecological impact

The collision in our stars

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory was at the forefront of the many observatories working on the neutron star collision

The death of Indo-Pak dialogue

India has no desire to engage with Pakistan on positive issues, it's a one-issue engagement and that one issue stands currently resolved in our favour

A new brand of comics

Kanan Gill's comedy often emerges from the eccentricities of language and translation

Guess who's coming to dinner

Doctor, I'm having bad dreams

Fake news demons

The real is finally mythical; and fake news, much like the golden deer in the Ramayana, is leading the world from order into chaos

TV bingeing this Diwali

A list of few TV series to binge watch during the festive season

Modi's diaspora nationalism is not anti-globalisation: Aseema Sinha

Aseema Sinha speaks to Aditi Phadnis about changes in the global trade outlook and India's political stance in multilateral trade bodies

Breaking barriers in education

The district collector of Raipur has ensured the admission of children from financially weak backgrounds into elite schools

Taj Mahal: A monument of gratitude

It is ingratitude bordering on stupidity that one would choose, for petty and juvenile reasons, to demote an asset any other nation would value and treasure

Internet economy

Millennials roaming cyberspace can make an economy sputter even further by not participating in Real Life

A cat, not a coward

The conditions under which Murugan has produced this book, with 210 short poems, provide a hint to his preoccupations