Page 5 - Weekend Reads

Preparing for the next pandemic - and dealing with the current one

A new strain of virus is airborne. Veer Arjun Singh reports on the debate that follows the inevitable outbreaks

The foundation's dream: Self-sustaining villages to reverse urban migration

Swades has identified 300 'dream villages' - communities they hope will soon become independent and self-sustaining

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Fabiano Caruana produced a standout performance to take the Tata Steel with a round to spare

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

Is there life for us after Kobe Bryant, superstar athlete and global hero?

For 20 years, Kobe flew over rims and took an entire city with him, thrilling audiences with a dynamism so raw that you could actually feel it from the other side of your telly

There's a long lineup of musical treats in store for Mumbai this February

Festival-goers in the city can look forward to sampling diverse musical traditions in February

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

Wine and food pairings

Apart from its characteristic ripe guava aroma, it is vibrant, with intense lemongrass and fresh ginger notes that highlight the core of citrus and pear flavours

Meet Munna Master, the Muslim bhajan singer just awarded a Padma Shri

Munna has been singing bhajans for 30 years now, a family tradition that began with his father, Gaffur Khan

A unique book discusses Krishna and Vrindavan in contemporary times

Hawley draws a contrast between Krishna in Vrindavan and Krishna in later years, for instance, at the Kurukshetra battlefield advising Arjuna on the ways of the world or even later in Dwaraka

Harmonies of Basant

Sadly, there is no messiah of tolerance today who speaks the language of universal love

Sedans, SUVs and sporty saloons: Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW's plan for 2020

If Mercedes-Benz is going to bet big on a smaller sedan, its arch-rival, Volkswagen-owned Audi, believes the way forward is to go even bigger

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The Women's Title match went down to the wire and it was consistently exciting

Message for people running Manchester United: Stop taking fans for granted

The Burnley game felt significant, a seminal moment where a sense of disillusionment had outstripped all hope and optimism

Senegal at sea

Over the years, one has learnt to expect very little from the Academy Awards but Atlantics was robbed of a place in the nominations this year

Meet Paris-based collective Les Souffleurs that whispers poems to strangers

Les Souffleurs are in India to convince strangers to slow down by whispering poems into their ears

Head out on the highway: A drive through New Zealand's South Island

New Zealand is nature's revenge on the sheer ugliness of mankind

Grammy nominations 2020: Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X dominate

Young stars lead nominations as Recording Academy strives to align its awards with the musicians pushing pop

A history of a relatively neglected arm of the Indian armed forces

Nair shouldn't have used the WWII sub-title to define and limit his narrative

Meet Celia Kener, the woman who survived the Holocaust

Celia Kener told her story to Jake Nevins, the New York Times Magazine's editorial fellow