Page 9 - Weekend Reads

Eating one's way through Bologna, considered the gastronomic heart of Italy

It's not just food wisdom that you'll pick up if you're visiting Bologna

Not exactly the 'Orient Express', but Europe's sleepers are back

Unlike opulent trains, these are for regular people with a climate conscience

When 'yoginis' hold court

Seema Kohli's exhibition, A Circle of Our Own, is an intriguing experiment with installations in a public space

Here are the six takeaways from Melania Trump's unauthorised biography

'Free, Melania' gets into the first lady's relationship with Ivanka, 'Be Best' and that 'I really don't care' jacket

The Magical Magyars and their considerable influence on European football

Football writer Jonathan Wilson reminds us of a time when the Magical Magyars shaped the world of football

The astonishing Viswanathan Anand looks back on his journey so far

Viswanathan Anand has been a model of brilliance, consistency and, well, niceness for decades. On the eve of the release of his new book, he talks about the journey so far

A fugitive godman and his fantastical sovereign republic of Hinduism

Nithyananda declared that he had set up a 'cosmic country', apparently off the coast of Ecuador

The stuntwomen of Bollywood who risk their lives to add spice to films

Five decades after Reshma Pathan became the country's first stuntwoman, Ranjita Ganesan takes a look at the lives of the athlete-actors of Indian cinema

Reading the Baburnama while travelling in what was once Babur's land

Babur's love for his country's produce - especially the fruit of the region - finds expression throughout his memoirs

Two young men who love to bust myths and slay ghosts around the country

More than the thrill that comes with taming evil spirits, Exploring India hopes to bust myths surrounding ghosts

An ode to functional efficiency

When the Cybertruck was first revealed, people gasped and hated it. It seemed ugly, unconventional and destined to be unpopular

Bombay Lokal: These real-life gully boys help performers find their voice

Bombay Lokal emcees recently collaborated with artists in London as they have a sizeable audience there

How the emotional subject of food has entered the political discourse too

Food has always been an emotional subject, arousing fierce opinions and defiant defences

CHESS #1378

The Tata Steel India Chess in Kolkata saw Magnus Carlsen register a convincing victory

Don't get mad, but 'hangry' isn't really angry

Anger comes in many flavours, it turns out, and the hunger-induced variety isn't quite like the others

The Prince Andrew scandal will make an excellent 'The Crown' even better

For a change, it'll be nice to see the Queen admit defeat and finally confess that she's sick of being embarrassed by her 60-something kids

'The Irishman' review: The mob's greatest hits, in a somber key

The Irishman is a monumental, elegiac tale of violence, betrayal, memory and loss

Creative exchange between Dutch and Indian artists in the age of Rembrandt

The Mughals had expanded their rule over much of the subcontinent, while the Dutch arrived to set up the Dutch East India Company

The wine hubs of Bengaluru

The Tenuta Sant'Antonio Amarone 2013 is a complex bouquet of ripe fruit, liquorice, and black pepper, with hints of chocolate

A discovery of India

This book, with its mixture of words and conflicts and cuisines, does a great job of it