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LISTEN: Remembering Jagjit Singh, the King of Ghazals

  Whether you're a ghazal fan or not, you're still likely to have heard about the King of Ghazals, Jagjit Singh. For music lovers, his voice...

JLF announces programme for 2021 virtual edition

  Dubbed the "greatest literary show on Earth", the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) 2021 programme returns in a virtual avatar from February 19-28 featuring a...

WATCH: When Shehnai asks Violin to go to Khandala

  See what happens when India's shehnai and Italy's violin collaborate to produce a cover of Ae Kya Bolti tu, a song originally sung by...

Book Review: ‘Kamala’s Way’ by Dan Morain

  Just how did the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this countrys most effective power players? Through the human touch,...

5 powerful poems by the brilliant Javed Akhtar

  A celebrated lyricist and the recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry, Javed Akhtar's name is synonymous with soul-wrenching, evocative writing.  His...

‘Stories of Kannagi’: a Tamil classic in the Blake Art Prize

  "Kannagi begins as an ordinary woman; well not that ordinary, and then transforms into a goddess of justice!" So says Bulli-based artist filmmaker Zanny Begg,...

India’s 71-Year Test: a coffee table book

  For a sport with as storied a history as cricket, books on its past are unsurprisingly a dime a dozen. Given its origins, the...

5 memorable quotes by Rudyard Kipling

  Best known for writing The Jungle Book, Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling lives on in the hearts of many literature lovers. He's also a...

Devika Rani was an enigma to most – but not anymore (Book Review)

  "I hope that I have managed to establish who Devika Rani really was. A rebellious and unusually talented and beautiful woman, a great actress...

Art using natural materials: An exhibition by preschool kids

  Turmeric, beetroot, coffee, saffron, rice, blueberries, lentils. At first glance, these items seem as though they would be expected on a weekend shopping list....

Cross Your Heart, Take My Name by Novoneel Chakraborty: A review

  Cross Your Heart, Take My Name is a rare Indian book to explore the psychological impact of social media, especially Instagram. Garv Roy Gill and...

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