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Secrets and alloys:In Amsterdam hidden tales tumble out of ancient Asian bronzes

Tiny scrolls tucked into Tibetan statuettes; images lying in wait in mirrors. An exhibition turns the spotlight on 75 bronze works from across the continent.

The 15th-century Tibetan statuette of a three-headed deity. (Erik and Petra Hesmerg via Rijksmuseum)
Updated on Jan 12, 2025 12:58 PM IST
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Surrealism’s persistent memory: Can we look past the moustache?

Salvador Dali embodies surrealism, but he is also a ‘poor example of the philosophy of the movement,’ scholars say. See how it lives on, in artists of today.

Immortal; 2023, by Japanese artist Naoto Hattori. The 50-year-old seeks to express the chaotic and surreal in nature. (Image via Instagram)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 04:18 PM IST
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Scent of change: How Indian perfumers are crafting desi fragrances

The Indian perfume market is veering away from attars and knockoffs. Now, local perfumers are crafting new, original scents. Take a whiff

Indian consumers now have access to local perfume brands such as Boond.
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 03:34 PM IST
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The 2024 quiz: Were you paying attention this year?

The year’s done, the data is in, we’ve Wrapped, unboxed and unpacked what we could. Were you really paying attention to all the drama of 2024? Find out here

How well do you remember the past year? Find out by answering the 24 questions ahead.
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 02:27 PM IST
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A skyfall playlist: The newest vaporwave music is climate-themed

This sub-genre has stayed committedly under the radar. It’s making another ‘comeback’ now, with a focus on the weather channel.

A still from the Dreamweather track Hazardous Weather Alert. Weather channels once provided a sense of comfort and familiarity in an unfamiliar place, but that is changing, the artiste has said.
Updated on Dec 23, 2024 02:15 PM IST
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Wild things: Wknd interviews award-winning conservation storytellers

Photographer Steve Winter and journalist Sharon Guynup travel the world, spreading hope, driving change. They have now won the Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award.

It can take very little to make a difference, Winter and Guynup say. (Photo courtesy Big Cat Voices)
Updated on Dec 21, 2024 07:01 PM IST
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Cruise control: Why more Indians are setting sail

Along Indian coasts, cruises are giving big deck energy. Locals are signing up. Tours are sold out. See how we’re all diving in

Peak cruising months along India waterways are from September to April.
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 04:16 PM IST
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It’s over: Snuffing out the flames of online dating

Has online dating peaked? People are ditching the apps, going old-school, and aiming for IRL connections. Here’s how the swipe failed a whole generation

Live comedy shows, supermarket carts, heritage walks are back favour with singles. (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Nov 15, 2024 06:32 PM IST
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Sagas in a tiny frame: Art critic Uma Nair on political cartoonist Abu Abraham

The proof of his genius lies in the resonance of his minimalist works, Nair says. He was a humanist: witty but not cruel; scathing but compassionate.

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Updated on Nov 01, 2024 08:24 PM IST
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Ink, irony, insight: A tribute to political cartoonist Abu Abraham (1924-2002)

He was irreverent, witty, scathing. In each tiny frame, he told a whole story and raised deep questions. See what made, and makes, his work so remarkable.

Abraham worked with The Guardian and The Observer in the UK, then returned to India, sketching during and after the Emergency. (Image courtesy Ayisha Abraham)
Updated on Nov 01, 2024 08:22 PM IST
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Sauce and sorcery: Can AI take high-end dining to the next level?

Video projections on your plate, holograms dancing at the table, customised tunes with every course. Tech’s coming to dinner. Will you reorder or reboot?

At Le Petit Chef, projectors beam 3D-animated characters on the tabletop to guide visitors through the meal.
Updated on Nov 01, 2024 03:48 PM IST
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Calling the shots: What’s driving the tequila / agave boom in India

These spirits are made from the agave cactus native to Mexico. It’s hard to process, but easy to grow. We’re drinking four times as much as we did. Take a look.

Spirits such as tequila, mezcal, pulque and raicilla are made from the stem and bulb of different variants of the agave plant. (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Oct 19, 2024 01:32 PM IST
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Ladies in read: Inside a dramatic new collection of sacred poetry by women

Anger, humour and irreverence mark the poems in the new anthology Wild Women. Writers include a former courtesan, a 6th-century nun, and other mystics.

Peero with the Sikh mystic Gulab Das. (Wikimedia Commons)
Updated on Oct 19, 2024 01:35 PM IST
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Well, well, well: Meet the artist documenting stepwells around India

Rashmi Ghosh is obsessed, and that's probably a good thing. There are about 3,000 of these ancient beauties in India, and little documentation. Take a tour.

The 9th-century Chand Baori in Rajasthan. (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Oct 05, 2024 01:41 PM IST
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Greeking out: Why myths must be twisted, retold and reimagined

Gods, demons, war, curses, prophecies. Don’t hate on shows that twist Greek myths. The retelling is all part of the plan

Netflix’s new show, Kaos, plays around with Greek myths to create a dark comedy.
Updated on Sep 27, 2024 04:09 PM IST
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Playing it by hear: How does one preserve an accent?

It takes a lot of footwork, and audio footage. See how a new archive is mapping spoken tongues, and aiming to hear from all of India by the time it’s done.

 (Image:Shutterstock; HT imaging: Monica Gupta)
Updated on Sep 21, 2024 01:23 PM IST
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Pop goes the easel: The many Fridas in film, TV, comics, ads

‘Is it too much?’ Frida Kahlo asks endearingly, of her many self-portraits, in the 2017 film Coco. See how she lives on in pop culture and the arts.

A still from the ad titled Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo Deal With Corporate Clients (2024).
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:37 PM IST
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Viva la Frida: A look at the making of a unique legend

There's her art, her wrenching story; something of a link with the Titanic. 70 years after her death, see how the legend of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo lives on.

Kahlo in a photograph taken by her father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1932.
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:35 PM IST
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Listicle: 10 tasting menus to sample the best of the best

When you can’t decide what to eat, wear loose pants and pick any of these 10 degustation menus across India

House of Ming offers four-course and five-course tasting menus that cover their greatest hits.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 04:12 PM IST
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Now streaming: A Wknd interview with Turkish-British author Elif Shafak

A drop of water. A fig tree. A dying brain: The Booker-shortlisted writer enjoys playing with narrative devices. Her new book is There Are Rivers in the Sky.

 (Photo by Ferhat Elik)
Updated on Aug 16, 2024 12:55 PM IST
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Soil searching: A Wknd interview with award-winning scientist Rattan Lal

He helped change how farmers till their land, and has now won the Gulbenkian Prize, or Agriculture’s Nobel. ‘I look back in wonder and forward in hope,’ he says

 (Image courtesy Kevin Fitzsimons )
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 03:44 PM IST
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Listicle: 10 dishes that have sparked local and global food wars

Two nations fight to claim jollof rice. One dessert nearly set off a war. 10 dishes we just can’t stop fighting over

Both France and Switzerland claim to have invented meringue. (ADOBE STOCK)
Updated on Aug 09, 2024 04:50 PM IST
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Colouring outside the lines: Monasteries in Nepal are driving change

In the remote walled city of Lo Manthang, restoration work on ancient frescoes has sparked a cultural revolution. Women are now earning, tourists visiting.

The restoration effort has helped women such as Dhoka earn and build businesses of their own. (Photos: Luigi Fieni)
Updated on Jul 26, 2024 03:35 PM IST
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Smile to take the next leap:Games are adapting further for the differently abled

Players can now raise their eyebrows to click or drag, twist the mouth to move a cursor. It’s not even that hard to make this possible, game producers say.

A still from The Last of Us Part II; the audio now also describes what background players are doing.
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 08:24 PM IST
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‘When it comes to roads in India, we should build what we need, no more’

Roads, over time, have a net-negative impact on the ecosystem. The move away from tar at least is a good step, says wildlife biologist Anish Andheria. See why.

A road in Rajabhat Khawa, West Bengal, near the Buxa Tiger Reserve. Particularly in sensitive areas, roads can disrupt feeding and migration routes, isolate pockets of animal populations, and affect breeding patterns and gene pools. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 08:51 PM IST
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Hey binge-watcher! This quiz tests how much you remember of your fav shows!

Hit pause on streaming and see what you can recall of what you’ve viewed already. 30 questions. All the good shows, all the seasons. Answers at the end

This show is set in Hawkins of the 1980s. Who’s the superhero?
Updated on Jun 28, 2024 07:13 PM IST
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Gaming the system: A Wknd interview with author Lavanya Lakshminarayan

The 35-year-old is the second Indian to be nominated for the Arthur C Clarke Award. ‘It’s all just a social experiment,’ the former game developer says.

Lavanya Lakshminarayan has been building imagined worlds for over a decade. In her first job, in 2011, she worked with California-based videogame developer Zynga, designing side quests in their games, fleshing out characters, and helping design plotlines and gameplay.
Updated on Jun 07, 2024 10:13 PM IST
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Listicle: 10 drone photographers who are out of this world

Drone photography pages are taking Insta to higher ground. Here are 10 of our favourites from around the world

Simeon Pratt’s photos seem intimate despite the scale. (INSTAGRAM/@SIMEONPRATT)
Updated on May 31, 2024 04:43 PM IST
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Nolen gur, ker-sangri: Climate change is taking a toll on elements of culture

What does a country lose — and what does our country stand to lose — as a planet moves through a new epoch? See how dance forms, dishes and fabrics are fading.

(Image generated via Midjourney)
Updated on May 17, 2024 03:50 PM IST

YOLO, so don’t go solo: See why lone rangers have it worse on screen

Films and shows are overrun with lone wolves. One fighter against all odds. One hero doing it all. Be a team player, maybe?

Max, from Mad Max wouldn’t have been captured by the War Boys if he was part of a group.
Updated on May 03, 2024 03:38 PM IST
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