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Get to know... Konkona Sen Sharma

The actor and filmmaker is missing singing lessons on Sunday, is always craving something salty, and wishes she could be invisible

The actor wishes she had the superpower to turn invisible. (Photo credits : Stylist: Damini Das (@damini_styles), Shot by: Gourab Ganguli (@gourabganguli) Hair: Nimisha Shah (@nimishashah210), Make-up: Tenzin Seldon (@tenzinseldon_)

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Updated on Nov 10, 2023 03:42 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Listicle: 10 pop-culture presents for every kind of superfan, even you

Tacky socks with scenes from The Office, Thor waffles and IYKYK memorabilia from Dune, LOTR and more. Here are 10 gifts that honour true fandom

You can stay at Shrek's swamp in Scotland.

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Updated on Oct 27, 2023 04:46 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Green scene: Rental-home decor that’s kind to the walls and the Earth

When furnishing rental homes, invest in high-quality, portable furniture and embrace minimalism. Here's how

Invest in portable furniture that can be arranged differently in a new space, rather than be created to fit a specific corner. (ADOBE STOCK)

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Updated on Oct 27, 2023 04:39 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

All about me: Why a humblebrag is still a drag

You’re not modest if you have to tell the world you are. To hell with humility! Celebrate your wins

On the Beckham documentary, Victoria Beckham claims she grew up working class. David gets her to admit she went to school in a Rolls-Royce.

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Updated on Oct 20, 2023 03:40 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Get to know... Divya Dutta

The actor and model would love Aladdin's lamp and three wishes, and is currently craving tiramisu and remembering how she bumped into Shahrukh Khan

Divya is listening to Madhubala by Amit Trivedi, Rimjhim Gire Saawan by Pancham Da, Love Me For A Reason by Boyzone.

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Updated on Oct 20, 2023 04:02 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Easel does it: Meet amateur sketchers documenting Indian cities as they change

The groups, which meet on Sunday, draw on hidden heritage in Delhi, fading icons in Mumbai, markets and temples in Pune. We're struggling to keep up, they say.

Drawings of Delhi’s Chandni Chowk and Lodhi art district and (above right) the distinctive mill-era chawls of Mumbai.

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Updated on Oct 14, 2023 07:23 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Don’t be soirée: The introvert’s guide to enjoying a party

Parties are hard work for introverts. Here’s how to prep and actually enjoy a chill night out with (gasp!) lots of people

Brace for questions at parties. Good hosts will do their best to draw everyone in, as with Kapoor & Sons. But they’re also listening to cues.

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Updated on Sep 29, 2023 03:48 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Get to know... Aparshakti Khurana

The actor, RJ, comedian and singer will find inventive ways to make every question about food. Someone give him a cookie!

Aparshakti Khurana on always craving chole bhature.

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Updated on Sep 22, 2023 03:48 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Bright spots and shadow lines: Meet an artist who paints with sunlight

Vignesh uses a magnifying glass to burn intricate patterns into wood. He came to this art form while ‘stuck in a dark tunnel’, he tells Tanisha Saxena.

Vignesh’s most intricate work so far is a replica of the 900-year-old elephant-and-bull optical illusion carved in stone at the Airavatesvara temple in Kumbakonam.

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Updated on Aug 05, 2023 08:36 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Get to know... Anup Singh

Writer and filmmaker Anup Singh talks about his high and low points in life, his current projects, favorite quote, and more in a short interview.

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Updated on Aug 10, 2023 08:07 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Work hack: How to make Mondays less manic

Can Bare Minimum Mondays change the way we feel about the first day of the week? Here’s how to flip the week around

TikToker Marissa Jo Mayes popularised Bare Minimum Mondays, a way to do less, not more, on a Monday to avoid burnout.

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Updated on Jul 25, 2023 02:19 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Temper your tantrum: Can rage rooms help you let off steam?

Rage rooms are a roaring success. But are they making anger management issues better or worse? We examine the issue calmly

Studies indicate that physical violence can be cathartic. But the stress release is short-lived. The dopamine rush could build up to an addiction. Or make you angrier. (Shutterstock)

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Updated on Jul 21, 2023 05:17 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Get to know... Shashank Arora

Actor and musician Shashank Arora talks about the success of his latest release, the food he’s craving and his most star-struck moments

Actor and musician Shashank Arora is thinking about splurging on that big holiday to Monaco.

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Updated on Jul 20, 2023 02:35 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Meet the nurse with a Padma Shri who lived, worked with a remote Andaman tribe

Shanti Teresa Lakra stayed put even after the 2004 tsunami; helped save a child who weighed 900 gm at birth. She was recently shortlisted for a global award.

It would sometimes get lonely, Lakra says. ‘I would read the Bible and recite poems to myself... All these years later, I realise that I am not always able to communicate fluently in either Hindi or English. I sometimes run out of appropriate words.’ (HT Photo: Sanchit Khanna)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:55 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Drawing with GPS: How a wheelchair helped set a world record

Sujith Varghese now holds the record for largest GPS drawing made using a wheelchair. It reflect his core belief: that a wheelchair can go down almost any road.

It’s not about disability or wheelchairs alone, Varghese says. ‘Anyone can receive news for which they are not prepared.’ What does one do next? He wants his life to be proof that the answer can be: Almost anything.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2023 02:37 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Temper your tantrum: Can rage rooms help you let off steam?

Rage rooms are a roaring success. But are they making anger management issues better or worse? We examine the issue calmly

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Updated on May 19, 2023 08:01 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Get to know... Actor Tillotama Shome

Actor Tillotama Shome's playlist includes Arooj Aftab?s album and Ud Jayega Hans Akela by Kumar Gandharva, and her favorite app before bed is The Weather Channel. She craves almond lemon cake from Maya Ne Banaya and wishes she had a carpet to travel without losing time.

The actor spills the beans on her online purchases, the app she checks before going to bed and what she won’t leave the house without. (Photo by Prabhat Shetty; Styling by Who Wore What When; Pantsuit by Aroka; Jewellery by Foundtree; Shoes by Christian Louboutin)

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Updated on May 05, 2023 09:06 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Sweet stuff of success: How KR Bhaskar rolled out a puran poli empire

The son of impoverished farmers, Bhaskar started working in eateries at age 10. He opened a stall at 23, now owns two chains, and featured on Shark Tank India.

Bhaskar’s chains now offer 24 types of puran poli, including chocolate, jackfruit and coconut (above). ‘I still like to make some myself, on festival days,’ he says.

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Updated on Jul 27, 2023 11:30 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

‘I wanted to keep them like my babies’: A Wknd interview with orchid man AN Rao

He started out wanting to discover at least one new species; he found 35 in as many years in the north-east. He has now received a Padma Shri for his efforts.

Abbareddy Nageswara Rao and two of the endemic species he discovered: (From top) The Thrixspermum indicum, which grows on other plants; and the Cymbidium henbungense, which spends most of its life underground.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2023 02:09 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

The joy paradox: Why does happiness seem so elusive?

A global project based in India invites people to see the joy hidden in their photo folders. We’ve made it complicated; need to keep it simple, is its message.

The Happiness Strategy Foundation is organising national and global happiness photo contests. Above is a winning image submitted by Digen from Gujarat.

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Updated on Aug 04, 2023 04:55 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

For the record: A Wknd interview with historian Anita Anand of Empire

For too long, colonisers depicted themselves as heroes and Indians were in the backdrop of their own story, says the British historian of Indian origin.

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Updated on Aug 18, 2023 01:22 PM IST

ByVanessa Viegas and Tanisha Saxena

Clock, stock and a Guinness Record: What makes Robert Kennedy tick?

He has a Guinness world record for person with the most mechanical clocks. Take a peek at how it all began, and some of the stories behind his favourite pieces.

Robert Kennedy, 58, says he can trace his passion for clocks to a precious gift his grandfather once received.

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Updated on Aug 18, 2023 02:05 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Meet the grandpa creating a tiny library of stories in 3D

Pradip Sengupta has hand-made pop-up versions of a nursery rhyme collection, an alphabet primer, a nonsense novella, for his granddaughter Myra Sarkar, now 7.

‘The hardest part is visualising the output and selecting the appropriate folds,’ Sengupta says.

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Updated on Aug 18, 2023 02:03 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Hooda keeps his word, performs last rites of Sarabjit’s sister

The biographical drama revolved around Kaur’s fight to free Sarabjit after he was sentenced to death by a Pakistani court for alleged terrorism and spying

In keeping with that promise, Hooda left Mumbai as soon as he received news of her death (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 28, 2022 12:46 AM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Dyslexic Font: Written with a twist

A new typeface co-created by an Indian creative designer uses colours, inversions and tilted positions to try and make reading easier for dyslexics.

The Dyslexic Font designed by Swiss artist Rocio Egio and Gurugram-based Pranav Bhardwaj.

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Updated on Jan 21, 2022 09:20 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Letter writers in Arunachal Pradesh: Crafting a script for a tribal tongue

Three decades after a Tangsa tribal painstakingly created an alphabet and script for his tribe’s language, it will now be taught in schools.

Wanglung Mossang writes in the Tangsa script devised by the late Lakhum Mossang. Because of the efforts of these two Tangsa tribals, an ancient language, along with its songs and poems, can now be preserved in writing.

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Updated on Jan 08, 2022 06:36 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

Open your eyes, and heart, via an app to help those who can’t see

The Be My Eyes app allows visually challenged users to reach out to volunteers, via video calls, for help with small everyday tasks such as picking between colours or reading labels in a store.

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Updated on Nov 06, 2021 03:27 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

This artist is mapping Bengaluru though its unique aromas

Indu Antony began work on Bengaluru Smellscapes in February. Eventually, her project will be represented as a book with a foldout map and perfume pads, so you can take a tour too.

Expect the aroma of flowers and vegetables at Gandhi Bazar.

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Updated on Sep 04, 2021 03:22 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

The Irregular Times: A new cultural tabloid where art goes paperview

With most galleries and events online or off limits in the pandemic, artist and curator Tarini Sethi and design entrepreneur Anant Ahuja are reaching out to the community with a ‘handheld’ quarterly print publication.

The first edition featured an essay on rewilding, dystopian art by Anpu Varkey, a deep dive into Chiraag Bhakta’s art practice, and a spotlight on photographer Harsha Vadlamani’s Chalo Dilli series of photographs on the culture of dissent.

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Updated on Aug 21, 2021 01:54 PM IST

ByTanisha Saxena

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The actor and filmmaker is missing singing lessons on Sunday, is always craving something salty, and wishes she could be invisible

Tacky socks with scenes from The Office, Thor waffles and IYKYK memorabilia from Dune, LOTR and more. Here are 10 gifts that honour true fandom

When furnishing rental homes, invest in high-quality, portable furniture and embrace minimalism. Here's how

You’re not modest if you have to tell the world you are. To hell with humility! Celebrate your wins

The actor and model would love Aladdin's lamp and three wishes, and is currently craving tiramisu and remembering how she bumped into Shahrukh Khan

The groups, which meet on Sunday, draw on hidden heritage in Delhi, fading icons in Mumbai, markets and temples in Pune. We're struggling to keep up, they say.

Parties are hard work for introverts. Here’s how to prep and actually enjoy a chill night out with (gasp!) lots of people

The actor, RJ, comedian and singer will find inventive ways to make every question about food. Someone give him a cookie!

Vignesh uses a magnifying glass to burn intricate patterns into wood. He came to this art form while ‘stuck in a dark tunnel’, he tells Tanisha Saxena.

Writer and filmmaker Anup Singh talks about his high and low points in life, his current projects, favorite quote, and more in a short interview.

Can Bare Minimum Mondays change the way we feel about the first day of the week? Here’s how to flip the week around

Rage rooms are a roaring success. But are they making anger management issues better or worse? We examine the issue calmly

Actor and musician Shashank Arora talks about the success of his latest release, the food he’s craving and his most star-struck moments

Shanti Teresa Lakra stayed put even after the 2004 tsunami; helped save a child who weighed 900 gm at birth. She was recently shortlisted for a global award.

Sujith Varghese now holds the record for largest GPS drawing made using a wheelchair. It reflect his core belief: that a wheelchair can go down almost any road.

Rage rooms are a roaring success. But are they making anger management issues better or worse? We examine the issue calmly

Actor Tillotama Shome's playlist includes Arooj Aftab?s album and Ud Jayega Hans Akela by Kumar Gandharva, and her favorite app before bed is The Weather Channel. She craves almond lemon cake from Maya Ne Banaya and wishes she had a carpet to travel without losing time.

The son of impoverished farmers, Bhaskar started working in eateries at age 10. He opened a stall at 23, now owns two chains, and featured on Shark Tank India.

He started out wanting to discover at least one new species; he found 35 in as many years in the north-east. He has now received a Padma Shri for his efforts.

A global project based in India invites people to see the joy hidden in their photo folders. We’ve made it complicated; need to keep it simple, is its message.

For too long, colonisers depicted themselves as heroes and Indians were in the backdrop of their own story, says the British historian of Indian origin.

He has a Guinness world record for person with the most mechanical clocks. Take a peek at how it all began, and some of the stories behind his favourite pieces.

Pradip Sengupta has hand-made pop-up versions of a nursery rhyme collection, an alphabet primer, a nonsense novella, for his granddaughter Myra Sarkar, now 7.

The biographical drama revolved around Kaur’s fight to free Sarabjit after he was sentenced to death by a Pakistani court for alleged terrorism and spying

A new typeface co-created by an Indian creative designer uses colours, inversions and tilted positions to try and make reading easier for dyslexics.

Three decades after a Tangsa tribal painstakingly created an alphabet and script for his tribe’s language, it will now be taught in schools.

The Be My Eyes app allows visually challenged users to reach out to volunteers, via video calls, for help with small everyday tasks such as picking between colours or reading labels in a store.

Indu Antony began work on Bengaluru Smellscapes in February. Eventually, her project will be represented as a book with a foldout map and perfume pads, so you can take a tour too.

With most galleries and events online or off limits in the pandemic, artist and curator Tarini Sethi and design entrepreneur Anant Ahuja are reaching out to the community with a ‘handheld’ quarterly print publication.

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