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Irshad Ali was a police informer. Until the police framed him
Updated on Feb 27, 2017 03:30 PM IST
How intelligence officials caught their own informer and said he was a terrorist

Hindustan Times | Paramita Ghosh
Sang so many songs but people always request for Monica, Chura liya: Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle will be performing in Delhi on February 25 and rumour has it that this is her farewell concert. Before the legendary singer calls it a day, we recap her feisty career.

Updated on Feb 25, 2017 09:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times |
Nihit Bhave
Rani Padmavati: Fact and fiction come together in this comic
A comic exploring the facts and fiction that surround the story of Padmavati, whose beauty is said to have been a catalyst for Alauddin Khilji to attack Chittorgarh.

Updated on Feb 21, 2017 08:59 PM IST
Beautiful Padmini, a queen in history or a poetic fantasy?
Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was in the eye of a storm recently for his film Padmavati. The film is still being shot. But who was Padmini? Did she even exist?

Updated on Feb 22, 2017 07:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
NY See: It Happened In New York restaurant review
This three-storied Bandra restaurant is likely to find an audience despite some misses on its menu.

Updated on Feb 18, 2017 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times |
Antoine Lewis
Fine Lines: Jamaat’s anniversary exhibition is a shift from the usual
The Colaba gallery is hosting a month-long exhibition by Italian photographer Fiorenzo Senese.

Published on Feb 17, 2017 10:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anesha George
Review of The Silliest Autobiography in the World by PG Bhaskar
This self-confessedly silly autobiography is an entertaining read

Updated on Feb 18, 2017 08:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times |
Saaz Aggarwal
The evolution of Nandana Sen
Not many actors who turn authors do so convincingly. Nandana Sen is an exception

Urdu festival Jashn-e-Rekhta begins in Delhi
The Urdu festival Jashn-e-Rekhta is back to celebrate the language, its literature and culture in all its richness and variety

Updated on Feb 18, 2017 06:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Supriya Sharma
Cheep thrills: It’s time for a weekend of birdwatching in Mumbai
The Mumbai Bird Race is on Sunday. The Great Backyard Bird Count needs only a few minutes of your time. Do it for a lark, won’t you?

Updated on Feb 18, 2017 07:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rachel Lopez
Cruise the History of Indian Cinema with BD Garga’s rich archive
An ongoing exhibition is a tribute to the filmmaker and film historian Bhagwan Das Garga

Updated on Feb 18, 2017 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times |
Satarupa Paul
A dangerous game; Review of Hardeep Singh Puri’s Perilous Interventions
An insider’s view of the Security Council’s decision-making process in relation to major global crises in 2011-2012, when India was a member

Updated on Feb 18, 2017 08:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times |
Muchkund Dubey
1090 helpline: When stalkers call women in UP, it’s the cops who call them back
A day at 1090, a helpline where constables crack down on stalking and abuse, call-centre style.

Updated on Feb 12, 2017 03:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Snigdha Poonam
On the cards at Delhi Literature Festival: demonetisation and nationalism
The fifth edition of the festival widens its scope beyond literature to include the stories that made headlines in the past year.

Updated on Feb 10, 2017 03:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Zehra Kazmi
A retrospective on sculptor Ram Sutar
An ongoing retrospective on the famous Indian sculptor sheds light on his life-like art and how, at 91, he is working on his tallest work so far.

Updated on Feb 11, 2017 08:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times |
Manik Sharma
Rang Mahotsav: retelling epics for the modern age
From solo acts to dance dramas to folk theatre, there’s something for everyone at this 21-day-long theatre festival.

Updated on Feb 03, 2017 09:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Supriya Sharma
Why Urdu needs no reviving
Urdu is not dying. Rather, the language is thriving on fresh curiosity sparked by a flood of events in recent years.

Updated on Feb 03, 2017 09:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times |
Rakhshanda Jalil
Chances are, a child you know is using drugs...
A first-ever nationwide survey on drug abuse in children has found that the average age of initiation is 12.

Updated on Jan 31, 2017 05:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Roshni Nair
When parents abduct their own children
India is not a signatory of the 1980 Hague Convention that seeks to protect children from wrongful removal across international borders. But with increasing cases of parental child abduction, is it time for India to rethink its position on the treaty?

Updated on Feb 03, 2017 12:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
When parents abduct their own children it’s more than a simple custody battle
India is not a signatory of the 1980 Hague Convention that seeks to protect children from wrongful removal across international borders. But with increasing cases of parental child abduction, is it time for India to rethink its position on the treaty?

Updated on Apr 11, 2019 03:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
A love letter to India about her farthest state: Shebaba by Renuka Narayanan
The outpouring regarding the jallikattu issue is of accumulated despair about the health of Tamil Nadu.

Published on Jan 28, 2017 09:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Renuka Narayanan
Cuts like a knife: Have you had a C-section you didn’t need?
Nearly 90,000 women have signed an online petition asking that the number of surgical births in India be monitored.

Published on Jan 28, 2017 08:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times |
Anonna Dutt & Anubhuti Matta
A school for grannies is making dreams come true in Maharashtra
Their mission at the school is to learn to read, write and multiply. They even have a uniform - bright pink saris.

Updated on Jan 30, 2017 02:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Madhusree Ghosh
A love affair with abstracts: Gopi Gajwani’s solo show
Artist Gopi Gajwani is back with a solo exhibition, his first in a decade, which carries forward his life-long romance with abstracts.

Updated on Jan 28, 2017 07:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Supriya Sharma
A weekend with spooks at the Crime Writers Festival
Homegrown sleuths, true crime, espionage and more at the third edition of the festival

Updated on Feb 08, 2017 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aparna Alluri
Not just Jallikattu: Trouble brews when culture clashes with the law
Is the protest against the Jallikattu ban in Tamil Nadu symbolic of the larger, age-old clash between the law and tradition?

Updated on Jan 24, 2017 07:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
‘I didn’t have a choice’: Kashmir’s Bengali child brides trapped in matrimony
Young girls from West Bengal are being duped into marriage with much older men in Kashmir. The latter are usually differently abled or widowed, and mostly too poor to find a good wife locally

Updated on Feb 21, 2017 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Toufiq Rashid
Is Bismillah Khan’s Varanasi still alive?
Khan’s grandson was recently arrested for selling off the Ustad’s shehnai. Is his cultural legacy faring any better in his city, Varanasi?

Updated on Jan 20, 2017 12:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Paramita Ghosh