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Know reservations: Charles Assisi writes on dogma, religion and being an atheist

A recent visit to a cathedral has me thinking: Maybe we atheists can sometimes stray into the same absolutisms we criticise in religion, he says.

‘I’d rather be an atheist who occasionally marvels at stained-glass windows and soaring choir music than someone locked in a fortress of pride masquerading as absolutes.’ (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 02:04 PM IST

Hell of a time: Let a new book take you to imagined versions of the afterlife

What comes after death? 100 Places... draws from obscure religious texts, comics, films, TV series, videogames. There’s even a paradise for dogs.

A still from the series Upload.
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 02:02 PM IST
BySukanya Datta

All we imagine as perfect: Deepanjana Pal takes a second look at AWIAL

Payal Kapadia’s film is now streaming, so everyone can see that it isn’t ‘technically very poor’? Is it flawless? Well, it isn’t that either, she says.

Parvaty (played so masterfully by Chhaya Kadam) ought to have been a protagonist. Instead, she exists only to help flesh out the main character (Kani Kusruti’s Prabha).
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 01:59 PM IST
ByDeepanjana Pal

Check out more artefacts from the Amsterdam exhibit of ancient Asian bronzes

There are secrets tucked into many of the artefacts on display at Rijksmuseum, gathered from across 4,000 years of Asian history.

At the exhibition. (Erik and Petra Hesmerg / Rijksmuseum)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 01:07 PM IST
ByTeam HT Wknd

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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