'Kasab was never given mutton biryani.' 'What I had said was Kasab had asked for mutton biryani to be served in jail.'
Since the note ban was announced auction houses, galleries and art fairs are witnessing lukewarm sales -- even with masters like Souza, Raza and Padamsee. Ritika Kochhar reports.
Manubhai, 79 now, is exhilarated about newer possibilities and prospects. The past is done with; the future holds the key to evolving forms of exploration. Kishore Singh salutes the Master.
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Welcome to The Sweet Art Museum in the neighbourhood of Marvila in Lisbon where the art is sweet. The Sweet Art Museum is the first pop-up digital museum in Europe fully dedicated to happiness.
'The chances of The Shameless passing through the censorship board in India are slim to none.'
'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad.
Throughout its 155 minutes, every scene is doused in blaring background music and melodrama. Disappointment alone won't do, it must feel like a full blown catastrophe, observes Sukanya Verma.
Despite the presence of mosquitoes and reeking fields, workers continue to give shape to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's event where 3.5 million people are expected to convene.
How did Sudarshan Shetty, curator of the Kochi Muziris Biennale, decide what gets to be part of the show and what doesn't?
Springfield's favourite family -- The Simpsons -- moved to Bristol for an artistic makeover at Upfest 2018, Europe's largest live street art festival. Take a look at some of the mind-blowing art which covered some 60,000 sq ft of surfaces, including buildings, shop fronts and shutters.
Thousands of yoga enthusiasts from across the world rolled out their yoga mats as they joined day-long sessions of the ancient Indian practice to commemorate the 10th International Day of Yoga on Friday.
'An in-house contest encourages employees to share yoga and well-being practices with their families.'
Mongolia can take a lifetime to happen but rewards the intrepid traveller with enduring memories of a surreal, delightful land.
The multi-crore Dharavi slum redevelopment project involves no land transfer to the Adani group but to the Maharashtra government's departments, and the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate, as a project developer, will build houses that will be handed over to the same departments for allotment to residents of Asia's biggest slums, sources said. Denying allegations of land grab made by MP Varsha Gaikwad, sources close to the project said land parcels are to be transferred only to Dharavi Redevelopment Project/Slum Rehabilitation Authority (DRP/SRA) of the state government's housing department.
The Deodar's lifespan stretched from 1215 (construction of the Qutub Minar) to 1919 (the Jallianwala Bagh massacre). Magnificent and imposing, a cross section of its bark is the piece de resistance at a unique museum of India's forests.
'Since God was being shown in live action on such a large scale, Prasanth was initially sceptical about going with an animated character.'
Aavesham is smooth in its storytelling and leaves a chilling aftertaste, thanks to its one-of-a-kind anti-hero, applauds Arjun Menon.
'I felt more deeply moved by my character Mahima than I have with any other character.'
'I got an opportunity to direct him in Baaghi 3.' 'He played a police commissioner's role, and it was so weird directing him.' On the first day of shooting, I asked him, 'What do I call you today?' and he shot back, 'Satish uncle'.'
'Why not make plays more popular, so that people from all corners of society come and watch?'
'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.'
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The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course. A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a better job of explaining the phenomenon than an expert on a podium. Sreehari Nair airs his thoughts.
Gitanjali Gurbaxani remembers her teacher Lalita Lajmi, the artist and painter who passed into the ages on Monday.
Politics is not on the radar of 18 to 21-year-old Indians, reveals Rama Bijapurkar.
Street art has emerged from its rebellious underground existence to a growing art genre in its own right. Ritika Bhatia maps the Indian leg of the movement.
An artist has taken his love of Lego to the extreme with an incredible collection of sculptures using only the tiny, colourful building bricks. The Art of the Brick exhibition features 80 sculptures by artist Nathan Sawaya, created from more than a million tiny Lego bricks.
Kaanchi Chopra's blog posts talk about issues like body shaming, colour discrimination, gender inequality.
The go-ahead given to prosecute Arundhati Roy would be seen by supporters of freedom of speech as an announcement that the Right-Wing doesn't feel humbled by the results of the elections, argues Shyam G Menon.
Rashid Khan is ranked inside top 60 in the Olympic Golf Qualification Rankings -- the cut-off for Olympics -- but with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down all events globally, including India, he too has been confined to home.
Decades after he received a letter from someone by the last name of Biden from Mumbai, soon after becoming a senator, Biden learned that his 'great, great, great, great, great grandfather' had worked in the East India Company. "There are five Bidens in Mumbai, India," Biden, then Vice President, told a Washington audience in 2015 at an event organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of India-US civil nuclear deal.
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'I wanted people to know that women across all ages have an exciting life.'
'The 2024 election results will lead to much intense targeting of Modi, more intense debates, many more breakdowns in Parliament and many more movements on the streets.' 'The results have hit Modi's standing, and the politics of the Opposition parties will be sharply focused to ensure that Modi doesn't get back his charisma of being 'invincible' with help of State power.' Sheela Bhatt looks at the political situation through the prism of 2024 Lok Sabha election results.
Catch J Baby in theatres, and if you want to watch more touching Tamil stories on the dysfunctional family, Arjun Menon lists where you can find them on OTT.
'My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.'
'In our Indian content, you always see the mother is presented a bit differently.' 'But in this show, the mother is the one who's most glamorous and she is the bombshell of the show.'
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