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EXCLUSIVE | FDCI head Sunil Sethi on the business of fashion post pandemic

In an EXCLUSIVE interview with the most powerful man of the Indian fashion industry, Sunil Sethi on how things changed post pandemic in the fashion industry and the recently held Lakme Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI.

Explained: How Independence Rock was much more than a rock festival

Started in 1986, in defiance of a strict St Xavier’s College principal’s authoritarian diktat about rock music on campus, I-Rock became synonymous with Rang Bhavan.

Anuradha Ghosh’s biography of artist Jamini Roy probes the influence of Bengali folk art

A new book on Jamini Roy (1887-1972) throws light on the influence of his rural upbringing on his art, and raises questions about how the market shapes artistic output.

Top Notch | Scenographer Sumant Jayakrishnan: 'I want to create stories and spaces that heal'

The country’s finest scenographer on how each of his exhibition spaces is a labour of love.

Food Friday | India's bread lovers have every knead to celebrate

The assortment of flatbreads from different parts of the country are perhaps the best representation of our diverse cuisine

Alan Moore's Illuminations is a truly mind-bending phenomenon

Over and above its many obvious strengths, Illuminations works because it understands the value of retaining just the right amount of inscrutability throughout.

Top Notch | Niharika Bhasin: I make my jewellery with positive energy and it gives people love and happiness

Several costume designers have moved on to fashion design, or red-carpet dressing. Niharika Bhasin insists she only wants to work with Bollywood if she’s part of the bigger process – of the film, and not just the actor.

Explained: Who is Julie Powell, the food writer, who has died at 49?

Julie Powell died of cardiac arrest on 26 October at her home in upstate New York. A famous food writer, she authored the book 'Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen' in 2005, which was then turned into the hit movie 'Julie and Julia'

Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes to screen at India’s biggest environmental film festival

The movie has won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2022 and the Golden Eye award for the best documentary at Cannes Film Festival 2022.

Amish Tripathi on new book War Of Lanka: 'Took a little longer since had to tie the threads of the first three books'

Author Amish Tripathi is gearing up for his new book titled War of Lanka, the fourth in the Ram Chandra Series, and recently got candid about the same.

Halloween 2022: Enter the world of horror with these five nail biting audiobooks

To really get into the Halloween spirit, tune into these incredible, spine-tingling horror audio stories on Audible that sure to spook the living daylights out of you.

Danseuse Shivani Varma on dancing, dreams, and the future of Kathak

This dancer is on a mission to popularise the classical dance form of Kathak for a contemporary audience, through strategic collaborations with musicians, artists and designers.

Stories of love, loss, hope and all that makes us human at the 27th European Union Film Festival (EUFF)

The European Union Film Festival is an annual event celebrating the diversity and creativity of European cinema, heritage, and culture.

Manish Malhotra: Designing for films and fashion shows is different from designing costumes for Mughal-e-Azam

In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost, designer Manish Malhotra talks about the research that went behind creating the costumes for Mughal-e-Azam, the challenges he faced and more.

Top Notch | Anamika Khanna is AK-OK

A look at how the last word in couture swings ready-to-wear with equal ease.

Extinctions

Extinctions creates an encounter that lights up both the long enduring and the new. Following the ridge of regrets, fate, thoughts that came too late, a future appears, even of the past

Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu’s new book celebrates the bond between humans and pets

Bollywood couple Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu are out with the second book in their Inni and Bobo series, which revolves around the friendship between a girl and her dog.

11th Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) announces its 2022 line-up

80 films from 32 countries, including 21 feature narratives, 16 feature documentaries, and 43 short films.

Lakmé Absolute Grand Finale: Rajesh Pratap Singh pays homage to Lakmé’s legacy

The presentation was a reimagination of beauty and fashion, inspired by the 19th century Lakmé Opera, from which the brand derives its name.

Lakme Fashion Week: Nikita Mhaisalkar and Sanjukta Dutta open day 5 with immense colour

From flirty, short, moulded dresses to flouncy, feminine gowns, the collection moved with great verve and vigour on the ramp. The focal point of the ensembles was the very opulent, metallic frills and the added sheen of green – a tropical favourite.

Annie Ernaux, champion excavator of memory, wins the Nobel Prize

Through her unique and deeply rewarding autobiographical works, the French writer Annie Ernaux pushes the boundaries of what nonfiction can achieve.

Top Notch | Rina Singh’s Eka is one of the finest labels that upgrades the crafts of India

Stories have always been the inspiration for Rina Singh, the designer who founded Eka in 2011.

Tomato soup thrown over Vincent Van Gogh’s famous sunflower painting by climate change protesters

A video footage posted on social media shows environmental activists throw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s iconic sunflowers painting hanging in London’s National Gallery.

Raghu Rai: I admired Indira Gandhi as she was the last PM to genuinely care about arts, culture, history & heritage

From Mother Teresa to MS Subbalakshmi, photographer Raghu Rai's images share the story of the people and events of Independent India.

Eka Lakhani on designing costumes for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha Krishnan for Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan and more

Eka Lakhani also worked with historians and bounced off the final look of them to iron out inconsistencies.

Gunjan foundation presents 100 years of Bollywood music

Later the show was followed by performances of a few of the golden year’s songs of Artist Mr. K.L. Saigal till the modern Bollywood songs along with some dance to mesmerize the aura of the audiences present in the auditorium.

Not Just Bollywood | Gajraj Rao on Gunehgaar: ‘Teleplays are a way to encourage and preserve the best of theatre’

In conversation with actor Gajraj Rao on his experience of working in Zee Theatre’s teleplay Gunehgaar, preparation for the role, the growing popularity of teleplays and the OTT boom.

Top Notch | In conversation with designer Nachiket Barve on winning the National Award

Nachiket Barve says designing the costumes for Tanhaji was a real labour of love and a bold and risky decision too.

Book review | Vishnu Purana: A book that stays close to its definition

After translating the unabridged Mahabharata, Harivamsha, and Valmiki Ramayana, Debroy turned to translating the Maha Puranas

Food Friday | Our love affair with afternoon tea

How did the humble afternoon cup of tea become such an iconic part of our daily lives? We examine the concept of afternoon tea and its universal appeal as a meal.