From fashion designers to models, everyone put the Ukrainian cause before business and extended their support through donations and symbolic gestures
The rich, yummy taste of thandai makes it a favourite of anyone celebrating Holi.
"This festival has always had a mysterious life of its own, and it is literally taking me for a ride along with it. I follow where it goes," co-director Namita Gokhale says on the recently-concluded Jaipur Literature Festival.
Read his book to learn about a fictional group of fearless sparrows who are ready to sacrifice their own lives because they have made a resolution “to protect Gandhi from any foebird, mutt, or Britisher.”
Not only does the dance form set out to showcase Krishna in his various colours, but also explores the anxieties and predicaments of the gopis through its study of the nayika, or the heroine and her quest to unite with her prana sakha [soulmate].
The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have stripped the JLF of all its frills. After forced confinement of two years, it was a joy to see, hear, and meet so many other people. The festival may have changed in countless big and small ways, but it has retained its indomitable spirit.
The mural titled 'Fish Out of Water' is a collaboration between Aashti Miller, India-based architect and illustrator, and Germany's Greta von Richthofen, who works on documentary narratives and graphic novels.
Story tellers are now breaking taboos and digging deeper to have important conversations about gender and what being a woman is all about.
In presenting the life story of Usha Uthup in a book loosely translated as a "boat of joy," Vikas Kumar Jha pivots every struggle back to her infectious optimism.
With each actor, the approach is different that largely depends on the actor’s personal preferences, shoot requirements etc. It is difficult to generalise," says celebrity nutritionist Munmun Ganeriwal.
On Woman’s Day, Firstpost catches up with drag queen Sushant Divgikar aka Rani Ko-He-Nur, who is known for promoting inclusivity through art and slays it!
It is of course a coincidence that the poet’s birth anniversary falls on the same day as International Woman’s Day, but many would call it a fateful occurrence, given how Sahir Ludhianvi wrote about women.
In each recital, Kuchipudi has retained at its core the flavours of the sensual, romantic, and erotic shringara rasa that have shaped its oldest renditions.
‘The idea was to feature best writings in the form of short fiction by writers irrespective of their identities or geographical locations,’ says editor Shireen Quadri
"The mention of mental health being affected by climate change, and the confirmation that the poor are hurt the most, are very positive developments in this report," says Avantika Goswami.
Experts claim "there is no reason why India cannot be a world contender in building the metaverse" if the announcement of the AVGC task force in Budget 2022 is followed by robust execution.
In Salman Khan: The Man, The Actor, The Legend, Devapriya Sanyal picks interesting examples to highlight the contrast between the kind of masculinity that the actor has portrayed on screen and the kind that he has been notorious for in real life.
"I just tried to capture an innocent desire to be larger than life, which eventually grows into a more evolved understanding of what freedom means, and the enormous cost that thousands were willing to pay for it," says Lubina Bandukwala.
Sarojini Naidu used the power of language not only to delight and entertain but also to invigorate and rouse people to action.
Jayanta Ghosal’s vivid understanding of India, its cultural diversity, and the knowledge of the RSS ideology as a journalist are visible from the way he has differentiated between Bengal’s faith in Hindu religion and RSS' idea of Hindutva.
Ilina Singh adopts a friendly, conversational tone to ask her readers if they would like to consider a career in the fields that each of these women chose to work in. Her writing style is in in tune with what her peers would enjoy.
From being categorised as a dance of the vaishya or the prostitute to receiving recognition as a prolific art form and a codification into the realm of the ‘classical,’ Mohiniyattam has perhaps been one of the few dance styles to have undergone such humongous shifts through history.
My Experiments with Silence: The Diary of An Introvert is primarily a collection of diary entries, poems, and personal essays written by Samir Soni.
The widespread public misconception that Punjab has not much to offer in classical art traditions is so far from the truth. A robust and flourishing classical music scene is part of this state’s past and present.
Love Longing Loss aims to connect with young readers who may not fully understand Urdu but appreciate its beauty to touch those deep dark corners of the heart that are left bruised and tender by some or the other incident in life.
In his debut book Bachelor Dad, Tusshar Kapoor writes about his journey to fatherhood, all that it takes to have a child outside of marriage via surrogacy in India, and more
Simon & Schuster secured the deal for Britney Spears' memoir after a massive bidding war involving multiple publishers
Young Indian fans ready to deride the ‘bullying’ and financial clout of today’s BCCI would do well to read the account of where India has come from to emerge as a global cricketing financial powerhouse today.
Throughout history, quite unlike most classical art forms, Kathak has seldom been performed as an offering to a deity, instead from its earliest stages, it has been a recital directed at an audience comprising its patrons as well as the common people.
While there is much needed social media outcry on the growth of women’s cricket worldwide, there is no focus on the need for more women in umpiring. As my conversations with umpires across the spectrum over the past weeks revealed, there should be.