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Bildungsroman (& Other Stories) | Areez Katki on first solo show, and using art to explore notions of home, identity

These cloths, besides being a family archive, are also symbols of togetherness and familiarity within the Parsi community, appealing to the two strands that lent themselves to the exhibit’s name.

Explained: Mock meat, its growing appeal in India and claims about its health benefits

Multiple studies have shown that replacing animal meat with plant-based or 'fake' meat alone can cut down the risk of heart-related diseases, blood pressure, cancer, and diabetes.

On that Note: Sanjay Subrahmanyan presents engaging stories about Carnatic music in an effortless manner

What would be an ethnographer’s delight, the socio-cultural history that On that Note explores is not projected deliberately. It lurks in every incident Sanjay Subrahmanyan narrates and every note he sings, but is never spelt out.

Danish Siddiqui's passing is a reminder of the high price one pays for showing the truth

Danish's photographs were not just documentation, but the work of someone who went down to eye-level, as they say in photographic parlance.

Louvre's art historian and archival sleuth Emmanuelle Polack tracks down works auctioned in Occupied Paris

The key to her success in discovering the provenance of works that suspiciously changed hands during the Nazi Occupation was to follow the money.

Of loitering and loss: Mourning a changed relationship with the sea, in a 'developing' city

With the coastal road slowly altering the visual and emotional landscape of Mumbai, I feel as though I'm being distanced from my sea, writes artist Gaurav Ogale in the third part of Firstpost's series, Leisure and Loiter.

The Friday List: From a talk on puppetry to Amazon Prime Video's Toofan, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.

Gautam Benegal, cartoonist, writer and filmmaker, passes away aged 56 due to cardiac arrest

He won the National Award for best animation film The Prince and the Crown of Stone in 2010.

From lack of documentation to vaccine hesitancy, India’s trans community's struggle to access COVID-19 vaccines, explained

Several reasons have together made it harder for India’s transgender community to get vaccinated.

In Brad Stone's book Amazon Unbound, critical perspectives on the transformation of Amazon, and Jeff Bezos

Brad Stone’s Amazon Unbound is not just a sequel to The Everything Store which he wrote in 2013, but also a thorough look at just how Bezos was able to keep the innovation engine as well as the cash coffers at Amazon on an ascending curve.

In Suchi Reddy's latest art project, a chance at forging our future, viewing AI as an extension of the senses

In an interview with Firstpost, Suchi Reddy reflects on the accessibility of her work, including me+you, her foremost brush with artificial intelligence, and what the future might have in store for the global community.

In rural Kashmir, traditional bone-setters walk the tightrope between believers and sceptics

The traditional bone-setters in Kashmir do not have any formal qualification, however, the remedies and treatment they offer have earned them quite a bit of fame.

The journey of craft, from Byculla to Paris: How embroidery from the Chanakya School earned space in a Dior show

Dior’s chief designer Maria Grazia Chiura is personally invested in Mumbai’s Chanakya School of Craft, established by Monica Shah and Karishma Swali.

Explained: The historical significance of the 1985 Live Aid concert, and questions around Western relief efforts

The Live Aid set the template for fundraising concerts by raising approximately £150 million for famine relief, according to organiser Bob Geldof's own website.

Black Keys' Dan Auerbach to make directorial debut with documentary on Grammy-winning New Orleans musician Dr John

Dr John was known as the funky New Orleans “night-tripper” musician who blended several musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl. He was a six-time Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who was a white man that found a home among Black New Orleans musicians.

JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone revisits John F Kennedy's assassination in a new documentary

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass is a kind of non-fiction addendum to one of Stone’s most sensational and controversial films - JFK (1991).

Joe Biden's 'creepy' whispering irks conservatives, while experts deem it an 'intimate form of communication'

The White House and communications experts say Biden’s whispering is just this veteran politician’s old-school way of trying to make a connection while emphasising a point.

Explained: As Duolingo files to go public in the US, a look at the company’s trajectory over the years

Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and in 2019 became the top-grossing education app worldwide.

In new book J Edgar Hoover's personal assistant offers insight into the persona of the American icon

Letersky offers less a historical breakthrough than finer brushstrokes on an American icon, whom the author describes as kind, courteous, formal, thoughtful, fearless, occasionally funny, a perfect gentleman and a devout patriot.

Nickelodeon to mark 25th anniversary of Blue’s Clues with a movie featuring stars from the reboot

Nickelodeon has several other activities planned to mark the 8 September 1996, premiere of the original Blue’s Clues, which aired six seasons’ worth of originals. The celebration includes a music video featuring current star Josh Dela Cruz and former Blue’s Clues hosts Steve Burns and Donovan Patton.

Explained: The stigma around breastfeeding in public as Disneyland Paris controversy reignites debate

For years, the right of lactating mothers to feed an infant in public has been an ongoing struggle that not only aims to deconstruct the notion of breastfeeding as a domestic chore but also attempts to normalise a practice that is considered taboo in multiple societies across the globe.

The Ritu Menon interview | 'Feminist publishing is a development activity. It is not just about producing books'

Address Book takes the reader on a literary pilgrimage as Menon cobbles together recollections of the stalwarts she has worked with.

Where is Anne Frank director Ari Folman on bringing iconic story to big screen, returning to animation filmmaking

Where is Anne Frank, which debuted at Cannes this week, is Folman's first to be aimed at younger audiences.

Prinseps' modern art auction, featuring works by MF Husain and Manjit Bawa, fetches Rs 5 crore

The auction also had on offer the 1950 manuscript of The Constitution of India, which fetched Rs 27.5 lakhs, more than three times its auction estimate.

Books of the week: From Koral Dasgupta's Kunti to Women in the Worlds of Labour, our picks

Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.

Former US President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn celebrate 75 years of marriage

In a recent interview, the 39th president told The Associated Press that the couple’s marriage is “a full partnership.”

Israel's Supreme Court clears way for same-sex couples to have children through surrogates

The state had argued that the law was intended to protect surrogate mothers but the court ruled that it would be possible to strike a balance that would not discriminate.

Sidharth Singh on his novel, Fighter Cock, a satirical narrative of patriarchal power dynamics in a rustic hinterland

In a conversation with Firstpost, the author talks about growing up in an erstwhile rural princely state in Bihar, the hyper-masculine setting of his novel and how he reduces patriarchy to its crudest form by using cockfighting as a metaphor for the power play in the hinterland of Shikargarh.

For #MeToo attorneys representing survivors, pandemic year is the biggest they have had

When the Harvey Weinstein revelations erupted in October 2017, launching the reckoning that became known as the #MeToo movement, it caused a "sea change", Debra Katz says.

Unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario 64 sells for $1.56 million at Dallas auction

Super Mario 64 was the best-selling game on the Nintendo 64 and the first to feature the Mario character in 3D, the auction house said in a statement.