Books of the week: From Abdourahman A Waberi's The Divine Song to Seema Mustafa’s Shaheen Bagh and the Idea of India, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Books of the week: From Jenny Housego's A Woven Life to Ranjan Chakrabarti’s Critical Themes in Environmental History of India, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
In lockdown, a summer without another gaze, meeting my body without criticism
Nowadays, my kitten’s is the only opinion that matters. And he has no concept of judging someone based on their body.
Kritika Pandey wins 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize; discusses writing, language and her craft with Firstpost
2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Kritika Pandey on her relationship with writing, and the role of fiction in a world divided by hate.
Books of the week: From Perumal Murugan's Rising Heat to John Bolton’s The Room Where It Happened, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Seasonal Wonderlands, on Sony BBC Earth, celebrates the natural world and offers escape from climate change reality
Seasonal Wonderlands, with technical brilliance, celebrates the inter-species connections holding up ecosystems of the natural world.
Books of the week: From Benyamin's Body and Blood, to Bobby Sachdeva’s Once There Was Me — our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Books of the week: From Tilottama Misra's High Wind to Vivek H Murthy’s Together, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Zoya on new album Bad Girls Dream: 'It’s a cool time to be a pop artist because there aren’t really any rules anymore'
Zoya on her new album Bad Girls Dream, breaking into global music and popular culture, and chasing her long-standing dream of success as a pop musician.
With Bandra Neighbourhood Project, Ansoo Gupta records pockets of history in the 'Queen of the Suburbs'
As part of the Bandra Neighbourhood Project, Ansoo Gupta has been photographing bungalows and other sites, recording the history of the area.
In Tilottoma Misra’s High Wind, inter-community relations in North East are explored through intimacy of fiction
In an interview with Firstpost, High Wind author Tilottoma Misra and translator Udayon Misra talk about the shrinking space for inclusive politics in the North East and the role of books such as this one in challenging those beliefs.
Artemis Fowl movie review: Adaptation of fascinating books reduced to Hollywood's formulaic young adult fantasy
Kenneth Branagh's Artemis Fowl does away with the uniqueness and nuance of the books it is adapting in favour of a formulaic Young Adult fantasy film.
Books of the week: From Megha Majumdar's A Burning to Ilan Kelman’s Disaster by Choice, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Singer-songwriter Nikhil D'Souza on his Bollywood music, biggest artistic influences, and launch of his EP
Singer of Bollywood hits like 'Shaam' and 'Mere Bina', Nikhil D'Souza is currently working on widening the scope of his repertoire, with a new EP that recalls the innocence of childhood.
Books of the week: From Gitanjali Kolanad's Girl Made of Gold to Tara Shine’s How to Save Your Planet One Object at a Time, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Books of the week: From Martin Popoff's biography of Rush to Kerry Drewery’s The Last Paper Crane, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
Prints for India: Shared love for Delhi prompts four photographers to start a COVID-19 fundraiser
Four photographers have founded the Prints for India project, which aims to raise funds for India's most vulnerable, through the sale of 70 prints by 60 contributors.
Project 22-2 brings together musicians in a spirit of creativity, charity and community in lockdown
Initiated by artiste Ketan Bahirat, aka Oceantied, the 22-2 project brought together 22 music producers, who created a track using 22 samples — one submitted by each initially — in two days. The compilation was released on 22 April.
Books of the week: From Vaasanthi's biography of Karunanidhi to Sonali Gupta’s Anxiety, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
The Eddy review: Brilliant music and expertly crafted characters stumble as they dance to the tunes of a half-baked plot
The Eddy weaves together stories of well-written characters at a Parisian jazz club. But as music takes centre stage, the plot struggles.