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Canadian honours for book on Himalayas
Prolific writer Stephen Alter has won the prestigious Mountain Environment and Natural History Award at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2020 in Alberta, Canada, for his book "Wild Himalaya" (Aleph) that brings alive the greatest…
Spy book lifts veil off the world’s best kept secrets
By Aarti Tikoo Singh
This world could be just one large simulated reality, is a metaphysical idea. But after reading former chief of India's external spy agency Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), Vikram Sood's latest page-turner, 'The…
Circus shows on the verge of extinction
The lockdown due to coronavirus affected everyone's livelihood significantly. The lockdown has adversely affected the future of circuses as there is no audience for the shows. Many circus operators don't even have money to recharge their…
Career in Urban Planning
By Ranjan K Baruah
People migrate to cities or big towns for better employment and other facilities. In recent times we have seen the growth of cities in many parts of the world. In India, we can see rapid urbanisation. There are positive…
“I found a parallel between the search for A Suitable Boy for Lata and search for India”
During one of the conversations series organized by the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Geoff Macnaughton, Senior Director, Industry & Theatrical/Lead Programmer, Primetime at TIFF, catches up with Mira Nair, director…
‘Thriving on collaborations’
By Sukant Deepak
He feels that nothing comes to life in isolation. That is not just art, everything that is fruitful is all about collaborations, he says. "And it is not that people do not understand the importance of partnering. The…
Ode to Oscar-nominee tabla maestro
By Siddhi Jain
In a multi-artiste musical tribute to an artiste extraordinaire Pandit Chatur Lal, who was the first internationally acclaimed Indian percussionist who popularised tabla among the western audiences, a concert in his memory…
Of girls navigating cities…
By Sukant Deepak
A trained engineer who went to IIM Calcutta, and after a decade long corporate career decided to pause and gift herself some "me time", not to mention a Creative Writing course in the US later — author Manreet Sodhi…
Virtual pandal-hopping
By Soudhriti Bhabani
The Durga Puja festival has always been the greatest crowd-puller in West Bengal. But this year, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has redefined the lives of millions.
The religio-social-cultural phenomenon is known to be…
Low-key Dasara fest in Mysuru
Mysuru has been spruced and decked up even as it will host a subdued 10-day Dasara fest from Saturday amid the Covid pandemic, which has turned the annual carnival into a largely virtual show due to curbs on people gathering in large…