Why Issue Stamps When No One Even Sends Letters Anymore?
“A thin sheet of small flowery paper, with fine teeth on all sides, when friends in two places want to talk, they must ask it to be an errand boy.” The answer to this little riddle is a postage stamp,…
Red Lorry Film Festival: A journey through exquisite storytelling in diverse languages
With each frame, the movies and TV series on Red Lorry Film Festival’s roster will beckon audiences to distant realms, weaving tales that spark curiosity and invite exploration of the rich tapestry of our global film community. Cinema, as a…
What to expect from ‘Veer Meera’ – A musical on empowering women
The musical is inspired by the 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna, Meera Bai The musical Veer Meera will happen on Wednesday 26th July 2023, 6.30 pm onwards at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi. VEER MEERA – A musical…
Getting Sudha Murty to serve on the NCERT committee is a win for children’s literature
The fixation with Sudha Murty’s personal food preferences has resulted in massive trolling recently and her achievements seem to have been forgotten. As one of the most popular authors of children’s literature in India, she has much to contribute to…
Author Tan Twan Eng on new book The House of Doors: ‘Some people remarked writing about real life figures must be easy’
With The House of Doors, acclaimed author Tan Twan Eng returns with a masterful tale of nostalgia, love and reflection. The book which made it to the 2023 Booker Longlist carries all the elements that transformed the author to aliterary superstar…
Bigger, better & grander: Zomaland is back with its 4th season
Zomato Live Entertainment has announced the fourth edition of Zomaland, one of India’s greatest and most awaited carnivals that brings together the best in food, LIVE entertainment, music, and games. Kickstarting this season in Pune on 4th November 2023, the festival…
DAG announces first exhibition drawn from the DAG archives curated by historians Rana Safvi and Swapna Liddle
Alongside numerous photographs of Delhi and the three durbars, the exhibitions includes many other objects relating to them, from medals, souvenirs, postcards, official durbar directories, admittance tickets and book Two eminent city historians, Swapna Liddle and Rana Safvi, combed through…
Lakme Fashion Week 2023: Pallavi Mohan’s ‘Not So Serious’ label present a fashionable journey of style and beauty
Pallavi’s visual romance with flowers and nature has always been translated into 3D embellishments and surface ornamentation along with ingenious crafting of laser cut flowers Pallavi Mohan’s latest collection titled “My Journey….Just the Beginning” at Lakmé Fashion Week in partnership…
Sex, Drugs, and AI Mickey Mouse
On January 1, Mike Neville gave Midjourney the following prompt: “Steamboat Willie drawn in a vintage Disney style, black and white. He is dripping all over with white gel.”
Black Twitter Remains Unbothered in Elon Musk’s X
Social media is having a crisis of identity. In the 15 months since a change of ownership rocked the foundation of Twitter—now confusingly rebranded X—competitors have scrambled to rekindle the allure and influence of the platform that first reshaped, then defined, and eventually…