Paramita Ghosh

Living alone in the pandemic? Hacks to help you tackle lockdown loneliness

Unbroken solitude can play tricks on the mind. It helps to record your dreams and fears, make tangible things and, if all else fails, learn to revel in your ability to fight with your back to the wall.

Tour the British Museum’s massive Tantra exhibition in 10 objects

What was the philosophy? What was its impact? Sculptures, posters, paintings, thangkas and manuscripts — some dating to the 11th century — are among the 100 items on display.

Wool without sheep? In Puducherry, a wild shrub offers material gains

Gowri Shankar, a fashion entrepreneur, is using fibre from a giant shrub to make yarn for soft, warm winter wear.

The sameness of life in the pandemic could be affecting your neurons

A paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience in September indicates that sameness of stimuli makes certain neurons weary, altering our perception of time.

Check out how the buddy movie is changing

The new Bill and Ted movie is out so catch up on the best of the rest in the genre.

Art Deco surprises where you’d least expect

Heritage lovers are unearthing Deco structures across states like Kerala, West Bengal and Telangana, tracking down elements in mosques, hotels and homes.

Covid-19: Are you breathing right for these stressful times?

That mild tightness in your chest that wasn’t such a constant before March, can be a precursor to lifestyle diseases. An oft-overlooked way to ease it is by breathing right.

Tweaking the rules of therapy in the lockdown

Covid-19 has made it harder and yet more necessary for patients to connect with counsellors and psychologists. Among the most common problems - missing body language signals, the lack of a safe space.

Holding onto faith in the middle of the pandemic

All large gatherings, including for religious purposes, have been barred since March. This has meant most temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and other places of worship have either been closed or functioning under very changed circumstances

‘Fear all around’: Covid-19 leaves wellness sector in bad health

‘Fear all around’: Covid-19 leaves wellness sector in bad health

Hair salons were officially allowed to reopen in the first week of June in Delhi and by end-June in Mumbai. But the potential for infection in enclosed spaces is keeping clients away.

100 days of Covid-19: Cooking up a storm in the lockdown

With more than a billion shuttered indoors and supply chains badly hit, social media and family groups were flooded with people showcasing their culinary skills, and not just casually

Breakfast: Now the meal of the day

Most families eat egg-and-bread combinations with a glass of milk, tea or coffee. Some are using the lockdown to do more, as a means to buoy spirits and with an eye on practicality — lunch can then be small, simple or even skipped altogether.

How children craft their own escapes

If Alice in Wonderland has taught us anything, it’s that children have their own escape routes, and their world of make-believe is its own reality.

Life in the time of Covid-19: Finding new ways to care, and self-care

The most common concern amid the Covid-19 lockdown is running out of medication and not being able to fill up a prescription again, or replace an essential device like a pulse oximeter or glucose monitor.

Coronavirus survival tips: Do what you can to restore the weekend

The absence of a weekend, and any weekend-like activity, can add to the monotony and stress of lockdown, so here are some ways in which you can restore a sense of downtime and chance of pace to Saturdays and Sundays.

Coronavirus outbreak: A time to give and get cuddles

The world has never needed its puppies and kittens as much as it does now. No contact with other people or the outdoors has made fur babies the stars of every video conference, no matter how serious the discussion.

Hilary Mantel’s third Cromwell book is brilliant

Thomas Cromwell is the anti-hero of all three books of Hilary Mantel’s celebrated Tudor England trilogy

Barry John wins major theatre award

Lifetime Achievement award to be given to Shah Rukh Khan’s theatre guru

Sonic, a success story

When the first trailer of the film was aired (the film is expected to hit Indian screens on February 28), fans of the original video game even wrote to its producers, protesting its “human teeth”.

Marked for death

Actor Danny Trejo tops a report on most on-screen deaths. His tally: 65

William Gibson is out with his new sci-fi novel

In a new book, Agency, Gibson gives the US a woman president. But has she the power?

HT’s pick of end of the world book and films

In pop culture, the end of the world has come through these scenarios- virus attacks, nuclear winters and natural disasters

Pack your bags, but take it slow

Indians are opening up to the idea of taking travel slow, swapping packed itineraries for relaxed, immersive trips.

A peek inside Mussoorie’s iconic hotel, the Savoy

An interview with Kshitij Sharma who has made an award-winning documentary

Meet the next big leading man of Hollywood, Adam Driver

From playing Kylo Ren to theatre director Charlie Barber in Marriage Story, Adam Driver is on a roll

Capital City Minstrels: 25 years young

In The Irishman, Joe Pesci bosses over De Niro

First among equals

Recommended: 5 movies on copybook rebellions

In this season of protests – in Hong Kong over the extradition law and in India over the JNU student fee hike – we look at films that have taken up students’ issues with nuance

A new documentary on yoga guru Bikram Choudhury

A Netflix film made by Oscar winner, Eva Orner