Paramita Ghosh

Has UP chief minister Adityanath’s Gorakhpur forgotten its Nath panth roots?

The story of the real Nath panth legacy

A play for all time: The Cabuliwala is back

An adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s iconic children’s story, which has been retold several times on the stage and on screen.

Mani and me: Actor Meeta Vasisht is turning the lens on her mentor

Her non-fiction film on the actor’s craft will shine the spotlight on Mani Kaul.

Irshad Ali was a police informer. Until the police framed him

How intelligence officials caught their own informer and said he was a terrorist

How Khasi Christians in Meghalaya are making the Church their own

In Meghalaya, Khasi Christians have been trying to bridge the divide between the Church and their local culture. The Church is embracing native rituals slowly. But other challenges remain.

Is Bismillah Khan’s Varanasi still alive?

Khan’s grandson was recently arrested for selling off the Ustad’s shehnai. Is his cultural legacy faring any better in his city, Varanasi?

In the words of a rebel: A literary evening featuring Faiz

‘Dear Heart’ is a dramatised reading of the exchange of letters by Faiz from jail to his wife Alys

Supreme Court frees Maharashtra’s Kabir Kala Manch artistes

Artist-activist Sachin Mali has been talking about culture and politics for the past two days, when the Supreme Court granted him bail after he spent almost four years in jail.

Mac to Maharaja: The story of the desi burger

The story of the burger in India is not just about what’s in between two pieces of bread. It’s also a story of how a greasy snack on the street corner turned into an aspirational meal for so many urban Indians.

Wadia and Nadia: How love kicked in pre-Bollywood filmdom

Meet the father of Indian stunt movies, Homi Wadia, and his fearless stuntwoman wife

Ismat Chughtai’s inimitable take on marriage and sexual liberation

Hitting the right keys, getting ready for the Giants of Jazz festival

A special festival is bringing together an eclectic mix of international names and local jazz talent

Saffronart’s new Delhi gallery opens with senior artist Krishen Khanna

Delhi’s newest gallery opens with artist Krishen Khanna’s recent black and whites

Cousin Rashid calling: Skype keeping Indians connected to their families in Pak

How divided families in India and Pakistan are being united by new technology in these times of hyper nationalism

As customers binge on online deals, does it mean the death of the salesman?

Shopping used to be a salesman-customer tango. He gave us his advice, we gave the shop our business. What moved the transaction online? A ground report this festive season

Building cultural bridges from Iran to India

The Qand-e-Farsi wa Tutiyan-e-Hind exhibition in Delhi shows that books, and knowledge, were steady items of exchange between both civilisations.

In our land, we have the image of oppressors: J-K cops rue the raw deal

Five years ago, then a fresh graduate, Sarfaraaz, now a cop with the J-K police, was waiting for his life to begin. Rows of shuttered shops are now around him, an empty street is before him.

Bringing up kids under curfew in Kashmir no child’s play

Had it not been for the 51 days of curfew, Hadi would have been going to his preparatory school. His mother, Uzra, tells him he is the guy who can get a ‘100’ in school. But Hadi’s hero is Nobita, the boy who gets zero, in the cartoon series Doraemon. What is worrying Uzra more is her four-year-old’s obsession with cartoons – which is understandable – and with news – which is not – is exposing him to words and images that are too fraught for him to understand.

People miss Delhi news fix, vendors lose income

Kashmiris miss their Delhi news fix, vendors rue lost income

“Indian newspapers” are read and followed in large numbers all over Kashmir, especially Sringar. But that habit has taken a hit, with the curfew affecting readers and those in the newspaper business alike.

The last letter-writer of Jhumri Telaiya

Jhumri Telaiya wrote thousands of letters to AIR’s popular Vividh Bharati station till the ’80s.

80 years of AIR: Legends and milestones

A trip down memory lane

Manto, the samurai, and other wordsmiths

Saadat Hasan Manto, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Mohan Rakesh and Kamleshwar get on stage together. A dramatic story-telling treat of two generations of Hindustani writers

Manto, the samurai, and other wordsmiths

Saadat Hasan Manto, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Mohan Rakesh and Kamleshwar get on stage together. A dramatic story-telling treat of two generations of Hindustani writers

The 6th Samanvay festival poser: Can language play games?

Don’t miss the 6th ILF Samanvay festival

The art and soul of Britain: 20 artists, over 40 works of art

An exhibition of British art from the 20th and early 21st centuries

Playing to the gallery: Collectors trace the Husain phenomenon

The art world is about big money. As MF Husain’s centenary celebrations draws to a close, collectors trace Husain phenomenon.

Why is objectivity such a risky word in Chhattisgarh?

Journalists under attack in conflict-zone Bastar

Book bonanza: Rush to the Harper Collins sale this weekend

A garage sale like never before

Through the English lens: Vintage travel photographs of India that was

Vintage travel photographs by two Englishmen who brought an exotic 19th-century India to the curious British public are now part of a new exhibition in Delhi.