Poorva Joshi

Mass appeal: Is TV eating up the web series?

The Indian web series found a niche audience with daring, offbeat content. Now, it’s getting overrun by big production houses, familiar faces, and family dramas

2016 in comics: Will virtual reality change the way we live?

How close are we to entirely living in an alternate reality?

Mumbai Guide: 5 things you didn’t know about Rajabai Tower

How well do you know your city? We bring you 5 lesser-known facts about the iconic Rajabai Tower

3 new places to check out in Mumbai

Mumbai’s latest launches are a new pâtisserie, a café, and a restaurant. Take your pick.

Meet Nidhi Bisht, the casting director who spotted leading web series stars

Machines of the soil: An artist is recreating the Transformers with iconic Indian vehicles

A graphic series depicts Transformers living as Indian machines — a Padmini Fiat and a Bhoomiputra tractor

Food, music, theatre: 10 things to do in Mumbai this Christmas

Your weekend. Our guide.

Theatre, workshops, food: 10 things to do in Mumbai this weekend

Confused about what to do this weekend? Here’s our guide

A documentary chronicles the memories associated with Rhythm House

The 37-minute-long film showcases Rhythm House’s gradual surrender in the face of advancements in technology and piracy.

5 artefacts to check out at an archaeology exhibition in Mumbai

Head over to Mumbai University’s Kalina campus this weekend.

Mumbai Guide: 5 things you didn’t know about Colaba

Did you know Colaba Causeway was once a tiny strip of land inhabited by the fishermen?

Leave no man behind: Here’s how Mumbai is embracing running clubs

Decoding the lavani: A symposium in the city will look into the history of the performance art

The traditional Maharashtrian dance form originated as an expression of femininity, and evolved into an artistic representation of erotica

A feature film dwells on the lesser-known side of US President Barack Obama’s early life

A Netflix original feature film digs into Obama’s past - a strained father-son relationship and an identity crisis

A photo catalogue is highlighting colour politics one skin tone at a time

Brazilian photographer Angellica Dass wants to catalogue a spectrum of skin tones independent of ethnicity

10 things to do in Mumbai this weekend

Here’s what you should be doing this weekend

Make space for art: Mumbai has no time to appreciate public art

A symposium in the city will look at the challenges of curating public art in Mumabi

An object theatre play discusses inclusivity and social order

The premiering play sees a dhaba populated by veggies

Theatre, food, art: 10 things to do in Mumbai this weekend

Your weekend. Our guide.

Former VJ Shenaz Treasury is resurfacing as an Instagram ‘influencer’

Shenaz Treasury tried Bollywood, chipped a bit off her surname, and moved to New York. Now she’s back with a Netflix show

Film, theatre, music: 10 things to do in Mumbai this weekend

A curated list of events to attend this weekend.

A science fiction short film suggests that Mumbai might be an alien base

Made by a Mumbai-based filmmaker, the film features Gilbert Hill, in Andheri

Here’s why you need to attend the Red Bull Soap Box Race this weekend

Banana-shaped cars to wedding mandaps on wheels: the most bizarre vehicles of the year

The lesser known side of singer Rekha Bhardwaj

A filmmaker traced five generations of ancestors. Now, he’s making a film on it

Cinematographer Ranjan Palit is making a film on his family’s history panning 150 years.

Theatre, music, workshops: 10 things to do in Mumbai this weekend

Your weekend. Our guide

A YouTube project wants to revive forgotten Hindi and Urdu poems through short videos

Here’s how you take Hindi and Urdu poetry to a generation glued to phone screens

Man vs wild: Story behind award-winning leopard image by Mumbai photographer

Nayan Khanolkar’s remarkable portrait of an urban Mumbai leopard has won him a Wildlife Photographer of the Year prize

TGIF: 10 things to do in Mumbai this weekend

Your weekend. Our guide

Insider’s guide to... Bhuleshwar

Thanks to the dozens of temples, and countless shops, the area is the very definition of chaos