Poorva Joshi

All you need to know about Ringan, the National Award-winning Marathi film

The 2016 National Award-winning film, Ringan, is a story of hope and courage. And it’s set for its first screening in Mumbai

10 board games to have on your shelf this monsoon

Insider’s guide to… Raj Bhavan

Did you know the Governor’s Bungalow has its own pin code?

Game on: 5 hacks to go-kart racing in the monsoon

Adventure junkies, take notes. We get racing tips and tricks from a pro racer

Watch the story of Karna through opera-style Bharatanatyam production

This weekend, catch an opera-style Bharatanatyam production on the story of Karna, the unfortunate Mahabharata warrior

Found in translation: Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist gets a Marathi makeover

A real incident in Milan, 1969, inspired Dario Fo’s Nobel-winning play. Now, a Marathi playwright is set to adapt it, with references to violence in Kashmir and the 2012 Azad Maidan riots

This Bengali short film made it to Cannes, and is now set to screen in Mumbai

Insider’s guide to… Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

CST, the birthplace of Indian Railways, turns 129 this year. We look at its fascinating design

The new TV: Why YRF, Viacom 18, Bindass are all betting big on web series

A young, urban audience — tired of bizarre plots and dumb characters on TV — is hooked to the web series. And, right now, there’s a treasure trove of content to choose from

Meet the IAS officer who doubles up as a noted Bharatanatyam dancer

Kavitha Ramu’s father is an IAS officer. Her mother sent her for Bharatanatyam classes. That explains why she chose to pursue both

A beginner’s guide to origami

We bring you some nifty Origami lessons ahead of a workshop this weekend. You’re welcome

Window collector: Join a project that collects views from around the world

An online forum is capturing what people from across the world see when they look out of their windows

The ultimate guide to monsoon trekking in Maharashtra

Peak performance: From the adrenaline-fuelled climbs to the cautionary tales.

A graphic novel chronicles what it feels like to be an outsider in Mumbai

Created entirely on a phone camera, BombayHectic is a Delhi boy’s journey from disliking to loving the Mumbai

Time travel: When Alexander the Great met Chanakya

Alexander the Great and Vedic scholar Chanakya were contemporaries who never met. But what if they had?

Grammy Award panelist Greg Banaszak on keeping bebop jazz alive

Greg Banaszak learnt jazz from the greats, and he’s a voting member at the Grammys. If you love the genre, his bebop concert this weekend is one you cannot miss.

My ideal weekend: Evelyn Sharma

Evelyn Sharma, actor, swears by organic food, and can cook a five-course meal using whatever is in your fridge

‘I prefer being a couch potato’ - Pernia Qureshi on her ideal weekend

Actor, dancer and designer Pernia Qureshi can make a sandwich. She just doesn’t know how good it will be

No TV weekend: Click-happy Mumbai

This No TV Day step out with your cameras and visit places that offer a glorious view of the city

On a mango trail: The best-kept secrets of Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri is the home of the famed Alphonso mango, and right now is the best time go. The beaches, forts, temples are a bonus

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the sets of Disney India’s Beauty and the Beast

How does a massive castle transform into a village in an instant? We take a peek behind the sets of the Beauty and the Beast musical

Meet Parashar Kulkarni, the Asia winner at the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2016

Parashar Kulkarni’s award-winning short story is set against the backdrop of four policemen looking for a cow in colonial India

Bollywood music meets Billboard Hot 100 courtesy these mash-up artists

Penn Masala pioneered the concept of merging Hindi songs with complementary English chartbusters. They have now paved the way for a slew of artists

Meet Karishma Mehta, the woman behind Humans of Bombay

Two years, a thousand stories, and nearly 6lakh followers later, some of the most powerful stories from Humans of Bombay, the Facebook page, is now a book. We go behind the scenes

Why is pop culture obsessed with aliens? We find out

Ahead of his talk in the city this weekend, we get astrobiologist Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya on all things extra terrestrial

Always imagined yourself in the movies? Here’s your chance

A Bollywood-inspired card game lets you create stories with ‘heroes’, ‘heroines’, ‘intermissions’ and ‘happy endings

Game theory: The complete guide to Game of Thrones in numbers

We decode the facts and figures of TV’s most popular, and most pirated, show

5 Game of Thrones-inspired videos you need to watch

We compiled the top five videos that you need to know about, if you are a true Game of Thrones fan

We tried a caramel pedicure and here’s how it went

Fancy a pedicure where your feet smell like caramel all day long? We tried it. Surprisingly, it didn’t disappoint

These city-based artists are crafting magical worlds out of paper

Hari Panicker and Deepti Nair craft magical worlds out of paper. Oh, and they count actor Neil Patrick Harris among their fans