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Weekend Planner (Feb 15-16): Delhi-NCR residents, must check out these events!

From Vicky Kaushal's Chhaava to Kunal Kamra's stand-up show, here's all that you can catch this weekend in Delhi-NCR.
Published on Feb 14, 2025 01:00 PM IST

Ten Beatles covers for fans and haters to fight over

You can hear Regina Spektor’s Japanesy version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps in the 2016 film Kubo And The Two Strings.
Updated on Nov 10, 2020 09:21 AM IST

The Way We Were: Cafes, art shows, a hug and movie dates from the ’70s

In Basu Chatterjee’s 1976 film Chhoti Si Baat, Arun (Amol Palekar) and Prabha (Vidya Sinha) go on demure coffee and tea dates. He dreams of being able to take her to the movies and a fancy café.
Updated on Nov 06, 2020 08:32 PM IST

A view of India through chronicles of crime

Class of 83, the action thriller released this year, looks at the making of the police squad that wiped out Mumbai’s underworld. It is based on Hussain Zaidi’s novel of the same name, and is among several non-fiction crime books to be adapted for screen.
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 06:11 PM IST

Mann Mela: When mental health victories become virtual art

Vidushi Karnatic’s anxiety finds new avatars in the art at the Mann Mela virtual museum.
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 08:18 PM IST

Complexi-tee: Why are brands trying to reinvent the T-shirt?

Modern brands focus on not just what’s printed on the T-shirt, but how you feel in it.
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 07:17 PM IST

How Mira Nair turned Vikram Seth’s novel into a suitable show

‘We decided it wouldn’t be a period piece alone, but a mirror to Indian society today. A beautiful mirror to what we have left behind, the world we should never forget,’ Nair says.
Updated on Oct 18, 2020 10:33 AM IST

Can you keep up with the Duniverse?

The new Dune movie stars Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson alongside Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
Updated on Oct 18, 2020 10:30 AM IST

The 2020 guide: How to be a better vegan

Updated on Oct 11, 2020 03:00 PM IST

High strung: The essential Van Halen playlist

Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen died on October 6, aged 65.
Updated on Oct 11, 2020 12:05 PM IST

Lockdown comfort food? Across the world, it’s all about rice

Confined to their homes since March, home cooks quickly discovered what Indians already know: Rice cooks easily, allows for one-pot meals and is simply delicious. NYC restaurant FieldTrip, with a rice-centric menu, is hoping to keep the love going.
Updated on Oct 04, 2020 10:28 AM IST

Homing in on the hate: are pigeons pals or pests?

The 2008 film Bolt showed pigeons as gullible creatures, but science shows they mate for life, co-parent equally, recognise human expressions and remember faces for years.
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 05:59 PM IST

How to apologise like a social media star

Beauty influencer James Charles has made so many apology videos to placate irate and offended fans, he now offers advice to aspiring influencers on how to do it right.
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 04:22 PM IST