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Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi and a Metamorphosis in Banaras

Change is inevitable, and more often than not, unpredictable and unconforming. It is the only thing that can challenge the status quo, and enable transformation. In his latest exhibit titled Metamorphosis, Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi, 44, holds on to this idea of change and celebrates it through 59 pieces of carefully composed artworks. “For the last […]

Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi’s ‘Bhool Chuk Maaf’ to skip theatres, head straight to OTT

A poster for ‘Bhool Chuk Maaf’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi’s upcoming film Bhool Chuk Maaf will no longer release in cinemas as planned. The makers have decided to forgo a theatrical debut and will instead premiere the film directly on Prime Video on May 16. The shift in release […]

Albania elections: PM and right-wing veteran

TIRANA: Albanians vote for a new parliament on Sunday, with socialist Edi Rama hoping to be prime minister again, stopping right-wing veteran Sali Berisha from a return to power.Leftist Prime Minister Edi Rama, a former basketball player who went to art school in Paris, is seeking his fourth term in office on a pledge to […]

WAVES summit x Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro | Cyberpunk reality in Mumbai

Drishya Ashok with her winning poster By the third day of WAVES (World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit), the recent sarkari symposium held in Mumbai, I was tuckered out. Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address; thenceforth, sessions upon sessions — about cultural soft power, about innovation and the ‘orange economy’, about how Netflix created […]

Gnatak theatre group to stage Athol Fugard’s play, ‘The Train Driver’, in Thiruvananthapuram

Abraham Karimpanal (left) and Rohit Dave in the play The Train Driver staged by Gnatak | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In 1979, a group of young people in Bengaluru — undergraduate students, doctors, engineers, and scientists — came together to form Gnatak, a theatre collective staging English plays that highlighted the lives of those on […]

The song ‘Main Sach Kahun’ by Last Minute India unleashes a wave of emotions

Members of Last Minute India at a show | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Last Minute India’s new track ‘Main Sach Kahun’ is raw, real and emotional. The song is a heartfelt reflection of songwriter and composer Subodh Gupta’s emotional and psychological battles with alcohol addiction. Subodh, the founder of Last Minute India, and also the […]

How a Malayali ‘chenda’ ensemble performed with Hanumankind at Coachella

For siblings Jeffrey Kochuveettil and Jonathan Kochuveettil, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, a chenda (traditional Kerala percussion instrument) brought to the US by their grandfather Thomas Vattakatt during one of his visits in the ‘90s was not a mere novelty item but a relic of their roots in Thodupuzha, Kerala. The instrument slowly evolved […]

The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates in the face of US tariffs threat

Bank of England (File Photo AP) LONDON: The Bank of England is widely expected to look past near-term inflationary pressures in the British economy and opt to cut interest rates on Thursday as a result of the potential shock to growth emanating from the tariff policies of the Trump administration. Most economists believe it’s a […]

Get, Set And Groove To Jackson Wang And Diljit Dosanjh’s Dance Anthem

New Delhi: A big treat for Diljit Dosanjh’s fans. His new single Buck, in collaboration with K-pop star Jackson Wang, will be out tomorrow (May 9). A day ahead of the release, Jackson dropped the teaser on Instagram. The clip opens to dancers showing their killer moves on the floor. The scene then cuts to […]

Medha Shankr teases new project with BTS dubbing post : Bollywood News

Medha Shankr has stirred excitement among fans and followers with a new post that hints at something special in the works. The actor took to social media and shared a behind-the-scenes photo from a dubbing studio, setting off speculation about her next screen outing. Medha Shankr teases new project with BTS dubbing post Sporting headphones […]