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Anesha George

Anesha George

Anesha is a features writer, sometimes a reader, who loves to eat and plan fitness goals she can never keep. She writes on food, culture and youth trends.

Articles by Anesha George

Stranger things: What costs the most, and least, on the dark web

The two rare paintings by 19th-century New Zealand artist Gottfried Lindauer - of Chief Ngatai-Raure and Chieftainess Ngatai-Raure - that were stolen from that country’s International Art Centre gallery. (New Zealand Police)

Updated on Jul 28, 2023 07:27 IST

Mastering the meet-cute: New hacks emerge in India’s dating landscape

In the action-driven rom-com The Lost City (2022), the unlikely pair of Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock find themselves drawn together amid chaos. What makes the search for love so tricky, relationship counsellors say, is that so much relies on chance, online and in the offline world.

Updated on Aug 3, 2023 08:59 IST

Vocal chords: A capella band Penn Masala is back for a six-city homecoming tour

The group currently consists of 13 members, an Indian, a Chinese-American and Indian-origin Americans. Members stay with the group as long as they’re students at the university. (Abhiram Juvvadi)

Updated on Aug 3, 2023 08:02 IST

Heat signatures: How ads,power cuts, family time defined the Indian summer break

TV ads signalled the onset of the season. (Above right) The energy drink Glucon-D had its iconic sun sucking the energy from children with a straw. By 2018, Onida’s horned devil TV mascot was helping drive AC sales.

Updated on Aug 3, 2023 08:00 IST

Cloudy, with a chance of speech blurbs: A new graphic novel on climate change

The five imagined families are, one each, from Bangladesh, South Africa, Bolivia, Puerto Rico and Barbuda.

Updated on Aug 4, 2023 15:44 IST

This again?: A look at why reboots fail

(Clockwise from left) Where Wednesday is an evocative take on a classic, That ’90s Show is a lethargic attempt to invoke the popular original. The new Velma is full of problematic jokes.

Updated on Jul 27, 2023 17:56 IST

Mirror, mirror: A Wknd list of the best shows about making TV

(Clockwise from top left) Lisa Kudrow of Friends plays herself at 50, in The Comeback. BoJack Horseman is a former TV star living out his post-fame life in Hollywoo. Reboot sees the cast of a feel-good sitcom return for another take.

Updated on Apr 14, 2023 14:57 IST

Sum of us: The ancient and modern history of counting people

A wall mosaic at the ancient Chora Church in Istanbul depicts Joseph and Mary with a census official, just before the birth of Jesus. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 3, 2023 08:23 IST

Why were people identifying as Jedi knights in censuses around the world?

Lego Jedi knights, via Pixabay

Updated on Apr 7, 2023 15:25 IST

How a tiger from Kerala found his way into a French school

(Photo: Dr Jacob Alexander)

Updated on Aug 11, 2023 15:35 IST

You don’t mean that: Sadness is not depression, restlessness is not ADHD...

Misuse terms such as OCD and ADHD enough, and you can start to put together an entirely inaccurate image of yourself. No layperson is qualified to make such judgements; even mental-health professionals would hesitate to self-diagnose. (Adobe stock)

Updated on Aug 12, 2023 10:08 IST

Cringe is in. Don’t back away from it; embrace that shrinking feeling

Encouraging memes abound on social media. ‘There has always been a big market for cringe entertainment,’ says comedian Aditi Mittal. ‘But how we cringe has evolved from contemptuous to compassionate. The culture of embracing cringe rejects the idea of weaponising it.’

Updated on Aug 3, 2023 17:36 IST

Scenes of a textual nature: The changing language of work

Updated on Aug 12, 2023 10:33 IST

Play with your food: New indie games are serving up slices of culinary culture

Venba, by the Toronto-based Visai Studios, is a narrative cooking game due for release later this year. It puts the spotlight on the everyday challenges of immigrant families, and the richness of Tamil cuisine.

Updated on Aug 12, 2023 10:30 IST

This again? Tired tropes it’s time to retire in the romance genre

‘I don’t think Wednesday would ever be in a love triangle,’ Jenna Ortega, who plays the Addams Family character in the Netflix series Wednesday (2023- ), said in an interview. ‘I’m going to fight this so hard.’

Updated on Aug 10, 2023 11:38 IST

Strike a pose: What is voguing, and why is it catching on in India?

Sunil Bormahela, 22, is part of @VoguingInIndia, an Instagram page and collective founded in June. The group hosts sessions where members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies can learn about ballroom culture. (KuldeeGoswami)

Updated on Aug 18, 2023 08:33 IST

It’s not you, it’s not them: The benefits of having friends across the aisle

(Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 12, 2023 11:01 IST

Less hate, more clarity: Check out Pixstory, a new social-media app out of India

New entrants to the social-media space are doing things differently, allowing users to create semi-private spaces within a platform, encouraging positivity and integrity. Could apps such as Mastodon, Pixstory, Discord and Hive Social edge out the old guard of Instagram, Facebook and Twitter? (Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 3, 2023 18:57 IST

Diversions ahead: New terms to tag new stages in the search for love

Open-casting, likely to be one of the top relationship terms of 2023, is about stepping out of one’s comfort zone and embracing a wider range of personalities and characteristics. (HT Illustration: Jayanto)

Updated on Aug 10, 2023 12:25 IST

Music in the gaming world: From silence and plinky tunes to in-game gigs

Innovation was key. The iconic tunes for Space Invaders (1978) and Super Mario (1985) were each composed using just a few notes. It’s a very different world today. Lil Nas X created the anthem for the League of Legends 2022 world championships (top right). Ariana Grande performed within Fortnite in 2021. And Stormzy released the video for Rainfall within the game Watch Dogs: Legion, (2020). (Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 10, 2023 12:15 IST

The door’s a jar: See how pickles are serving as gateways to niche cuisines

The Sikkim dalle chilli pickle by NE Origins. Rewaj Chettri founded the startup in 2020 as a way to connect buyers from across the country with lockdown-affected entrepreneurs in remote parts of north-east India. (Manaen Lepcha)

Updated on Aug 18, 2023 08:41 IST

Cracking an ancient code: A Wknd interview with Sanskrit scholar Rishi Rajpopat

‘I have a new respect for the simple question: Why? I believe it is the willingness and commitment to unlearn and relearn that helped me do this,’ says Rajpopat. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 23, 2022 15:52 IST

Wrap sheet: How to get better at gifting

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Updated on Dec 10, 2022 16:26 IST

The multiverse timeline: How everything went everywhere in pop culture

The multiverse drives the narrative in this year’s breakout hit, Everything Everywhere All At Once. (At its core, though, the film remains a tale about breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma.) (Image courtesy: Allyson Riggs)

Updated on Dec 2, 2022 12:39 IST

Criminals can be victims too: An interview with victimologist Sanjeev P Sahni

(Shutterstock)

Updated on Nov 5, 2022 09:15 IST

Millennial apology fantasy: A forgiving twist in the tale

Encanto and Everything Everywhere All at Once address the intergenerational trauma caused by unrealistic expectations. In Turning Red, a cycle of learning to repress passion and anger is finally broken.

Updated on Nov 5, 2022 08:34 IST

Meet the American author coining new English words for complicated feelings

One of Koenig’s words is ‘sonder’, the realisation that each passerby’s life is as vivid and complex as your own. (HT Illustration: Jayanto)

Updated on Oct 29, 2022 07:59 IST

More than he seams: A Wknd interview with designer Akshat Bansal

(Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 15, 2022 09:55 IST

Mellow Milo or rage Rover: You can tell your dog’s mood from his face

Sad? Scared? Guilty? Our guess would be afraid. In fear, dogs open their eyes wide, making this the easiest emotion to spot in canines, the study found. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 8, 2022 08:10 IST

Bonus tracks: Check out the voices of change in indie Punjabi music

In the vibrant independent Punjabi pop scene, a mix of Indian artists and artists from the diaspora are singing of identity, brotherly love, belonging, equal rights for races, genders and sexual minorities. (Photos: Diaspora Arts Connection Jaspreet Singh, Aashish Maini, Bert Vulcain)

Updated on Sep 30, 2022 19:07 IST

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