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Dream catcher: Ahead of a first-ever show in Delhi, a peek into Dali’s mind

Dali’s Swans Reflecting Elephants (1937).

Updated on Jan 10, 2025, 4:44 PM IST

Surrealism stretches out: A day at the Dali museum in Spain

The museum is housed in a crimson building studded with pa de crostons (a local Catalan bread that Dali loved) made of yellow concrete, and topped with giant, white concrete eggs. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jan 10, 2025, 4:50 PM IST

Surrealism’s persistent memory: Can we look past the moustache?

Immortal; 2023, by Japanese artist Naoto Hattori. The 50-year-old seeks to express the chaotic and surreal in nature. (Image via Instagram)

Updated on Jan 11, 2025, 4:18 PM IST

Perfecting the pitch: A Wknd interview with cricket legend Mohinder Amarnath

‘You have to play for a long time to become a role model. That is still true. The shorter formats are like pizza or vada pav. Quick; people come and go. Only when you stay in the game for a longer period do people adore you,’ Amarnath says. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jan 10, 2025, 3:43 PM IST

A trailblazer with a gentle touch: Poonam Saxena writes on Sai Pranjpye

In Katha (1983), set in a Mumbai chawl, Paranjpye cast her main actors against type. The cultured Farooque Shaikh was a conman; Naseeruddin Shah was an earnest but dull clerk. It won a National Award, but Paranjpye’s body of work has never really got its due.

Updated on Jan 4, 2025, 3:04 PM IST

Check out more of VU Sabu’s treasured orchids from the Western Ghats

Sabu spends his weekends scouting for wild orchids, and logging data on where and how they grow.

Updated on Jan 4, 2025, 2:59 PM IST

Flower ranger: Meet the self-taught orchid whisperer of Wayanad

Sabu with a Phalaenopsis. He spends his mornings and evenings tending to the 4,000 orchid plants on his farm.

Updated on Jan 4, 2025, 2:58 PM IST

Will a final hurdle fall this year?: Rudraneil Sengupta on running, in 2025

Kipchoge (in white) runs in his Nike Vaporfly shoes, shielded from wind resistance by other runners. (Photo via Ineos)

Updated on Jan 4, 2025, 2:56 PM IST

Houston, we have a problem: Astronauts with horror stories in space

Christmas on the ISS. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have now been stranded in space for exactly seven months. (NASA)

Updated on Jan 4, 2025, 2:54 PM IST

Global icons: The world’s most popular emojis, and our favourites at Wknd

The smiling face with tear works for moments of intense gratitude, relief or embarrassment; it can also convey empathy and shared sadness. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Jan 3, 2025, 8:18 PM IST

Literally melting? There are climate emojis, or climojis, for that

Climojis for "composting" and "starving polar bear".

Updated on Jan 3, 2025, 8:17 PM IST

Have you made your own emojis yet?: AI has entered the chat

Three emojis – a shitstorm, a melting panda, and a stress ball tossed about by a giant wave – made using Emoji Kitchen.

Updated on Jan 3, 2025, 7:23 PM IST

Character arc: How the world of emojis is changing

The eight new emojis are 1) face with bags under eyes, 2) leafless tree, 3) harp, 4) shovel, 5) fingerprint, 6) purple splatter (for a mess or stain), 7) beetroot (for a vegetarian diet) and 8) the flag of Sark in the English Channel. (Images: Adobe Stock, Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 3, 2025, 8:15 PM IST

Recipe: Make the mung bean salad served at Semma, New York

(Image courtesy StarChefs)

Updated on Jan 3, 2025, 7:06 PM IST

Chef’s special: Vir Sanghvi interviews Semma chef Vijaya Kumar

‘I wanted to show the world that the food eaten in the villages of Tamil Nadu was as great a cuisine as you could find anywhere,’ Kumar says. (Image courtesy StarChefs)

Updated on Jan 3, 2025, 7:02 PM IST

Chase the cormorants to find new havens: What Rachel Lopez learnt in 2024

Make an afternoon of scouting for Soviet-era art at Moscow’s metro stations. (Image: Rachel Lopez)

Updated on Dec 28, 2024, 3:38 PM IST

It mends with us: Simran Mangharam writes on lessons learnt in love, in 2024

Vignette (The Kiss), 2018; by the American artist Kerry James Marshall. (Via the Kerry James Marshall Gallery / Instagram)

Updated on Dec 28, 2024, 3:33 PM IST

Remember to always ‘put the weights back’, says Charles Assisi

Agony and ecstasy are reflected in Pablo Picasso’s The Three Dancers; 1925.

Updated on Dec 28, 2024, 3:30 PM IST

A class apart: Rachel Lopez lists her favourite high-IQ podcasts of 2024

The 12 episodes of HT Smartcast’s 1947: Road to Indian Independence rush past like a story half-remembered, but they’re also packed with beautiful detail and fresh research.

Updated on Dec 28, 2024, 3:09 PM IST

Tech that listens, talks back: Kashyap Kompella lists his top finds of 2024

The School of Life app offers sagely advice on daily concerns.

Updated on Dec 28, 2024, 3:07 PM IST

Indie games unlocked new levels in 2024, says K Narayanan

UFO 50 is a set of 50 offerings for those who really miss the ’90s.

Updated on Dec 27, 2024, 7:14 PM IST

2024 wrapped: Sanjoy Narayan’s list of top 5 moments in the world of music

Ezra Collective’s album, Dance, No One’s Watching, is a 19-song punchy, groovy feast for the ears… and the feet.

Updated on Dec 27, 2024, 7:12 PM IST

The year in food: Vir Sanghvi lists the world’s best Indian restaurants

Don’t miss the pani puri at Tresind Studio. Chef Himanshu Saini invents a new version to kick off every menu.

Updated on Dec 27, 2024, 6:31 PM IST

The best films and shows of 2024: 10 watches that stopped time

S2 of We Are Lady Parts is rich with insight and full of heart.

Updated on Dec 27, 2024, 5:51 PM IST

‘Got a feeling it’s going to be a good year’: R Sukumar writes on ’25

(Images: Adobe Stock; HT Imaging: Monica Gupta)

Updated on Dec 27, 2024, 4:42 PM IST

Who are you without your job title?: Charles Assisi tries a social experiment

In Hacks (2021-), Jean Smart plays a woman defined by her identity as a successful comedian. Faced with a dip in her career, she has no idea what she’ll do next, or who her friends are.

Updated on Dec 21, 2024, 7:08 PM IST

The Last Poets: Sanjoy Narayan writes on the grandfathers of rap

The cover of The Last Poets’ eponymous debut album. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024, 7:08 PM IST

Did you snail through the year?: Adam Jacot de Boinod lists top terms from 2024

A snail girl puts her happiness and well-being before other demands on her time. (How quaint the word is, and how idyllic the idea.) (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024, 7:07 PM IST

A grater mission: The world’s oldest cheese sample tells a story of survival

The cheese, seen at the neck of this Bronze Age mummy, was likely applied as part of a death ritual. (Image: Yichen Liu et al; 2024)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024, 7:07 PM IST

Crystal gazing: Could we essentially preserve our species forever?

(Adobe Stock)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024, 7:06 PM IST

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