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In photos: Check out miniature art by the award-winning Raghupathi Bhat

The elephant, representing the strength of the Wodeyar kings, is a common motif in Mysore Ganjifas. (Image courtesy Raghupathi Bhat)

Updated on Nov 1, 2024, 8:04 PM IST

Drawn to the little things: A Wknd interview with Ganjifa artist Raghupathi Bhat

Updated on Nov 1, 2024, 8:01 PM IST

A few core truths: Charles Assisi, on running towards fitness, but more slowly

‘There’s an aggressiveness to fitness goals today, that I think the world could do without,’ Assisi says. ‘The body doesn’t care how many motivational quotes you’ve consumed and abs don’t appear because you visualised them really hard.’ (Images: Adobe Stock)

Updated on Oct 26, 2024, 4:19 PM IST

Sear factor: Swetha Sivakumar, on the science of charring

It isn’t a baingan bharta if the eggplant doesn’t start out roasted, the skin crackling and peeling away on an open flame. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Oct 26, 2024, 4:16 PM IST

Red for obsession, yellow for adultery: What flower hues mean around the world

Purple and yellow flowers are a vital part of Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico and Brazil. It is believed that the vibrant colours help guide ancestors back to their families. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 26, 2024, 4:18 PM IST

Are there lessons for managing AI, climate, in tales from 1,000 years ago?

A painting of the Nihonbashi Fish Market in 18th-century Edo, Japan. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Oct 26, 2024, 4:15 PM IST

Lost manuscripts, whirlwind romances: When movies leave a paper trail

Updated on Oct 26, 2024, 4:13 PM IST

Bot fresh hell is this:Inside the rise of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI

(Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 25, 2024, 7:06 PM IST

A gun goes missing, secrets tumble out...: Dee for Drama by Deepanjana Pal

Kishkindha Kaandam is, perhaps above all else, the story of a father and son weighted down by secrets. For those who missed it in theatres, the film is due out on Disney+ Hotstar on November 1.

Published on Oct 25, 2024, 6:38 PM IST

From plastic to protein: Could PET-eating microbes eventually serve as food too?

(Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Oct 25, 2024, 7:22 PM IST

Setting fresh traps: Carbon capture’s newest promises, and pitfalls

(HT imaging: Puneet Kumar; Images: Midjourney and Adobe Firefly)

Updated on Oct 25, 2024, 7:18 PM IST

From teenage smuggler to forest watcher: The award-winning tale of Sabu Varghese

(HT Photo: Viswan Kumili)

Updated on Oct 25, 2024, 7:15 PM IST

The BEST bus tales: Poonam Saxena, on 150 years of a Mumbai icon

Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Shashi Kapoor and Bindiya Goswami in the song Janu Meri Jaan, from Shaan (1980).

Updated on Oct 19, 2024, 2:33 PM IST

The return of Guitar Zombie: Sanjoy Narayan writes on Sturgill Simpson

Simpson performs in Austin, Texas, in September. (Getty Images)

Updated on Oct 19, 2024, 2:32 PM IST

Storey time: An Instagram project chronicles Delhi houses as they change

In the histories and chronicles of the ancient city, modern-era homes rarely find a mention. ‘It worries me that this part of our history is not considered old enough to be preserved,’ says Mann. (Courtesy @DelhiHouses)

Updated on Oct 19, 2024, 2:28 PM IST

Shake it up: A tequila-mezcal cocktail recipe via The Table

The Matchito

Updated on Oct 19, 2024, 1:37 PM IST

Calling the shots: What’s driving the tequila / agave boom in India

Spirits such as tequila, mezcal, pulque and raicilla are made from the stem and bulb of different variants of the agave plant. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Oct 19, 2024, 1:32 PM IST

Wrestling with doubt: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on Sakshi Malik’s new memoir

Malik celebrates gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Six years earlier, she won bronze at the Rio Games, the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling. (Getty Images)

Updated on Oct 18, 2024, 7:58 PM IST

Wild Women: Read an excerpt from a collection of sacred poetry by women

Updated on Oct 18, 2024, 7:56 PM IST

Ladies in read: Inside a dramatic new collection of sacred poetry by women

Peero with the Sikh mystic Gulab Das. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Oct 19, 2024, 1:35 PM IST

Make it reign: Inside the world of India’s female chess players

(Clockwise from top) Bhagyashree Thipsay is a five-time national champion. She participated in nine Olympiads, as part of the Indian women’s team, in the 1980s and 1990s. Koneru Humpy was India’s first-ever female Grandmaster, a feat she achieved at the age of 15. She is still India’s reigning queen, sitting at #1 on the national women’s charts. Harika Dronavalli is one of only three female Grandmasters in India. She was part of the team that beat the mighty Kazakhstan to claim gold in Budapest. (PHOTOS: HT Archives, FIDE)

Updated on Oct 18, 2024, 7:52 PM IST

Distaste of the Earth: Read an excerpt from the book by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

Updated on Oct 18, 2024, 7:50 PM IST

Hit and myths: Poems of love, tales of anger from Meghalaya

The writer’s new book, The Distaste of the Earth, uses a Khasi legend about star-crossed lovers to explore themes of religion, justice and communal conflict. It has been longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature.

Updated on Oct 18, 2024, 7:47 PM IST

To the warriors in our midst: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi and his mother, Lilly Assisi. She is proof, he says, that age is no barrier to change. Reinvention doesn’t belong to the young. It belongs to the brave.

Updated on Oct 12, 2024, 3:41 PM IST

Spinning straw into gold: Swetha Sivakumar on saffron

(Adobe Stock)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024, 3:40 PM IST

Going, going, gone..: New highs at auction cast dark shadows on dinosaur fossils

Apex fetched $44.6 million at a Sotheby’s auction. (Matthew Sherman / Sotheby’s)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024, 3:37 PM IST

The roach approach: How the bugs got everywhere

Is that you, Blattella asahinai? (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024, 3:38 PM IST

Sprout of the ordinary: Have we completely misunderstood what plants are?

(HT illustration: Jayanto)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024, 3:36 PM IST

In Devi-elopment: Deepanjana Pal writes on Durgas in cinema

The film CTRL by Vikramaditya Motwane is effective, if imperfect. Crucially, Ananya Panday’s character Nella isn’t someone who could shapeshift into a Neil.

Updated on Oct 12, 2024, 1:31 PM IST

A man befriends a cloud, in a touching debut by filmmaker Abhinandan Banerjee

A still from Manikbabur Megh, featuring theatre veteran Chandan Sen.

Updated on Oct 12, 2024, 1:28 PM IST

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