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Bite-sized cruelties: What we’re getting most wrong at restaurants

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 11:29 IST

Don’t be that guy: Penny (Kaley Cuoco), a waitress, deals with an exasperating customer in The Big Bang Theory.

Insight out: What goes on in the brain, during an aha moment?

The eyes grow wide, the jaw drops. Some, like Archimedes, shout out version of ‘Eureka!’ Kiki from the Studio Ghibli film Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) has that universal ‘I’ve got it!’ expression.

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 11:26 IST

Offside stories: Deepanjana Pal writes on football documentaries

In Pele, now streaming on Netflix, one sees how the legend seemed able almost to bewitch the ball into doing his bidding.

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 10:31 IST

From YouTube to cinemas: Horror tales are bypassing studios to get to big screen

Backrooms stars Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor. Made on a budget of $10 million by 21-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons, it has earned $330 million at the box office so far.

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 10:34 IST

Race against time: As the US celebrates 250, Black History Month turns 100

Untitled - Man With Flag by artist David Hammons (1943-). How real is the struggle? On just one parameter, US Federal Reserve and census data indicates that about 44% of Blacks live in a home their family owns, compared to 73% of non-Hispanic Whites. (Glenstone Museum)

Updated on Jul 3, 2026 15:51 IST

Red, white and the blues: Kashyap Kompella writes on the American Dream at 250

As unions and worker protections weakened from the 1980s on, the massive US economy grew around the working classes rather than for them. (Above) Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want (1943). (Wikimedia)

Updated on Jul 3, 2026 12:07 IST

Above the fold: Wknd interviews Indian-Canadian journalist Haroon Siddiqui

Siddiqui beside an old linotype machine in the lobby of The Toronto Star, in 2001. ‘Whose side was I on? Nobody’s,’ he says. ‘I had a point of view that was based on what I saw, which others either didn’t see or chose not to.’ (Getty Images)

Updated on Jul 4, 2026 09:39 IST

A promise postponed: The tragic story of the Bollywood classic Teesri Kasam

Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman in Teesri Kasam. The uneven village paths, rustic dialogue and soulful soundtrack evoke a timeless mood.

Updated on Jun 27, 2026 12:28 IST

Sting operations: Meet the professors building smart beehives for India

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Updated on Jun 27, 2026 10:52 IST

Haute pursuit: A look at the making of a fashion show

Hussein Chalayan’s iconic 2000 Fall/Winter show in London. Models unzipped furniture upholstery and wore the pieces as dresses, reflecting the refugee experience of rebuilding a life with whatever one can find or carry. (Catwalk: The Art of The Fashion Show / V&A Dundee)

Updated on Jun 27, 2026 10:35 IST

Lingering looks: A 125-year timeline of Dior, dolls and drama on the runway

Model Shalom Harlow poses at the Alexander McQueen 1999 Spring/Summer show as robots spray paint onto her dress. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 27, 2026 10:29 IST

Pose and cons : A look at the 125-year arc of the fashion show

A 2017 Chanel show staged beneath a replica of a rocket. (Catwalk: The Art of The Fashion Show / V&A Dundee)

Updated on Jun 27, 2026 10:30 IST

Meet the musician remoulding the Miles Davis sound

In an example of what Glasper is doing, his album Everything’s Beautiful reshapes material from the Davis archive, and is formally credited to Davis and him. (Via @RobertGlasper on Instagram)

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 14:36 IST

Feels like home: How ‘digital twins’ are helping plan the future of our cities

Singapore was the first country to deploy such a system on a nationwide scale.

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 14:34 IST

How on earth is he doing this?: Rudraneil Sengupta on Messi at the World Cup

He barely runs anymore, yet he’s always where one least expects. Above, the 39-year-old in action against Austria, during the ongoing World Cup. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 12:09 IST

This Wiki, that year: The world’s online encyclopaedia turns 25

What Wikipedia is to the world of facts and information, Wikimedia has been to art, heritage and natural history. Seen here: Images of John Singer Sargent’s 1918 painting, Gassed; a necklace dating to 1800 BCE Egypt; and a Eurasian hoopoe.

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 12:06 IST

We know now that, at our best, we can beat any team: hockey’s Manpreet Singh

“I want to win as many medals as there are for India,” says Singh, 34. “I want to be the role model others have been to me.” (Photo: FIH)

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 11:15 IST

Maturity leave: Charles Assisi writes on watching heroes age

Metallica offers hope, via reinvention. Band members don’t live like they’re still in their 20s. They have treated aging somewhat like elite athletes do, following strict health regimens and travelling with physical therapists and trainers. (Redferns via Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 11:27 IST

Capital Letters: Lore about eagles, swallows; how the turkey got its name

Is the owl a sign of wisdom, or of bad luck headed your way? The answer depends on where, geographically, you are standing. (Wikimedia)

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 11:23 IST

What’s another word for...: Inside the Ashoka database of Indian translations

A still from Interstellar (2014). Translation too is a kind of time travel, each work a gift pieced together and transmitted to generations of the present and future.

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 14:07 IST

Wicked little letters: Some of the world’s worst, and best, typos are on display

(HT Imaging)

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 14:07 IST

Listen to the voice of Hind Rajab

The fictionalised sections are set in the Red Crescent office, where frustrated aid workers end up lashing out at one another. The recordings of Hind’s calls are real.

Updated on Jun 20, 2026 11:04 IST

We are all now editors, curators: Kashyap Kompella on our role, in the age of AI

What we stand to lose, if we don't play our role right, is the kind of inspired, spontaneous art MF Husain created when he arrived for a talk at Indian School of Business, years ago, and decided to paint instead. No brushes were available, so he dipped his fingers in pigment and simply painted on a flip chart. (Image: Kashyap Kompella)

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 15:24 IST

Can you imagine...: Kashyap Kompella on creativity in the age of AI

(HT Illustration: Rahul Pakarath)

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 16:22 IST

Undiscovered Corbett: A new book shines new light on the hunter-turned-protector

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 11:29 IST

‘The wildlife will return. We need to develop the will to let it’

‘From his letters to his sister Maggie, it seems like he was aware of the impact people were having on wildlife from before World War 1,’ Douglas says.

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 11:32 IST

Can your partner really ‘make’ you happy?

In The Angler (1874) by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a couple finds joy in time spent together, while pursuing their own hobbies. (Wikimedia)

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 09:33 IST

Reel of fortune: Fishermen turn content creators, capturing life at sea

An octopus spotted in the deep seas off Tuticorin, in a still from the video posted by Thoothukudi Meenavan.

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 09:32 IST

Who doesn’t love a bit of magic on the football field?

France’s Rayan Cherki plays like he’s living for the joy of fantastic, free football. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 09:28 IST

Spark notes: Inside the fascinating world of computers powered by brain cells

(HT Imaging via ChatGPT)

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 09:27 IST

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