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Brimful of Asha: How excited should we be about the Gorillaz collab?

Updated on Mar 20, 2026 13:18 IST

The cover art for the British band’s new album, The Mountain / Parvat, featuring collaborations with Asha Bhosle, Asha Puthli, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, among others.

Ghost notes: Sanjoy Narayan writes on the gigs he missed

A poster for the digitally remastered documentary The Beatles at Shea Stadium, originally released in 1966.

Updated on Mar 6, 2026 10:57 IST

Spar trek: A Wknd chat with Afghani-Iranian taekwondo champion Marzieh Hamidi

(Photo: Laura Sciacovelli)

Updated on Mar 7, 2026 11:29 IST

The Pralaya Prophecy: An excerpt from Mridula Ramesh's climate-fiction novel

Updated on Mar 6, 2026 08:05 IST

Forests and faith do hold the answers: Mridula Ramesh, on her new cli-fi novel

(HT Imaging via Gemini)

Updated on Mar 6, 2026 08:03 IST

Breaking new boundaries: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on J&K's Ranji win

Auqib Nabi, the 29-year-old fast-bowler who spearheaded J&K’s Ranji campaign, comes from Baramulla, where he learnt to play cricket on cleared patches of farmland. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 1, 2026 11:59 IST

In her own write: A Women’s Day Wknd tribute to Amrita Pritam

Pritam was only 28 when she wrote her most famous poem, Aaj aakhan Waris Shah nu. (HT Archives)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 10:25 IST

The Genius of Trees: Read an excerpt from the book by Harriet Rix

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 09:25 IST

Lovely, dark and deep: The lessons ancient trees can teach us

Pedunculate oaks are over 1,000 years old and have deep root systems that keep them wind-firm. (Blaze Cyan / In the Circle of Ancient Trees)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 09:24 IST

The woods are lovely... and we now know more about why

A sketch of the Qilian juniper growing in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. The ancient tree, over 2,000 years old, is a symbol of undying love and resilience in local folk tales and songs. (Blaze Cyan / In the Circle of Ancient Trees)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 09:22 IST

Sweet Excess: Read an excerpt from a new book on mishti by Ishita Dey

Updated on Feb 27, 2026 12:39 IST

Sweeter than history: A new book traces the journeys of Bengal’s mishti

These concoction have such an elevated status in West Bengal that some, such as the tatwa mishti or wedding sweets, form part of the wedding trousseau. (Above) A platter of mishti made to resemble a woollen shawl. (Courtesy Jalbhara Surjya Kumar Modak)

Updated on Feb 27, 2026 12:38 IST

Mine craft: Inside the rush for in-space manufacturing

Could in-space manufacturing potentially help build habitation and other infrastructure on the moon? (Via Google Gemini)

Updated on Feb 27, 2026 10:33 IST

Roles with the punches: Wknd interviews actor Mona Singh

‘Jassi taught me that the audience will follow you if they believe in your work,’ says Singh.

Updated on Feb 27, 2026 09:48 IST

Sweat equity: Charles Assisi on finding joy in the physical world

Tom Hanks shares his passion for collecting typewriters in the 2016 documentary, California Typewriter.

Updated on Feb 21, 2026 10:51 IST

Glance encounter: Adam Jacot de Boinod on how the world sees the evil eye

A Tibetan evil-eye mask to protect homes from ill-fortune.

Updated on Feb 21, 2026 10:54 IST

Think outside the bot: Indiscriminate use of AI may cause ‘cognitive debt’

. (HT Imaging; Adobe Stock)

Updated on Feb 21, 2026 10:32 IST

Mist opportunity: Deepanjana Pal on Kohrra season 2

Compelling as it is, Kohrra 2 relies on the actors to elevate the writing. Mona Singh and Barun Sobti in a still from the show.

Updated on Feb 21, 2026 10:44 IST

Live aid: What happens to a concert when fans track the setlist?

With just a few clicks on Setlist.fm, one can see what Taylor Swift’s Eras songlists have looked like, over the course of that juggernaut of a tour. For each artist, there’s also analysis: set length, oft-performed songs and average concert start time. (Getty Images)

Updated on Feb 21, 2026 10:30 IST

Ski you at the finish line: Kunal Pradhan on Winter Olympics

Austria's Benjamin Karl in the finale of the men’s parallel giant slalom at Milano Cortina 2026 in Livigno. (AP)

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 14:41 IST

Bot else is new?: How CAPTCHA is training AI, reading ancient texts

Each time we click on a grid of images to identify parts of fire hydrants, bicycles or traffic signals, we are contributing to massive datasets.

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 14:34 IST

CAPTCHA games: Slay imps, monitor stocks to prove you are human

There’s a kind of CAPTCHA in which the user plays Doom to pass the bot check. The premise is simple: kill three enemies.

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 14:36 IST

Proof of life: How CAPTCHA changed the internet

(HT Imaging: Rahul Pakarath via ChatGPT)

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 14:33 IST

Taking her shot: A Wknd chat with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir

“I think representation is incredibly important on film. It’s important to have it particularly in documentaries because this format, in many ways, started out as a colonial exercise,” Gandbhir says. (Getty Images)

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 14:21 IST

Know hard feelings: Simran Mangharam writes on embracing one’s wants

What don’t you want anymore? That’s a good question to ask too. It's a question the young Inuk mother Siaja explores to great effect, in the Netflix series North of North (2025).

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 09:17 IST

Arresting images: An ex-cop turns back time with his photographs

Shivaraju and his mother Gowramma pose as characters from the Ramayana.

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 18:45 IST

In photos: Artefacts from 1,000 years of samurai history

A still from the 2003 film When the Last Sword is Drawn. Many of the apocryphal legends about samurai were created, interestingly, by samurai.

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 09:09 IST

Cracks in the code : How much do we really know about the samurai?

A suit of armour from 1696, designed to make the wearer identifiable to comrades, and fearsome to the enemy. (British Museum)

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 09:05 IST

In photos: Iconic cats in art and popular culture

A still from the Oscar-winning animated film Flow (2024), about a cat in a post-apocalyptic world.

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 09:00 IST

Playing for Italy, Canada, Ireland, UAE, meet the young stars of T20 cricket

Yuvraj Samra of Canada, named after Yuvraj Singh, his father’s favourite cricketer, bats during a warm-up match with Italy in Chennai. (ICC via Getty Images)

Updated on Feb 14, 2026 09:02 IST

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