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One statement united politicians from SP, AAP, BJP. ‘It’s a war for women to be in politics’

BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi, AAP’s Atishi Marlena and SP’s Iqra Hasan were speaking at a panel discussion of the role of women in Indian politics at IIC, Delhi.

‘Delhi’s declining sex ratio shows women’s fight is far from over,’ says Mrinal Pande

Mrinal Pande was the keynote speaker for the Festival of Arts at Delhi's India International Centre. Her address, titled ‘Depth Sounding Our Unseen Histories’, unravelled the history of inequality.

SEWA is still fighting for women’s ‘dusri azadi’ — freedom that’s economic and mental

SEWA’s role in organising women in the informal economy was celebrated at an event at Delhi’s IIC this week. ‘Registrar told us illiterate women can’t run a bank, it would be suicidal.’

Daastan-e-Guru Dutt starts with songs, claps, wah-wahs. Ends with ‘aise bhi jaata nahin koi’

New Delhi: The story of the multitalented yet tragic filmmaker and actor Guru Dutt was retold through an emotive dastangoi by Fouzia Dastango at...

Identity and belonging were centre stage at Delhi Art Weekend exhibition by Usual Suspects

‘Nothing feels like home except the colour black,’ said Sushant Sharma, one of the artists featured in Raihan Vadra’s ‘Usual Suspects’.

The Dibakar Banerjee film Netflix didn’t want to show. ‘I see my past, present, future in it’

The screening of Tees, which was shelved by Netflix in 2022, saw a turnout that exceeded the seating capacity of Niv Art Centre’s terrace in Delhi.

Dynasty politics, not patriarchal society, is Haryana’s real challenge: Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu

At the launch of the book Power Pivots, former Haryana finance minister Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu said Haryana is ‘not what we read about from the lens of Delhi. It has changed a lot’.

Did the Emergency give freedom to Dalits? Book offers new perspective 50 years on

During the discussion on 50 years of Emergency, journalist Bharat Bhushan said Indira Gandhi’s assertion that foreign powers were conspiring against her could be seen now too.

Mother stole hospital supplies for Indian POWs in World War 2 Japanese camp: Subhashini Ali

At the launch of the book, The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II, the panel highlighted how soldiers faced trial for treason in India after serving in the Indian National Army.

Delhi was an intellectual hub in ’90s. It felt like anything was possible: Artist Bharti Kher

At the panel discussion, Responsibility Response, artist Subodh Gupta said people in India often know art through celebrity and price tags, not through engagement or understanding.

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Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.