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A global Buddhist monastery thrived in Mumbai for 1,400 years. ‘Messages from the past’

Mumbai's Kanheri Caves were a flourishing Buddhist monastery until the 16th century. A DAG heritage walk titled 'Tracing Stone & Shadow' cast fresh light on their history.

Kamal Haasan warns of the dangers of ‘hatriotism’. ‘It diminishes the nation’

The launch of India and Her Futures, a collection of essays by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, opened with a 7-minute documentary that traced the 'biography of the bullet' that killed MK Gandhi.

Comic books were precious but never considered respectable, says graphic designer Orijit Sen

The session, titled 'Comics as Witness', brought together comic creators, publishers, and distributors to discuss comic book readers in India.

Mysore Sandal Soap, cigarettes & sambar—Bengaluru artist maps the city through its smells

Artist Indu Antony’s Vāsané project captures the city in sambar, smoke, rain and memory—turning overlooked scents into a living archive.

MF Husain to Tom & Jerry—Delhi art exhibition brings a fun mix

The ShowKeen exhibition by AstaGuru was on display from 14-15 March, with a special preview on 13 March.

What Arundhati Roy said about her 1989 film. ‘Radically different from what goes on today’

The English-language comedy film, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989), has returned to the big screen, restored in 4K by Film Heritage Foundation and released in 14 cities across the country.

Dancing can help process emotions in ways conventional therapy can’t, says psychotherapist

At a discussion organised by Asia Society India Centre in Mumbai’s NCPA, mental health practitioners and entrepreneurs spoke about how encounters with illness within their own families pushed them to build institutions.

Euthanasia decision opens the conversation about palliative care at Nainital Lit Fest

At the Nainital Lit Fest, poet Jerry Pinto presenting his book, A Good Life: The Power of Palliative Care, asked why just one section of the medical fraternity is devoted to palliative care.

‘I feel very happy that my mother was not a good mother,’ says Subhashini Ali

Subhashini Ali, a former Lok Sabha MP and CPI(M) leader, was speaking at the Nainital Literature Festival on Saturday.

Dalit and Adivasi food on the menu, stigma on the plate. ‘I was told it is fed to cattle’

At a Heritage Dialogues talk, author Shahu Patole and food entrepreneur Aruna Tirkey discussed Dalit and Adivasi food traditions and why many still hide or disown what they eat.

On Camera

India’s cultural narrative abroad is overwhelming

Rather than presenting the full spectrum of Indian culture at once, a more strategic approach would be to identify one globally intelligible cultural lane & invest in it consistently.

Sweeping govt order to speed up PNG switch—faster approvals, stricter timelines, nudge to households

Issued amid a West Asia war-induced energy crunch, the order now legally binds all entities controlling land, roads and housing societies to facilitate laying of pipelines.

India-Japan to finalise deal to co-develop & co-produce UNICORN mast ‘soon’, says Japanese envoy

The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.