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Heritage conservation isn’t just restoring old sites. People, culture need to be protected too

Journalist Antonio Cederna’s work to protect ancient Roman sites finds similarities with the efforts undertaken by residents and civil society groups to restore Delhi’s Sunder Nursery.

This play about pleasure and abuse breaks the binary. It’s painful, messy and funny

‘Seconds Before Coming' is written, directed, and performed by 26-year-old Rishika Kaushik. After performing it at Delhi's Oddbird theatre, she wants to stage it in people's houses.

Restoring Jaipur’s Jal Mahal took 5 yrs. Now it has 170 bird species

Architect Rajeev Lunkad has chronicled the restoration project in his book, ‘Jal Mahal: Revival of the Pleasure Palace’. Lunkad unveiled the book at the Humayun’s Tomb Museum.

Shantonu Sen’s CBI tenure was a long battle against corruption—and political interference

During the launch of Shantonu Sen’s ‘Corruption, CBI and I’, audience members raised concerns about the CBI’s increasing susceptibility to political influence.

Rajinikanth has Shivaji in his heart: Nitin Gadkari

‘With this English translation, the book will now reach the Western world,’ Gadkari said at the launch of Vishwas Patil’s ‘The Wild Warfront’, translated by Nadeem Khan.

Ambedkar to Sai Baba—an exhibition blends art and academia to honour India’s saints

The Indian Saint Project exhibition features nine digital hand-painted iconographies of saints displayed in an open corridor setting.

Tourism is helping protect India’s intangible heritage. It took 10 yrs to get here

Every craft goes through cycles of change. In the absence of documentation, newer craftspeople can lose touch with how their forefathers practiced their craft.

Mughal-era ruins to heritage park—architect, author trace journey of Delhi’s Sunder Nursery

Gillian Wright said Alick Percy-Lancaster was the last British horticulturist in India to oversee the upkeep of Sunder Nursery. After him, it went into a ‘sleepy place for decades’.

JioStar’s Uday Shankar wants media to embrace AI—’Board the train or get run over by it’

Shankar recalled when a senior journalist shifted to a regional publication, unable to handle the internet. 'He only wanted to write with his pen. Reluctance to change has cost us dearly.'

Gartang Gali wooden bridge linked Tibet to India. Modi renovated it for border tourism

In the last few years, photos of Gartang Gali have flooded Instagram. It’s a favourite among travel bloggers.

On Camera

Skoda Octavia RS combines performance with practicality—without breaking the bank

Ashish Gupta, Brand Director for Skoda India, said while performance cars like the Octavia RS are not too cheap, ‘car buyers who know and love their cars find them to be far better bang for the buck’.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.