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Bengaluru artists brought art out of the white cube. Now they want crowds like in IPL

At the 75th session of the Art Park, artists held difficult conversations and said that building community and audience was paramount in the field.

Afghan women didn’t want to seek refuge in India—They hardly had other options

The launch of a report titled ‘Women Seeking Security’ brought together Afghan women, human rights defenders, and researchers to spotlight the plight of those forced to flee the Taliban.

Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata? No, Gujarat’s Cambay port was gateway to India’s trade routes

The IIC talk by historian Neera Agrawal was a 45-minute monologue with a thin audience of 12 people — historians, history buffs, and a lone history student.

Stem cell therapy was supposed to cure cancer. The last big breakthrough was in 1959

Lecture by Dr Akhil Banerjea, from the National Institute of Immunology on stem cell therapies was measured, less of a hyperbole and rooted in science. 'It's still cosmetic, experimental,' he said.

Kolkata to California—Kalighat Krishna, Durga, Ram go global

Prithviraj Choudhury's paintings sell big in the US. He even got the certificate of recognition from the California State Legislature Assembly for his art.

‘Mujra, tawaif not bad words’—Classical dancer rescuing courtesan culture from British gaze

Manjari Chaturvedi is bringing tawaifs’ songs and performances to life through ‘The Courtesan Project’, which she launched in 2011 and discussed at IIC’s recent Music Appreciation Programme.

Kodaikanal is now a giant traffic jam. A new Western Ghats magazine will flag problems

A Chennai event – featuring politicians, ecologists and Kodaikanal residents – detailed the rampant landscape changes that have damaged the Western Ghats’ delicate ecology.

A forgotten mass exodus in India — Japan created fear of invasion in 1942, emptied out cities

Mukund Padmanabhan's new book, The Great Flap of 1942, describes the panic and exodus that has now faded from popular memory.

Gauhar Jaan to Azurie, women led India’s cultural revolution—this Delhi exhibit celebrates them

‘Pathbreakers 2.0’, on display till 26 April at Delhi’s IHC, delves into the lives of India’s earliest women artistes who broke the glass ceiling in their respective fields.

‘Rig Veda to Republic’—launch of retired IAS officer’s book draws Haryana cadre to Delhi

Retired IAS officer Ram Varma's writing skills came in handy during the India-Pakistan war of 1965 when Haryana's Hisar needed a district public relations officer to mobilise public opinion.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.