The Desi Oon Festival 2024 is an initiative by the Centre of Pastoralism, which works with shepherds to support their livelihoods and preserve traditional practices.
Sohaila Kapur’s engaging reading combined professional highlights with personal anecdotes, but the accompanying visual presentation did not do justice to Dev Anand’s flamboyance.
Some habits like voyeurism and male gaze cut across cultures and the passage of time. The men in Hampi would lounge in the balconies to catch a glimpse of women in the Queen’s Bath.
At the screening of his documentary, ‘The Beatles and India’, Ajoy Bose showed how the band’s visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram helped export Indian classical music to the West.
The launch of Seema Sethi’s coffee table book 'Romancing The 80s: Snapshots From A Cherished Decade' transported the participants back to the old era of Delhi.
Food of economically disadvantaged groups is often ostracised. 'I’ve seen street vendors selling dried fish or fermented soybeans that are treated as though they’re dirty'.
‘Climate change is treated as a business opportunity rather than an urgent crisis,’ said environment secretary Leena Nandan at IIC, implicating the richer nations.
Rather than an all-encompassing treatise, Dhruva Jaishankar considers his book, ‘Vishwa Shastra’, a jump-off point for those interested in India’s strategic thinking.
Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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