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150 translated titles, poetry, music—new campaign familiarising Indians with French literature

The week-long celebration, Pardon My French!, kicked off on 20 September with a book launch that included a quick tour of the featured titles and engaging conversations.

A Bengali play robs Gandhi of the Mahatma tag. Reveals the dark side of idealism

Sujan Mukhopadhyay staged his play, ‘Mahatma versus Gandhi’, on 2 October, depicting the binary between the man and the Mahatma.

25 years of eco-sensitive zones is a wasted period. Over 400 ESZs exist only on paper

Retired PCCF BK Singh explained that the Centre has been pressured by the states to redraw the boundaries of previously notified ESZs just to ease the concerns of mining and quarrying lobbies.

Shantiniketan to Peking—Tagore searched for a cultural centre of gravity that was not West

This year, Tagore’s visit centenary has been commemorated across China — at poetry fairs, Beijing temple, campus events, and seminars.

LGBT+ people hide at work, can’t claim queer spaces easily either. Bengaluru fest is freeing

Bengaluru queer festival Maya Bazaar featured a panel discussion on inclusion in corporate spaces. Companies are reluctant to move beyond performative gestures, panellists said.

WhatsApp is like a yogic concept of Maya. New book inspires many names

Sunetra Sen Narayan and Shalini Narayanan's book The WhatsApp India Story looks at how the app has earned a reputation as a hotbed of misinformation, especially during elections.

Why does Ramcharitmanas have a crow narrator? Bhushundi is Tulsidas’ alter ego

Scholar Philip Lutgendorf brought a unique perspective on the centuries-old text by Awadhi poet Tulsidas during his talk at IIC, Delhi.

Mystery of the vanished pavilion in Delhi’s IIC. ‘Nobody knows where, how it disappeared’

A panel of architecture experts unpeeled the planning and construction of landmarks designed by architect Joseph Allen Stein, including Lodhi Garden and the India International Centre.

Modern Urdu poetry is ‘absolutely merciless’. It changed after Babri

Oral historian Sohail Hashmi into a new wave of dissent in Urdu poetry at a Delhi workshop earlier this month. ‘It’s asking important questions, raising serious issues.’

Central Vista museum committee ‘met only once’ since 2022. No clarity on artefacts’ destination

Tasneem Z Mehta, managing trustee and honorary director of Mumbai’s Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, called it a good project in need of more professional management.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

‘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.