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‘Asia on the Move’ looks beyond Silk Route. Musicians, painters forged India’s ties too

The conference, ‘Asia on The Move’, at the IIC explored the impact of the movement of musicians, merchants, travellers and artists across the continent for over 2,000 years.

A physics professor and an artist wrote a graphic novel. It’s an ‘honest review’ of AI

Graphic novelist Appupen and French physics professor and Co-CEO of an AI company Laurent Daudet conceptualised 'Dream Machine' two months before ChatGPT was launched.

‘Hope isn’t delusional, it’s audacious’. New book finds a ray in anti-CAA protests

Author Indrajit Roy sees democracy as constantly evolving. Fundamentally, it is about people making choices and asserting them – and that comes with hope.

How US charmed Bombay with jazz—and left Indians feeling Americans were their blood brothers

Did the agenda work in India? Fifty years later, fans still remember the warmth and excitement of jazz, as the audience at an IIC talk proved.

This artist imagines India and Italy as neighbours. He’s inspired by his teacher Osho

Italian artist Nicola Strippoli, known as Tarshito, has worked with Indian folk artists for over 4 decades to create art guided by the spiritual practices of Osho and Thich Nhat Hanh.

DDA colony to Deli Café, Delhi artist is painting desi sights Korean-style

Can Korean ink painting take root in Delhi’s art scene?

‘Hell penetrated my heaven’—Old Delhi havelis crumbling, Shahjahanabad now a commercial slum

The current state of Delhi's old havelis is the result of past events, starting from the 1857 First War of Independence and the subsequent development of railway lines.

Hindu gods were big models in Indian vintage ads. Lakshmi on soaps, Krishna selling hair oil

The exhibition at Le Meridien in New Delhi showcases 29 vintage ad posters collected over the years by the hotel's director, Tarun Thakral.

Silk Route talk irritates Dalrymple. His new book says India, not China, ruled trade, ideas

William Dalrymple pre-launched his new book titled 'The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World' in New Delhi. He busted 3 historical assumptions.

Why Red Fort isn’t like an emperor’s palace—New book explains its intelligent architecture

Author Anisha Mukherji said that partitions were created to create private spaces since the Mughals were the descendants of Central Asian ethnic Mongols, who had a predominantly gazebo culture.

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.