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Rakhi Sawant is the new queer icon, takes centrestage at Delhi drag contest

The Lalit New Delhi hosted Battle Royale 2, its national-level drag competition, at the Crystal Ballroom on Saturday, where Rakhi Sawant joined the celebrations.

Churro shots, DJs, dance floor—this Delhi cafe is hosting rave parties without alcohol

‘I don’t drink. I don’t want to serve it either. But people go out and end up drinking. I want them to have fun without drinking,’ says the co-owner of San Cafe.

What Mewar’s 17th-century Ramayana paintings reveal about sex, power and politics

A lecture titled ‘Revisiting the Mewar Ramayana: New Perspectives on the Paintings from Uttarakanda’ was delivered at New Delhi's India International Centre on 10 August.

Baarish 2 returns to Delhi with paintings and music. It celebrates India’s bond with monsoon

Hosted by Excurators on 21 June at The Upper HSE by Tivoli in Chattarpur, the evening opened with Meghdoot, an evocative flute recital accompanied by tabla.

I’m guilty of not preparing Harshavardhana’s excavation site report, says ex-ASI official

The lecture took place at the India International Centre, where archaeologist DN Dimri announced that the excavation report has been submitted to ASI after almost four decades.

India has come a long way since Kiran Bedi joined IPS, says ex-home secretary at Delhi seminar

The one-day seminar, ‘Presence of Women Workforce in Police Organisations at Subordinate Ranks in India’, was organised by the Indian Police Foundation (IPF) at the IIC on 16 June.

From Matrikas to Madonnas—Humayun’s Tomb exhibition to map the evolution of motherhood

One Mother, Many Mother Tongues exhibition will open on 22 June. Naman Ahuja, a historian, and Andrea Anastasio, director of Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, curated the event.

Ek Mulaqat revisits Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam’s unfinished love story

At Delhi’s Kamani Auditorium, Ek Mulaqat turns poetry and memory into an imagined meeting between Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam.

A Shillong exhibition gets new funds to go big. All the art is about what they are losing

What was once a small, local artist-led initiative at All Saints Church complex scaled up into a full-fledged public exhibition, backed by Martin Luther Christian University.

‘Don’t worship us. Give equality.’ Women’s groups petition MPs with 3 demands on reservation law

More than 60 women’s groups have sent a petition to MPs attending the Special Parliamentary Session from 16 to 18 April in Delhi.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.