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Mind-bending Paradox Museum is in Mumbai. It even has a Bal Gangadhar Tilak illusion

The first Indian branch of the global Paradox Museum brand offers 55 reality-defying installations across 15 rooms. It’s a made-for-Instagram experience.

Ministry of Culture plans three-day conclave on museums in New Delhi

The three-day conclave will start on August 1 and will be held at Bharat Mandapam, said the Ministry of Culture.

The chaiwala-to-PM story is the stuff of museums. But the new Modi gallery fails to tap it

Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya’s new Modi gallery is an assemblage of vertical LED kiosks. It has the look of a fancy airport terminal, not a museum.

Much-awaited Modi Gallery at PM Museum is a glowing tribute. All triumphs, no trials

The gizmo-laden Modi Gallery at Delhi’s PM Museum opened last week and has already become a popular selfie spot for students, families, and fans.

Going to the museum is good for health — a Canadian association just proved it

Contact with artwork can lower blood pressure, heart rate, and the cortisol secreted in saliva. Such changes reflect a reduction in stress.

Going to the museum is good for health — a Canadian association just proved it

Contact with artwork can lower blood pressure, heart rate, and the cortisol secreted in saliva. Such changes reflect a reduction in stress.

US ambassador to inaugurate ‘Hump WWII’ museum in Arunachal showing unique aircraft remnants

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti will inaugurate the museum at Pasighat Wednesday. The route was known as 'The Hump' because of the altitude of the Eastern Himalayas.

Sitharaman lays foundation stone for ‘Iconic Site Museum’ at ancient burial site in Tamil Nadu

Museum to come up at Adichanallur, about 1 km from the site where toughened glass has been used to cover trenches, displaying excavation in situ.

Belgium’s AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past—but the country is confronting this history

The AfricaMuseum’s forerunner was initiated in 1897 by the Belgian king Leopold II, a colonial ‘human zoo’ within the Brussels World’s Fair.

A torn petticoat, Phulkari, art — Delhi’s Partition Museum pays poignant homage to displaced lives

The soon-to-be-opened Partition Museum, set in Delhi’s Dara Shikoh Library, tells stories of pain, hope, and courage through artefacts, photos, letters, and oral histories.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.