Why V K Pandian Is So Valuable To Naveen Patnaik

Naveen Patnaik is known as an "absentee landlord" who needs bureaucrats like Pandian to run his government, reports Archis Mohan. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and V K Pandian meet......

AMAZING, AWESOME Photographs!

The World Photography Organisation has announced its category winners and shortlist in the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023. These Awards recognise the best single shots......

Artist Vivan Sundaram, among India's greats, dies at 79

Vivan Sundaram, a pioneering multidisciplinary artist who often used his work, melding sculptures, photographs, videos and paintings, to reflect contemporary issues of the day, died in New Delhi on......

Modi gifts Buddha artwork from Karnataka to Kishida

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gifted a sandalwood Buddha statue encased in a 'kadamwood jali box' to his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida who is in India on a state visit, officials......

Indian art boom inspires bigger canvas for galleries

The recent India Art Fair in New Delhi generated greater in­t­erest than before in local contemporary artists among a growing cohort of Indian collectors, including millennials. Image used......

Is the NFT phenomenon a bubble? Or a new beginning?

Non-Fungible Tokens are unique crypto codes driving collectors of art and music. Devangshu Datta traces the history of NFTs. IMAGE: Non-fungible token is a new type of digital asset that has......

Vintage Beetle gets new life as electric car

Besides opening up the possibility of a policy that allows vintage cars retrofitted with electric batteries to ply on roads, this also gives a clue to how cars older than 15 years that are banned......

Amid the gloom of Covid-19, art paints a happy picture

All rumours regarding the premature death of the art market have proven to be just that -- rumours -- with a healthy appetite for masters pushing prices up. Kishore Singh reports. IMAGE: S H......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

10 Must Watch Mani Ratnam Movies On OTT

Mani Ratnam, who turned turned 67 on June 2, has impressed audiences with the sheer beauty of his movies. Actors always seem to shine brighter in his films. Ace technicians like (composers) A R......

Lakadbaggha Review: Shocking Climax

Lakadbaggha takes up too many issues and does not do justice to them, points out Deepa Gahlot. Lakadbaggha (Hyena), with its animal-loving protagonist, is so earnest that with a few tweaks, it......

Darlings Is Daring, Not Superficial

I cannot think of another Hindi movie that has, without so much as a hint of cynicism or speechifying, brought out that fundamental fact of Muslims being an integral part of the Indian culture......

WPL Auction: Who is Mallika Sagar?

Photograph: Kind courtesy RCB/Twitter India opener Smriti Mandhana, England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt and Australia's Ashleigh Gardner struck it rich in Monday's player auction for next month's......

Former Davis Cup captain Naresh Kumar passes away

IMAGE: Naresh Kumar began his journey with tennis at the Asian Championships in 1949 before ruling the Indian tennis along with Ramanathan Krishnan for close to a decade in the......

Gavaskar's cap, Shastri's coaching kit at Christie's online auctions

IMAGE: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar. Photograph: Adrian Murrell/Allsport UK A cap worn by Sunil Gavaskar on India's 1971 tour of England, a signed coaching kit donated by Ravi Shastri are......

Michael Jordan's first Air Jordan sneakers sold for record $560,000

IMAGE: The Air Jordan 1s, designed for Jordan in 1985 and the first ever signature sneakers, are a mismatched pair in a size 13 (left) and size 13.5 (right). Photograph: Sotheby's/Handout via......