North America's first Gandhi museum opens in Houston

A long-awaited dream of having the first free-standing Gandhi museum in North America, dedicated to the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace, is finally a reality and open for......

Delhi Is Decked Up Like A Bride

New Delhi is illuminated like a shaadi mandap awaiting the arrival of the G20 baraat this weekend.     IMAGE: Thr illuminated Bharat Mandapam, venue for the G20 Summit. Photograph: Adnan......

What G20 Leaders' Spouses Can Expect

IMAGE: A delegate being welcomed for the final G20 Summit Sherpa meeting in Manesar, Haryana, September 4, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo   Although their partners will be busy collaborating to......

G20 leaders to get a taste of Indian street food

United States President Joe Biden and other world leaders gathering for the G20 summit in New Delhi will get a taste of lip-smacking Indian street food, including flavourful delicacies from Chandni......

Art in a pandemic: Openings delayed, museums embrace technology

India’s state-owned institutes have literally been forced to embrace technologies to go digital - however reluctantly. Till the museum reopen, the magic mantra has been “online”,......

Why Indian abstract art is so valuable

What makes Indian abstract art more valuable is its relative rarity.V S Gaitonde, S H Raza and J Swaminathan are the only major names in modern Indian art known for their abstracts, reports Namrata......

The man who sold Nirav Modi's art

Saffronart managed the auction of Nirav Modi's art collection, raising Rs 593 million for the government.Founder Dinesh Vazirani tells Avantika Bhuyan how he built Saffronart into an institution.......

More skeletons tumble out of Singh brothers' closets

Whistle-blowers allege the brothers violated court orders by selling assets like art and real estate worth crores bought by funds from their companies. Whistle-blowers who claim to be old hands......

Who Is Kangana Saluting?

Netaji, that's who. Kangana Ranaut spent Gandhi Jayanti visiting a museum in New Delhi and seeing an exhibition with a difference. The National Gallery of Modern Art has displayed gifts and......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

The magical Sanjna Kapoor

After injecting life into Mumbai's Prithvi Theatre and running it for years, Sanjna Kapoor tells Anjuli Bhargava that she is consumed by a new passion -- Junoon. IMAGE: Sanjna Kapoor and Sameera......

'I was too foreign looking for Bollywood'

'My children have seen clips of Sultanat and Loha. They laugh.'The gorgeous Karan Kapoor will be back in India soon. Very soon!Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni speaks to the former actor and......

Pele's Story Is A Story Of Hope

More than the story of any other footballer or athlete, Pele's life helped democratise his sport; made it the stuff of a widely shared dream.Shyam G Menon salutes the memory of the greatest......

Modi's Olympic Gifts Up For Auction

Among the memorable gifts presented to Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, up for bids in an e-auction, are sporting memorabilia gifted by India's Tokyo Olympians. Minister of State for Jal......

Is Rio on your mind? Plan ahead is the mantra!

IMAGE: The fun loving Brazil's synchronised swimming team poses for a photograph after a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters.......