Culture & Books

VIVEK SHUKLA -March 16, 2024

While housing societies and areas established before 1990 had indian-sounding names, post-liberalisation era spawned complexes in Gurugram and Noida with European names to attract expatriates and the global Indian

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Idrees Bukhtiyar -March 9, 2024

The museum at Kashmere Gate is an ideal place to learn about the evolution of the world’s largest democracy

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Idrees Bukhtiyar -February 29, 2024

Dastaan-E-Ramayana: Ramleela in Urdu was performed by the Shradha Ramleela Committee, a Faridabad-based theatrical group at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi during the four-day Jashn-E-Urdu festival which concluded on February 25

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Yusra Nazim -February 29, 2024

Bazme Niswa, an all-women group, reignites centuries-old tradition of ‘Chaar Bait’ which was earlier performed only by men, and leaves audience enthralled

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Idrees Bukhtiyar -February 28, 2024

The initiative by NalandaWay Foundation is transforming the lives of marginalised students in government schools through music training, offering them hope and opportunities for a brighter future

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Vivek Shukla -February 24, 2024

The Shankar-Shad Mushaira, a capsule of Indo-Pak literary and cultural ties, is set to celebrate its heritage on February 24

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Yusra Nazim -February 20, 2024

Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind) pays homage to Urdu poet Meer Taqi Meer and reflects on Delhi’s colonial past, in the presence of luminaries like Javed Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah and Willian Dalrymple

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Kushan Niyogi -February 16, 2024

Musicians playing wind and stringed instruments as well as thawb-wearing men and women clad in abaya showcase the desert kingdom’s culture to the visitors

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