Culture & Books

-June 3, 2024

Over 400 street artists availed of Delhi govt fellowship

Over 400 street artists availed of Delhi govt fellowship

The fellowship programme was executed by the Sahitya Kala Parishad, an academy of music, dance, drama and fine arts operating under Delhi government

-May 4, 2024

Recalling the Bollywood showdown for New Delhi: Kaka vs Shotgun

Recalling the Bollywood showdown for New Delhi: Kaka vs Shotgun

Late Rajesh Khanna’s win in the 1992 Lok Sabha by-election for the New Delhi constituency revealed his popularity among Delhiites; it, however, also impacted his friendship with co-star and BJP rival Shatrughan Sinha

-April 25, 2024

Pay for box, not books

Pay for box, not books

A startup with a unique concept, 'Story Box', offers affordable reading experience with thousands of books available in a pay-per-box format

-April 7, 2024

Can Delhi think beyond caste, regional lines while voting in 2024 Lok Sabha election?

Can Delhi think beyond caste, regional lines while voting in 2024 Lok Sabha election?

Political parties in the national capital have over the past few years patronised a few communities and ignored the others, despite the city having been built by generations of migrants from all parts of the country

-March 23, 2024

IK Gujral’s eye-witness account of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s funeral

IK Gujral’s eye-witness account of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s funeral

Former Prime Minister late IK Gujral, one of the few people in post-Partition India to have seen the legendary freedom fighter’s last rites, once broke down while recalling that fateful March day in 1931

-March 19, 2024

‘Music in the Park’ breathes fresh life into classical music

‘Music in the Park’ breathes fresh life into classical music

Organiser Rashmi Malik conceived the idea to reach out to an audience that would not perhaps go to a concert hall; she has succeeded

-March 16, 2024

Apartments in Delhi-NCR lose ‘desi’ touch, get foreign feel

Apartments in Delhi-NCR lose ‘desi’ touch, get foreign feel

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

-March 9, 2024

Election Museum: Cherishing India’s electoral legacy

Election Museum: Cherishing India’s electoral legacy

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