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The lure of folk lore

The lure of folk lore

Two JNU scholars have documented traditional folk theatre of Bihar and paid tribute to the legendary Bhikhari Thakur His name…

September 28, 2020

Scent of a woman

DRAG QUEEN IKSHAKU, WHOSE STAGE NAME IS KHUSHBOO, IS A GAY MAN WHO FEELS APPLYING MAKEUP AND WEARING HIGH HEELS…

July 21, 2018

Dial jail for murder

The killing of Munna Bajrangi inside Baghpat jail by another incarcerated gangster may have been a political settlement of sorts…

July 17, 2018

Spiritual dancer

A political scientist by training, Gilles Chuyen settled in Delhi 24 years ago in pursuit of his passion – dance.…

December 5, 2018

Hearing the unheard

Spunky and unstoppable, Deshna Jain, India’s contestant at the Deaf International pageant in Taiwan will make her presence felt without…

July 5, 2018

Modesty exemplified

Dr Bharat Vaswani, who has won the Magsaysay Award for taking 7,000 mentally ill off the streets and reuniting them…

August 6, 2018

The battle for an arm

After nearly a decade’s struggle, the Delhi High Court ruled that Mahender and Ramwati Koli were entitled to free prosthetic…

June 28, 2018

The food ambassador

Hugo Wang has devoted his life to popularising Taiwanese food in Delhi with the ‘right balance’ For the Indian palette…

December 5, 2018

‘I live in a music bubble’

Spending a few moments with Bombay Jayashri is not only enlightening but also delightful “Nightingale of the South” Bombay Jayashri…

June 22, 2018

Medical messiah

For the last 10 years, Omkar Nath Sharma, popularly known as Medicine Baba, has been going door to door collecting…

June 21, 2018