Half The World
With its sky-kissing minarets, gigantic domes, modern infrastructure, gastronomical delights and, more importantly, the energy it radiates, Istanbul truly deserves the sobriquet that has been bestowed upon it-the capital of the world By Saurabh Kumar Shahi
Shrinking hemlines
The Indian Army is calling it blue murder. Why? Due to lack of sufficient government initiative, their most important weapons systems are fast depleting.
What a Budget sirji
The UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented his second budget – full of hope and optimism, and laid the foundations of future growth that UP aspires for under the leadership of its youngest-ever CM.
Small films, big gains
The 60th National Film Awards announced on Monday, more than anything else, have come as a strong vindication of the efficacy of independent cinema that blends the need for entertainment with a spirit of creative adventure.
Nature under siege
Murali Nagapuzha is one of Kerala’s most exciting new generation painters. His latest work was on show in an exhibition in the national Capital recently. In a conversation with the artist, KS Narayanan delves into the impulses that imbue his canvases photos by sujan singh
The artisan as artiste
A third-generation maker of Indian classical music instruments, Sanjay Sharma brings a high level of technical proficiency and creative innovation to a traditional craft. Arundhuti Banerjee catches up with this inheritor of a glorious legacy to figure out what keeps him going in the face of proliferating challenges
Wah Astad!
The nature and scope of contemporary dancer and choreographer Astad Deboo’s work are such that resting on is oars is never an option for him. Constant, rhythmic and perfectly orchestrated movement, both creative and physical, is an integral part of his life and art. And it invariably assumes hypnotic proportions when he weaves it into a top-notch stage performance.
The right moves
The inaugural hockey India league has hit the ground running with an eye on the goal ahead
'More cities should play in the league'
Former India captain Rajpal Singh tells why HIL is one of the best things to have happened to the game in this country
In the big league again
With the rousing success of hockey india league, a game that fell from grace in this country seems to be clawing its way back
Strains of a hundred strings
In January 1990, Srinagar-born Abhay Rustum Sopori, then in his pre-teens, visited Delhi with his family for their annual winter vacation. And he never returned to the Valley.
Flirting with danger
India needs to support her growing breed of daredevils who are testing the limits of possibilities and their own capabilities in the world of adventure sports...
Tashkent strikes the high notes of revivalism
Experts and political scientists, while discussing the merits and fallouts of the disintegration of USSR, often leave the social impact behind.
"Much of the Western journalism in Afghanistan today assumes that any Afghan who takes up arms against the West is a fanatical intolerant Muslim who is doing it for religious reasons"
The reason I write any book is not primarily what the readers want, I have to say
The Theatre of Life
Passion, not money, drives Indian theatre. It is therefore easy to see why acting and directing for the live stage is a tough vocation.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
