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Did you know that Dhaka is not the only place that produces muslin? Or that in Santipur, West Bengal, there is a way to starching yarn that turns the threads “as stiff as a bone”? These are some of the textile stories that regale visitors…

Grand Theft Auto IV is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, April 29, 2023. Below, we look back at the series' flawed but compelling attempt to break free from its glamorous kingpin empowerment fantasies.At the time…

In a promotional video by the All India Tennis Association (AITA) in the lead-up to India’s Davis Cup tie against Denmark in New Delhi, India’s top players throw a line each on what the event means for them. The veteran Rohan Bopanna calls…

The biggest talking point was arguably Hyderabad FC qualifying for the semi-finals for the first time in the club’s history. ATK Mohun Bagan and Jamshedpur FC also inched closer to jotting down their place in the…

For fall-winter, there was plenty to choose from as the world sorts itself out, some outfits more wearer-friendly than others.The “Project Runway” mentor and host who launched his eponymous womenswear brand in 2008 included a series of…

Express News Service Kolaambi begins with a moment, or rather, a mood that journalists in Kerala would find relatable. It’s the time of the Kochi biennale for which Nithya Menen’s Arundathi comes to Mattancherry. It’s…

By PTI NEW DELHI: How does one write stories of war without taking sides? Elif Shafak says she found her answer in a fig tree, which she personified as her narrator to tell the story of a Turkish woman and a Greek…

On paper, or shall we say, ‘in the opening slide of your ZEE5 screen’, the Akshaye Khanna-starrer State of Siege: Temple Attack is a fictional story, not bearing deliberate resemblance to any events or persons, living or dead. But through…