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A legend brought to life
31 July 2022 12:31 AM ISTAmit Ranjan, in his book ‘John Lang’, reconstructs the life of the Australian writer who was neither a rebel nor did fit into the Victorian space; he...
Prestige of fragrance
24 July 2022 12:22 AM ISTThree varieties of Jasmine — the queen of fragrance — having geographical associations with Hadagali, Mysore and Udupi received the GI tag in 2007...
The poet & the plowman
17 July 2022 12:28 AM ISTIn the book 'Tagore and Gandhi', Rudrangshu Mukherjee discusses how India's two topmost intellectuals kept acrimony at bay despite glaring differences...
Mesmerising motifs, delicate designs
10 July 2022 1:11 AM ISTThe enchanting textile-making tradition of Idu Mishmi from the ‘land of dawn-lit mountains’ is the first community-funded GI-tagged entity in India
Hues of magnificence
2 July 2022 11:15 PM ISTRelevance of Madhubani paintings, originated in Mithila region of Bihar, extends far beyond decorative functions — providing practising women a medium...
Pristine in form
26 Jun 2022 1:25 AM ISTThanjavur paintings, artistically distinct from Mysore school and European school versions, is unanimously considered as the most authentic and...
Hot & sweet
19 Jun 2022 1:19 AM ISTTwo exotic crops from Nagaland with exactly opposite tastes — red-hot Bhut Jolokia providing ‘a fiery experience of massive proportion’ and sweet...
Marvellous masks
12 Jun 2022 12:53 AM ISTThe GI recognition for Chhau and Gomira masks — which characterise two West Bengal dance forms with the same names — has ensured global recognition...
Antidote to a turmoil
5 Jun 2022 12:33 AM ISTMakarand Paranjape through his book ‘JNU’ stirs an intellectual discourse around how the university’s idea of nationalism, defined by suspicion and...
India through an administrator's gaze
29 May 2022 12:26 AM ISTIn course of documenting the life of Bhairab Dutt Pande, his autobiography — In the Service of Free India — intertwines the personal, professional and...
Tracing a versatile past
21 May 2022 10:21 PM ISTIn Kalkatta Chronicles, Supriya Newar — with her over ten short essays and four poems — appeals to the nostalgic conscience of readers through symbols...
Abode of weavers
15 May 2022 12:06 AM ISTAdvantageously located at the centre of riverine trade routes and being a pre-eminent centre of Hindu rituals, Banaras has been able to retain its...













