Art & Culture

Star Wars: Attack of the Tweets

Shradha Sukumaran

Anonymous tweeters are taking the mickey out of superstars like Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.

The Man Who Refused Aamir Khan

Shubhangi Swarup

One part of Amit Trivedi still curses himself for it. But like Aamir himself, the music director will not do more than one film at a time. So ‘No One Killed Jessica’ it is, for now.

Travolta, Passing Through

Manu Joseph

15 minutes with a Scientologist

How We are Funny

Rahul Bhatia

Two online humorists tell us about what led them there, and where they go next.

The Lady Cremators

Avantika Bhuyan

Hindu tradition has long resisted the presence of women at funerals. But in a village near Allahabad, female professionals conduct the last rites.

Staple Art

Shubhra Mazumdar

Pooja Iranna creates miniature sculptures from staple pins to make a monumental statement on the human psyche.

A Photo Speaks Many Words

Pablo Bartholomew

How I rediscovered my father and the times we lived in when I decided to exhibit personal photographs from our archives.

Get It Right

Open

We couldn’t prise the patented haleem recipe of out of anyone’s lips. But here’s a version

Now, the Hyderabadi Haleem has received a Geographical Indication tag to protect it from poorer imitations that stand to dilute a rich tradition—and make sneaky inroads into a Rs 100 crore cottage industry.