Dance is a test of endurance, says Pandit Chitresh Das, creator of a unique brand of dance that he calls Kathak Yoga.
28 July 2010After the dark days of the Gujarat riots, there came a glimmer in Shabnam Virmani’s discovery of the diverse social landscape that the poet Kabir still inhabits.
21 July 2010Lama Tashi, whose chanting won him a Grammy nomination, is overly busy now with a range of projects on Himalayan and Tibetan culture.
01 July 2010For long the ultimate off-the-bottle drink, beer is being mixed and shaken up—not just for the new drinker but even the connoisseur.
30 June 2010Women have traditionally been seen as nothing more than beautiful distractions on a magician’s stage. But now, they’re breaking the stereotype to create their own brand of illusions.
25 June 2010On AIR since WW II, this radio programme for Indian soldiers was transformed by a woman anchor.
16 June 2010Artist Alan Chadwick questions our preconceived notions of beauty in his latest work.
03 June 2010When the Games’ tourists come to Delhi, they will find a swanky city that has no compassion for the poor.
29 April 2010Coffee beans found in civet dung make the world’s most prized coffee. And now, it gets a ‘Made in India’ tag.
21 April 2010Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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