Opinion

Exploring the artistic revolution of 18th century India

On a summer afternoon of 1770s Antoine Polier, a Lausanne born engineer, businessman, soldier, scholar, spy all rolled into one, sat down to write a letter to a Lucknawi artist called Mihr Chand. In a rather sardonic tone he instructed Mihr to finish the commissioned art at hand and swiftly move on ...

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How SRK redefined masculinity in South Asia

Streaks of blood flowed from bulged up wounded hero’s arms, as his love interest waited scarred in one corner of this ramshackle train station, could be a warehouse too, like a pale flower about to drop dead anytime.The acoustics of this single screen cine theatre somewhere in Central Bombay h...

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Bringing back Ziryab this season

I dine out rarely, guess it takes me a lot to go out often and do the drill of long hours; a five course meal, followed by an Irish coffee or a glass of Tempranillo. But then this fall I decided to do the holy grail of dinning ala-carte from appetizer to post dessert cocktail.While appetizers trickl...