Wedding Wows
New Indian Expressby Manish Mishra1d ago
Indian wedding couture has long been synonymous with the lehenga-choli; the latest bridal trend now challenging that formula with a sharper proposition: the statement jacket.
New Indian Express
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top 53%The Children We Raise
New Indian Expressby Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji1d ago
Most of us are familiar with what is loosely called the ‘Generation Gap’, wherein the old and the young fail to understand each other because they have different experiences, habits and...
Child’s Play
New Indian Expressby Konkana Ray1d ago
For generations of Indian children, play meant cricket in the back lane, village football in the fields, cycling around the neighbourhood until the streetlights came on; a board game with cousins...
Her Body Language
New Indian Expressby Medha Dutta Yadav1d ago
There is a world in which human bodies fold into themselves and familiar forms return in altered guises.
The Unspoken Architecture of Home
New Indian Expressby Dr Alka Pande1d ago
The 131-year history of the Venice Biennale has witnessed many firsts. This year, it was the first time a woman of colour, Koyo Kouoh, had been appointed curator.
When Women First Found Their Voice
New Indian Expressby Dr Vikram Sampath1d ago
At the turn of the 20th century, a silent gender revolution was brewing in India—one that has sadly gone largely unnoticed by historians, sociologists, and feminists.
Southern Masterstrokes
New Indian Expressby Aparna Nair1d ago
At three in the morning, when Thiruvananthapuram is still to wake up, Narayana Bhattathiri sits down with a brush and a sheet of paper, and ruminates on the alphabet.
Conan Doyle Meets Christie
New Indian Expressby Medha Dutta Yadav1d ago
There is something almost reassuringly old-fashioned about The Final Problem. In an age when murder mysteries increasingly arrive wrapped in psychological trauma, unreliable narrators and elaborate...
Do a Good Job, But Not Too Good a Job
New Indian Expressby Utkarsh Amitabh1d ago
I was in Paris last weekend to give a lecture at INSEAD. My trip coincided with the Pope’s visit so most roads were cordoned off and it was almost impossible to find buses or cabs.
Devotion is Love
New Indian Expressby Gaurav Yadav1d ago
Some people think that they can do any kind of inferior acts and later go to a tirtha (holy place), perform some prescribed ceremonies, and all their sins will be forgiven. This is a misconception.
Where Stories Take Root
New Indian Expressby Lakshmi Athira1d ago
The names had taken root long before the trees did. Mani maruthu, Mandharam, Ilanji, Kodappana—were words celebrity author and sreenwriter Anand Neelakantan first encountered in Malayalam songs...
Come October
New Indian Expressby Anjali Awasthi1d ago
Mousumi Bose, a PR professional in Mumbai, has a hectic work schedule. She had come across an unheard virtue of October earlier.
Neha Bora is the Marxist Madonna of Hybrid Revolution
New Indian Expressby Ravi Shankar1d ago
Narendra Modi wasn’t far from the truth when he warned of Dimagi Naxals hiding amongst us. Historically, rhetoric in the speeches of Indian prime ministers has subtext: catchy phrases that...
Some Like It Fricy
New Indian Expressby Rupali Dean1d ago
Swicy (sweet and spicy) has had its moment, swavoury (sweet and savoury) has had its turn, but ‘fricy’ may just take the crown.
The Silent Storytellers
New Indian Expressby Mohd Shehwaaz Khan1d ago
News photography is often lost in the churn of daily news cycle, but some images outlive the moment to become a nation’s visual memory.
‘I Am Not a Sadist': Meghna Gulzar
New Indian Expressby Puja Talwar1d ago
Meghna Gulzar has built a filmography around stories that resist easy answers. From Talvar to Chhapaak, her films often place institutions, individuals, and competing moralities under harsh...
God is to Be Experienced, Not Explained
New Indian Expressby Mata Amritanandamayi1d ago
Children, people have different ideas about God. Though some deny the existence of God, most people believe in Him.
Her Temple Rerun
New Indian Expressby Samiya Chopra1d ago
Profiling or reinterpreting the quintessential devadasi—if there is such a prototype—has been a tragicomic trope of Indian classical dance trying to be modern using the past.
No Stone Left Unturned
New Indian Expressby Khursheed Dinshaw1d ago
It could be a postcard from southern Georgia: the Mtkvari River winding past the foothills of the Erusheti Mountain in Samtskhe–Javakheti. But Vardzia was never built for the view.
Waxing And Waning
New Indian Expressby Dr Ramya Alakkal1d ago
A lunar cycle repeats every 28 days. We see the full moon gradually wane into the new moon, before the cycle begins again.