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Dharamshala International Film Festival at 15: The little festival that became a big deal

Dharamshala International Film Festival at 15: The little festival that became a big deal

As the Dharamshala International Film Festival returns for its 15th edition, founders Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam and programming director Bina Paul discuss keeping it independent, making room for difficult cinema and reaching audiences beyond the festival

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‘Women sculptors have transformed the discipline’s conceptual, material and ethical horizons’: Nainvi Vora

‘Women sculptors have transformed the discipline’s conceptual, material and ethical horizons’: Nainvi Vora

The curator of Gallery Espace’s show, Sculpting Lineages: Women Across Generations, on bringing six women artists across nearly seven decades into conversation, and rethinking how the history of Indian sculpture has been written

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AHEAD India’s growth story: Building the infrastructure and workforce behind Enterprise AI

AHEAD India’s growth story: Building the infrastructure and workforce behind Enterprise AI

As AHEAD expands across Gurugram, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, India MD Sumed Marwaha, Foundry EVP Chris Tucker and Consulting & Services EVP Keith Odom speak about moving AI beyond demos, from ServiceNow and high-performance computing to liquid cooling, and why the real test is what improves for customers and employees

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‘The jewellery should have a life of its own’: KEYA by Adbhut founder Keya Agarwal Badhalia

‘The jewellery should have a life of its own’: KEYA by Adbhut founder Keya Agarwal Badhalia

The Jaipur-based designer, researcher and author on creating jewellery that feels closer to collectible objects, using natural gemstones as part of the creative process, and giving Indian craftsmanship a contemporary form

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Jashn-e-Qawwali, Wishes and Blessings’s fundraising concert: A mehfil for a home for the elderly

Jashn-e-Qawwali, Wishes and Blessings’s fundraising concert: A mehfil for a home for the elderly

At the fifth edition of Jashn-e-Qawwali, Wishes and Blessings’s fundraising concert, Kabul Bukhari’s voice carried a packed Bharat Mandapam through beloved qawwalis and film songs, but the evening’s real purpose was helping the Delhi-based NGO build a permanent home for the elderly residents of Mann Ka Tilak

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Lines of their own: Nasreen Mohamedi and Bice Lazzari meet in KNMA’s new show, In-Rhythm

Lines of their own: Nasreen Mohamedi and Bice Lazzari meet in KNMA’s new show, In-Rhythm

They lived in different countries, belonged to different generations and, as far as the curators know, never met or encountered each other’s work. Yet In-Rhythm, curated by Andrea Anastasio and Roobina Karode, finds an unexpected kinship between Bice Lazzari and Nasreen Mohamedi: in their devotion to line, rhythm, music, material and silence, and in the sheer independence with which each arrived at abstraction

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‘There are a million Marilyns out there’: Andrew Wilson on Marilyn Monroe beyond the myths

‘There are a million Marilyns out there’: Andrew Wilson on Marilyn Monroe beyond the myths

In I Wanna Be Loved By You: Marilyn Monroe, A Life in 100 Takes, the British biographer draws on unpublished letters and recordings to revisit Monroe’s acting, ambition, relationships and death in the year of her birth centenary

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Gamber Valley: On the Indian single malt whisky trail from Delhi to Alcobrew’s distillery in Solan

Gamber Valley: On the Indian single malt whisky trail from Delhi to Alcobrew’s distillery in Solan

Made and matured at a riverside distillery in Solan (Himachal Pradesh), Gamber Valley opens with two Indian single malts: Private Edition 1, with honey, oak and spice, and the softer Vault Series, with vanilla and a hint of chocolate

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Vikrant Patankar on making films, and figuring out how far an obsession can take him

Vikrant Patankar on making films, and figuring out how far an obsession can take him

Vikrant Patankar talks about learning cinema on his own, directing children, making musicals for tech companies, living with AI without surrendering to it, and why he still wants people to gather in a dark theatre

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Ramadan in Cairo: A glass of Karkadeh at sundown, the golden glow of Khan-el-Khalili

Ramadan in Cairo: A glass of Karkadeh at sundown, the golden glow of Khan-el-Khalili

Arriving in Cairo during Ramadan, a family unsure of what the holy month might mean for their holiday discovers a city whose days and nights follow a different rhythm

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The iPhone 18 Pro Max is a great phone, but is it worth replacing yours?

The iPhone 18 Pro Max is a great phone, but is it worth replacing yours?

The longer battery life and new camera controls make a real difference, especially if you’re coming from an older iPhone. But at ₹1,79,900 for 256 GB and 2TB of storage costing Rs 3,14,900, owners of last year’s model have a much harder decision

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Jenjum Gadi interview: ‘My village in Arunachal is my identity, Delhi made me who I’m today’

Jenjum Gadi interview: ‘My village in Arunachal is my identity, Delhi made me who I’m today’

In his new show, ‘Ngok Dolu,’ the designer-turned-artist rebuilds the Arunachal Pradesh village of his childhood in brass. In this interview, he talks about his mother, the loom that first drew him to creativity, two decades in fashion, a changing Tirbin, why he chose brass, and why he now wants to create a bridge for younger artists from the Northeast

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