Arijit Singh was the one sure bet in a stagnating Hindi film music scene. Will his retirement from playback singing deepen the creative crisis?

The dominant figure in Indian politics for nearly two decades, she was elected prime minister four times before being assassinated by her bodyguards.

BERLIN, winter 2026: the Berlinale film festival, with thick snow on the ground. But we’re cosy in the modernist brick surrounds of the Akademie der Kunste. On stage, the man who knows more about ...

If you’re on Beach Road in Puducherry, be sure to say hi to Constable Singham, a smiling, stationary humanoid with a statement moustache and crisp khaki uniform. He is programmed to tell you about the ...

Mangalesh Dabral’s prose-poem A Letter to Children is one of those rare works of literature that transcends its immediate cultural context and becomes a moral compass for our times. Written in Hindi ...

This essay offers a sociological reading of three poems, framing silence as a form of resistance—against noise, injustice, and dehumanization.

WASHINGTON — An annual meeting of the nation’s governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House ...

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The makers of The Paradise have officially released the film’s first single, ‘Aaya Sher’, and it has taken the internet by storm. Within hours of its debut, the track racked up over 22 million views ...

Preparing for a crisis takes the same level of precision as an actor getting ready for the Oscars. While most people assume a few cases of bottled water are enough when disaster strikes, anyone who ...

With eight years of experience as a financial journalist and editor and a degree in economics, Elizabeth Aldrich has worked on thousands of articles within the realm of banking, economics, credit ...

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