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Vito power: The Godfather at 50
[ad_1] As he pounded away on an early draft of The Godfather on an Olympia Manual typewriter in his New York basement in 1966, the then-cash-strapped Mario Puzo couldn’t have […]
Triumph with a tee: A Wknd interview with golfer Anirban Lahiri
[ad_1] Like a classic slow burn, it built up slowly before everything spiralled out of control. Anirban Lahiri vividly remembers the tipping point. It was the crisp autumn morning of […]
A new master plan: DAG inaugurates new address in Mumbai with a massive show
[ad_1] DAG is all but bursting out of its frame. In Delhi, a second outpost of the 29-year-old gallery opens at Janpath in April. In Mumbai, its bright, three-level gallery […]
Look before you weep: There’s more to Meena Kumari than teary melodrama
[ad_1] Meena Kumari breathed her last on March 31, 1972, in Room 26 of Bombay’s St Elizabeth’s nursing home. She was 39. Pakeezah, directed by her estranged husband Kamal Amrohi, […]
Torque of the town: A museum where you can see and ride rare two-wheelers
[ad_1] It’s time travel of a different kind. A privately run two-wheeler museum in Mahabaleshwar is offering visitors a chance to gawk at specimens nearly 100 years old, and ride […]
All together now: Treasures from the Islamic Art gallery at Salar Jung Museum
[ad_1] Swords, ceramics, celestial globes and astrolabes that mapped the positions of the stars, miniature paintings and ancient manuscripts signed by Mughal emperors: it will be a mix of the […]
Pandemic pivots: Meet five people who have emerged with lives lived better
[ad_1] This week marks two years since India went into lockdown, on March 24, 2020. It was among the world’s widest, strictest and most sudden lockdowns, and one that affected […]
Model cars, furniture: What’s driving the craze for collectibles in India?
[ad_1] Sports memorabilia as collectibles, one would expect. It wasn’t such a surprise when Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic gold-winning javelin sold for ₹1.5 crore in October. Cars, coins, art, watches, jewellery […]
Swapping gloves for guns in Kyiv: The Sporting Life by Rudraneil Sengupta
[ad_1] In September, Oleksandr Usyk was running rings around Anthony Joshua, hammering the champion over 12 fleet-footed rounds, in front of the latter’s home crowd in London. The bout was […]
Stirring the plot: A Wknd interview with author Geetanjali Shree
[ad_1] When Geetanjali Shree turned 19 and was showing every sign of growing into an independent-minded young woman, her father gave her a hundred-rupee note as a birthday present (an […]
Read an exclusive excerpt from Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand
[ad_1] At some point later in time, in Sri Lanka, the ace batsman of the Pakistani cricket team starts hiccupping right before a match, and he just can’t stop. They […]
The work-from-where conundrum: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi
[ad_1] It’s only a matter of time before offices, in their current form, become relics. I’ve argued this point here before. What will the post-pandemic workplace look like? That is […]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali a rare auteur still true to his roots, says Anupama Chopra
[ad_1] “Even today I do not go to a shoot without listening to five songs of Lata Mangeshkar on the way,” Sanjay Leela Bhansali told me in a recent interview. […]
Can you find the sweet spot? The Wknd Puzzle by Dilip D’Souza
[ad_1] This is an easy puzzle really. There’s no doubt you will solve it. But there’s an elegant way to consider it which gives you the solution immediately. Can you […]
Can science help you win more hearts on Instagram?
[ad_1] There’s apparently a science to getting more likes on Instagram. The famous, and those paying for views, might not need it as much, but here’s some good news for […]
5 essential ‘E’s to help you ace hybrid meetings
[ad_1] Hybrid meetings are a feature of life in the pandemic, but they can be a challenge for managers new to the format. I taught my first hybrid class last […]
Head in the clouds: Rahat Mahajan on merging love, myth, reality in Meghdoot
[ad_1] Fact and fiction, myth and imagination, ancient India and the India of today, all overlap in Rahat Mahajan’s debut feature, Meghdoot (The Cloud Messenger), the only Indian film in […]
As his auction house sets new records, a Wknd interview with Dadiba Pundole
[ad_1] “Frankly, the first thing I felt was a huge sense of relief,” says Dadiba Pundole. He’s referring to those brief hushed moments at his auction house, Pundole’s, on the […]
Tackling trouble in paradise: With Love by Simran Mangharam
[ad_1] Most people struggle to have difficult conversations in a relationship. The fear of hurting your partner and the consequences of that strained dialogue mean the unsavoury task is either […]