Art & Culture
Dilli ka Slumdog Millionaire
Born in a remote village in Bihar, he stole his dad’s money, fled home, boarded a train to Delhi, lived the hard street life, stole ……Read More
Lifestyle
Art & Culture
World’s second-largest Buddhist stupa discovered in Bihar
Archaeologists have discovered a huge Buddhist stupa in Bihar’s Nalanda district, officials said on Monday. A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) located ……Read More
Books
Singing the diaspora (remixed)
Looking in, looking out — not an easy position. But writer Tash Aw has been doing it from England for 15 years. In 2005, his ……Read More
Books
Latest on the rack
A light note **** Playing on the theme of story telling, Waiting for Renee, is a collection of Kafkaesque short stories without the doom-gloom. “That’s ……Read More
Travel
Hot, wet and wild weather makes Australia what it is
In Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar’s famous homage to her “wilful, lavish land”, she extols a weather trifecta of “floods and fire and famine” that “pays ……Read More
Travel
European artist’s toilet attracts tourists
Kawakawa could be described as an inconspicuous backwater New Zealand town. It has a long main street, a butcher, a cafe, a supermarket and a ……Read More