Supernatural: Bloodlines - Here’s why the spin-off was cancelledIn the rich tapestry of "Supernatural," a series that explored various realms, battled demons, and faced apocalyptic challenges, there exis...
Booker Prize winning author Dame Antonia Byatt passes away at 87In announcing her passing, publisher Clara Farmer shared, "Antonia’s books are the most wonderful jewel boxes of stories and ideas. Her com...
Djinns and miraculous 'murgas': How bigotry scuppered Pakistan's space programmePakistan's space program has fallen behind India's due to a combination of factors, including the military-theocratic state and the focus o...
Friends & well-wishers pay emotional farewell to scholar & art historian Kavita SinghSingh, who served as the dean of Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Arts and Aesthetics from 2017 to 2019, specialised in the history ...
Spy balloons: In 2023, we’re still dealing with 20th century thingsOther surveillance devices that may be placed everywhere including inside toilet commodes. But it turns out that China, Britain, and the US...
Unlike Rushdie, who writes regardless of consequences, some write to hide what they really thinkWould Rushdie, for instance, have skipped the Novel That Shan't Be Named (NTSBN) and gone on straight to write the glorious The Moor's Last...
Veering from the 2015 film 'Mad Max: Fury Road', film-maker George Miller debuts 'Three Thousand Years of Longing'To Miller, 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' doesn't just lead up to now - it goes beyond.
3 Indian writers join Obama's 'A Promised Land' in NYT's '100 Notable Books' list'A Burning', 'Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line' and 'A Dominant Character' feature on the list.
'Aladdin lamp' brings Arabian nightmare for Meerut doctor, costs him croresKhan told police that he paid in several installments to the two - first to get his wishes fulfilled and then as payment to buy the magical...
3 women debut authors - Deepa Anappara, Dharini Bhaskar & Annie Zaidi - dominate JCB 2020 shortlistThe list also features S Hareesh's 'Moustache' and Samit Basu's 'Chosen Spirits'.
How rice varieties tend to get overlooked in the diversity of biryani across IndiaThe Ambur biryani replaces basmati with seeraga samba, a small-grained flavourful variety.
Naseeruddin Shah's Ajmer event cancelled after protests by right wingersThe veteran actor found himself at the centre of a major controversy over his remarks in reference to the killing of a policeman in Bulands...
Five Muslim brothers lead Ayodhya 'shobha yatra'While Shamshad was a member of the `vanar sena', his brother Fareed essayed the role of Lord Shiva, Saleem was decked up as Hanuman and the...
Rebuilt with diverse tastes, Old Delhi’s platter shows that you don’t need a silver fork to eat good foodThe Battles of Tarain, fought in 1191 and 1192 near present day Thanesar, ended the Rajput rule and marked the beginning of the Delhi Sulta...
Oldest paintings of Indian faces found in Ajanta: William Dalrymple"I saw these extraordinary but unfamiliar paintings. I couldn't recall having seen their photographs anywhere, in any books on Ajanta," he ...
I ’ve always bounced back, proved obituary writers wrong: Lalu Prasad Yadav"Arre baba, the djinn is already back. The djinn of the unity of OBCs, most backward castes, Dalits, Muslims has emerged, it'll defeat comm...
- Genie taken to court
One can hope that the case is not tried in absentia.