From Liszt to the Rolling Stones, and beyond: The softloud genius of the pianoOriginally called 'pianoforte' for its soft and loud capabilities, the piano, a percussion instrument disguised, captivates with its versat...
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Travel's not always about Insta-worthy placesThe author travels from Sierra Leone to Guinea. Freetown is chaotic and friendly. The journey to Guinea shows poverty and pollution. Bribes...
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When you're stuck in a far-flung cauldronFor nearly two weeks, we would sleep with the sonorous drone of choppers circling over our Hotel Le Paris, and we had no way of leaving the...
01 Jun, 2024, 09.53 PM IST
What's common to Karna and Matthew Perry?The first of those was Karna in the Mahabharat, which is where the kavacha comes in. As a young reader, when I first became obsessed with t...
13 Jan, 2024, 11.01 PM IST
Oh, these lazy Romanisers! A phonetic fanatic's funड़aMy grudge is against the way many non-English Indian words are spelt in English. I know, I know. Much 'nuance' is lost when the nasal twang...
11 Mar, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
Without a date on Valentine’s Day? Six other types of ‘love’ you can celebrateFeeling blue on Valentine's Day? Cheer up, we have just the plans for you!
11 Feb, 2023, 09.17 PM IST
'His eyes had love stories.' Hollywood remembers 'Dallas Buyers Club' film-maker Jean-Marc ValleeThe film-maker died suddenly and the cause of death has not been disclosed.
28 Dec, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
Come together! Rolling Stones to start recording new album 'very shortly'The British band, which formed more than 50 years ago, last released 2005's 'A Bigger Bang', their 24th studio album.
25 Jul, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
'Kabali' review: A one-man show, and Rajini still has his swagPa Ranjith's directorial venture is an out-and-out Rajinikanth film, with some solid support from Radhika Apte and Dhansika.
23 Jul, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
Supreme Court in 1995: Stray slogans do not attract Section 124A pertaining to seditionSC had said in a 1995 ruling that casual raising of slogans, once or twice by two individuals alone, cannot be said to be aimed at exciting...
20 Feb, 2016, 06.45 AM IST
Hindi writer Uday Prakash returns Akademi award over Kalburgi killingIt was received by the personal secretary to the Sahitya Akademi secretary K Sreenivasarao, who was out of town.
12 Sep, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Blur’s first studio album in 12 years, The Magic Whip, is how comebacks should be madeBlur’s latest album, ‘The Magic Whip’ — coming 12 years after their album ‘Think Tank’ sidesteps the stereotype of a death rattle comeback.
10 May, 2015, 07.32 AM IST
National reconstruction in Nepal requires a constitution and local electionsNepal was about getting ready for political normalisation and economic revival after 2 decades of political chaos when the Great Earthquake...
30 Apr, 2015, 11.08 AM IST
Suits & SayingsET's bi-weekly roundup of the wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors & policy parlours.
17 Oct, 2014, 06.01 AM IST
The God that failedHe claimed ‘Cocaine’, as played by Eric Clapton, was the most intense thing ever recorded.
10 Jul, 2014, 09.52 AM IST
- Let thy Wilbury done!
If, not here’s the Wilbury Twist for Dummies:Put your hand on your head/put your foot in the air/then you hop around the room in your under...
28 Jul, 2007, 05.01 AM IST
- Mena house strums egyptian charm
In 1971, Mohan Singh Oberoi turned a hunting house at the foot of the Great Pyramid to one of the most famous hotels in the world.
06 Jun, 2006, 12.10 AM IST