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Sunday Long Reads: Satyajit Ray centenary, pandemic battles, and more
From celebrating Satyajit Ray to unique pandemic stories, this weekend's Sunday reads are worth your time
Satyajit Ray birth centenary: A tribute to the cine maestro
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How Satyajit Ray’s films throw up prescient images of viruses afflicting societies
An epidemic silencing Shundi, three bottles of Dettol, contaminated holy water and other stories of viruses in Ray's films, who would have turned 100 today
Why the President’s Bodyguard horses are the best-groomed in the country
Any history of the elite President's Bodyguard, the oldest regiment of the Indian Army, would be incomplete without recalling the incredible exploits of the noble beast
How can health professionals and the media cut the clutter of false facts around COVID-19?
The first pandemic in the age of social media has thrown up the challenge of a glut of unverified information about the virus and the disease
How a son’s photographs of his elderly father’s battle with COVID-19 won him a POY Asia award
The Indian Express photographer Amit Chakravarty's montage on his father’s fight against COVID-19 has won him the second spot in the Picture of the Year-Asia 2021
On his birth centenary, a tribute to Satyajit Ray through images captured by his friend and colleague of over two decades, the late photographer Nemai Ghosh
The book Faces and Facets: Satyajit Ray in Colour, released last year, shows us the polymath and auteur through the eyes of his photo-biographer Nemai Ghosh, who died last year
How TV talk show and news anchors can benefit from mynahs
Mynahs may be garrulous, but are always civilised, even while arguing
What does coming of age mean in the middle of a pandemic?
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Sunday Long Reads: Neeraj Ghaywan on caste, Guneet Monga on the empathy women bring, and more
Look forward to a relaxing Sunday with these special reads
‘We underestimate the power of empathy women bring’
Film producer Guneet Monga, awarded France’s second-highest civilian honour, on stories that choose her, the importance of supporting women-led projects and what it takes for a movie to get into the Oscars
What lies in the serpent’s arsenal
Snake venom can stun, shock, kill, or even cure you
How a new platform may start the next big trend in the Indian art market — NFTs
Inside India’s first blockchain-powered platform, solely dedicated to South Asian artists and art sales
‘When you get benefits based on your caste, you inherit a persecution complex’
How Hindi film director Neeraj Ghaywan, one of the few cinematic voices to weave in inclusivity and intersectionality in his work, brings in slices of marginalised lives from real to reel
Sunday Long Reads: Why ripped jeans divides fashionistas and politicians alike? Why everybody loves jeans, and more
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What is it about ripped jeans that divides fashionistas and politicians alike?
Is it a fashion statement or a faux pas? In a country like India, that has steep economic disparities, ripped clothes carry different implications for different people
How dhamma influenced the dome and design of the Rashtrapati Bhavan
From statues to murals and pillars, Buddhist imagery breathes life into the ceremonies here.
Why everybody loves jeans
Since the liberalisation in 1991, the humble denim trouser or 'jeans' has become a marker for style, comfort, independence, class, freedom and choice for many women in India
When we ignore the brain
Where we need the most mindful care, we can be quite mindless
How Sthalpuran gives the child and his world a rare primacy
Akshay Indikar's Marathi feature, which won two awards at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2021 and was screened at Berlinale 2020, is a delicate evocation of how childhood can be full of pain and pleasure
Sunday Long Reads: Pratap Bhanu Mehta in conversation with Amit Chaudhuri, Shashikala’s journey in Bollywood, and more
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How do you nudge a child to a lifelong desire of learning?
Successful education crosses disciplinary boundaries and helps a student make connections between aspiration and reality
How Shashikala grew from being a Bollywood star to serving people
Bollywood’s favourite vamp, actor Shashikala, who passed away on April 4, had led a professional and personal life marked by dramatic ups and downs
Where do salmons go to spawn
Their inbuilt magnetic compass and remarkable olfactory memory help the fish to navigate freshwater upstream till they reach the place of their birth
Can clothes have a domino effect?
Fashion designer Ruchika Sachdeva on everyday chic, her love for kantha, and why she believes in slow fashion
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