As Bodice turns 10, designer Ruchika Sachdeva shares her approach to luxury and the design process
In a country where high-end fashion is largely associated with occasion wear, Sachdeva offers an alternate approach to luxury: stripping off ornamentation to focus on pain-staking construction and harnessing Indian artisanal techniques to create utilitarian, comfortable garments that can be worn forever.
At Visions du Réel 2021, two films explore the intersection between images and war with great cogency and rigour
Directed by Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti, the Italian feature War and Peace and Bellum — The Daemon of War, made by David Herdies and Georg Götmark, illuminate the profound, multi-layered links between war, photography and cinema.
Ivan Ayr's Meel Patthar depicts a trope common to Indian art cinema: Bleak portrayals of working-class protagonists
Indian cinema has generally taken upon itself to treat its working-class protagonists as victims, and physical labour as drudgery. This is essentially because the films take up social conflict as their subject and conflict produces victims.
How India's small, homegrown fashion brands are stepping up to raise essential funds for COVID-19 relief efforts
From amplifying COVID-relief resources for oxygen, ICU beds, plasma, and medicine on Instagram to donating up to 100 percent of their sales to organisations working on the ground to provide aid to those affected, fashion is positioned to help.
In Paris' Invalides Museum, memorial of Napoleon's favourite horse Marengo outrages fans
The artwork dubbed 'Memento Marengo' by artist Pascal Convert immortalises Napoleon's loyal steed, who bore the general through several battles before being captured by British troops at Waterloo in 1815.
Nepalese Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mt Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own previous record
Nepal has issued climbing permits this year to 408 foreign climbers despite a surging COVID-19 outbreak.
Global Citizen's Vax Live concert raises $302 million, exceeding the goal for the organisation's campaign
Selena Gomez hosted the show, which was attended by several thousand fully-vaccinated concertgoers who cheered on performances by Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, J Balvin, H.E.R. and Lopez, who enjoyed a duet with her mom.
Black artists dominate New York sales after growing visibility in galleries and a 'historical reevaluation'
American-born Jean-Michel Basquiat, of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, becomes the first Black painter to headline both Christie's and Sotheby's main auctions, on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
Italian archaeologists discover fossilised remains of nine Neanderthals in Rome
The oldest remains date from between 1,00,000 and 90,000 years ago, while the other eight Neanderthals are believed to date from 50,000-68,000 years ago, the Culture Ministry said in a statement.
In Iraq, relics wither away as years of conflict, negligence and climate change make maintenance difficult
All that remains of Al Aqiser, which has stood in Ain Tamr for more than 1,500 years, are crumbling brick and red earthen walls.
In her new graphic novel Cyclopedia Exotica, Aminder Dhaliwal examines Anti-Asian hate
In Cyclopedia Exotica, immigrants with one eye coexist uneasily with their two-eyed neighbours.
Paul Van Doren, co-founder of Vans shoes, dies at 90
The shoes, with their canvas tops and tough, diamond-patterned rubber soles, caught the fancy of skateboarders.
For Asian American health workers, a dual battle with COVID-19 and racism rages on
Police reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in 26 big US cities and counties shot up 146 percent last year, while hate crimes overall rose 2 percent, according to California State University, San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.
How a rise in TV adaptations has enabled diverse voices, overlooked writers to take centre stage
While the entertainment industry was born hungry for adaptations — a 1908 version of The Count of Monte Cristo is early proof — today’s beneficiaries include writers of color, those in the LGBTQ community and women.
Bosnian Serbs honour Nobel Laureate Peter Handke amidst controversy over author's views on war crimes
While Handke is adored by Serbs for his support of their nationalist policies, he is considered persona non grata in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, which is dominated by mostly Muslim Bosniaks.
Sitar player Prateek Chaudhuri dies of COVID-19 related complications at 49
Prateek Chaudhuri, who belonged to the Senia Gharana of music, was also a professor at the Department of Music, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, University of Delhi.
DAG to host fundraiser sale of 51 works from its collection to support COVID-19 relief efforts
The fundraiser sale, valued at Rs 1 crore, aims to donate 100 per cent sale proceeds to be shared equally between Sood Charity Foundation, Hemkunt Foundation and Khalsa Aid India.
Yitzhak Arad, Holocaust survivor and scholar at the helm of Yad Vashem memorial, passes away at 94
Arad went on to become a widely published scholar of World War II and the Holocaust.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Notes on Grief to Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, 15 international titles to watch for in May
May's titles will touch on pandemics, fictional and real.
In the shadow of COVID-19, a survey reveals the toll on entertainment workers
A massive 79 percent of respondents reported that COVID-19 had a negative impact on their mental health, with increased feelings of anxiety or depression.