Blending Borders is an ode to people whose hearts lie in more than one city

Blending Borders is an ode to people whose hearts lie in more than one city

Like most commuters on the New York subway, the masked man, whose side curls and tzitzit indicate he probably belongs to the ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, looks steadfastly ahead, ignoring his neighbour. It must take some effort, though: the veshti-clad gent spreading across two seats and reading Prajavani, a trusted Kannada daily, must be a […]

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White Roses, Shabelle, Siege Perilous, Clifford and Fort Nelson impress

White Roses, Shabelle, Siege Perilous, Clifford and Fort Nelson impress

White Roses, Shabelle, Siege Perilous, Clifford and Fort Nelson impressed when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (May 4) Outer sand: 600m: Pavarotti (Arul), Alcides Synergy (A. Imran) 45. They moved together. Cap Ferrat (Arul), Trident Star (rb) 46. They moved freely. Real Legend (Shreyas) 45. Moved on the bit. Indian Sniper (Deepak […]

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Watch | This Bengaluru man turns junk into art

Watch | This Bengaluru man turns junk into art

Watch | This Bengaluru man turns junk into art Dhiraj Sharma is the founder of 8mango, an organisation that transforms junk of all sorts into artefacts and keepsakes. It is Sharma’s ability to find inspiration in mundane, discarded objects that make his art so special. Broken jewellery, toys inveigled from his seven-year-old son, the innards […]

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Bengaluru’s new ZLB – A Kyoto Speakeasy at The Leela lives up to the mystique of speakeasies

Bengaluru’s new ZLB – A Kyoto Speakeasy at The Leela lives up to the mystique of speakeasies

A snapshot of ZLB – A Kyoto Speakeasy’s interiors | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The first rule of a speakeasy bar is that you do not talk about it. Yet here I am, shattering it, sharing it forth, attracting more people to a hush-hush space even as I risk being barred from there in the […]

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India Grand Prix-3 | Rubina towers with a leap of 1.81m to attain Asian Games qualifying mark

India Grand Prix-3 | Rubina towers with a leap of 1.81m to attain Asian Games qualifying mark

Kerala’s M. Sreeshankar, who won the long jump event at Indian GP-3, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, 10 April, 2023. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN On a day when quality performances were at a premium, Rubina Yadav (Haryana) towered over the rest by attaining the women’s high jump qualifying mark for […]

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Watch | Have you tried the Iftar food trail in Bengaluru’s Mosque Road?

Watch | Have you tried the Iftar food trail in Bengaluru’s Mosque Road?

Watch | Have you tried the Iftar food trail in Bengaluru’s Mosque Road? Every year, people throng Mosque Road in Frazer Town in Bengaluru during the holy month of Ramzan. The reason? Its delicious offerings of exotic meat-based savouries and lip-smacking desserts. We too went on the famous Frazer Town Iftar food trail. Delicacies made […]

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Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq to be staged in Bengaluru

Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq to be staged in Bengaluru

Theatre director Surendranath | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement S Surendranath is known to always swim against the tide. He is one of those theatre personalities who has not given up on the stage and you will always find him directing or writing plays or helming interesting theatre projects for children and adults alike. The director, […]

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An all-women night walk takes over one of Bengaluru’s oldest lanes

An all-women night walk takes over one of Bengaluru’s oldest lanes

The participants at their last stop of the all-women night walk, at Rice Memorial Church, Chickpet, Bengaluru | Photo Credit: Indraprabha Appuswamy A group of women in Bengaluru recently took to the streets for an all-women night walk in the bustling neighbourhood of Chickpet, one of the city’s oldest areas famous for its wholesale and […]

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