Battlefield 6 trailer is here: A look at theme, release date, and more

Battlefield 6 trailer is here: A look at theme, release date, and more

After years in development, Battlefield 6 is now gearing up for release. The makers, on Thursday, July 24, released the trailer of the highly anticipated game. The short video shows a glimpse of the theme of a significant geopolitical conflict.  The events in the game take place between 2027 and 2030, and reportedly the missions […]

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Jazz musician and drummer Tarun Balani’s fourth album Kadahin Milandaasin is a sonic love letter to Sindh

Jazz musician and drummer Tarun Balani’s fourth album Kadahin Milandaasin is a sonic love letter to Sindh

Two photographs, a Yashica 635 camera, and the weight of grief orchestrate a symphony of jazz in the creative world of Tarun Balani, who is all set to release his fourth album Kadahin Milandaasin in May. Intended to be an empathetic epistle to the pain and longing of migrants, the seven-track album has been recorded, […]

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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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NMACC showcase: From beetle wings to chintz, India’s gift to global fashion

NMACC showcase: From beetle wings to chintz, India’s gift to global fashion

A little over 150 years ago, over 30,000 hand cut and mounted samples of Indian textiles were painstakingly organised into an album series to educate and inspire commercial and design industries in India and Britain. Its creator, John Forbes Watson, called them ‘trade museums’. Watson would have been pleased to walk around the ‘India in […]

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Met Gala 2023’s iconic carpet is from Kerala

Met Gala 2023’s iconic carpet is from Kerala

Jennifer Lopez on the carpet at the Met Gala 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “It’s important that the pointy thin heels don’t get stuck in the weave. The carpet should pass the stiletto test,” says Santhosh Velayudhan. Managing Director of Extraweave at Cherthala in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, Santhosh is discussing the wall-to-wall bespoke carpet that […]

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Met Gala 2023’s iconic carpet is from Kerala

Met Gala 2023’s iconic carpet is from Kerala

Jennifer Lopez on the carpet at the Met Gala 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “It’s important that the pointy thin heels don’t get stuck in the weave. The carpet should pass the stiletto test,” says Santhosh Velayudhan. Managing Director of Extraweave at Cherthala in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, Santhosh is discussing the wall-to-wall bespoke carpet that […]

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Air India New York-Delhi flight diverted to London due to medical emergency

Air India New York-Delhi flight diverted to London due to medical emergency

An Air India Airbus A320-200 aircraft | Photo Credit: REUTERS An Air India flight from New York to Delhi was diverted to London on Monday due to a medical emergency, according to an official. According to data available on the flight tracking website Flightradar24, the flight is being operated with a Boeing 777-337 (ER) aircraft. […]

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‘Namaste New York’ | Sabyasachi opens his first US store in Manhattan

‘Namaste New York’ | Sabyasachi opens his first US store in Manhattan

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, India’s most influential bridal designer, opens his first store in the US with a special edit and priceless art Sabyasachi Mukherjee, India’s most influential bridal designer, opens his first store in the US with a special edit and priceless art This Sunday, when Kolkata-based couturier Sabyasachi Mukherjee opens his first US store in […]

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Powerful in the everyday: South Asian women artists Bharti Kher, Shivani Aggarwal and Remen Chopra impress on the global stage

Powerful in the everyday: South Asian women artists Bharti Kher, Shivani Aggarwal and Remen Chopra impress on the global stage

From Bharti Kher’s Ancestor collecting wishes at Central Park to Shivani Aggarwal spotlighting ‘societal traps’ in Dubai, going behind thought-provoking work by South Asian women artists on the international stage From Bharti Kher’s Ancestor collecting wishes at Central Park to Shivani Aggarwal spotlighting ‘societal traps’ in Dubai, going behind thought-provoking work by South Asian women […]

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U.S. President Joe Biden nominates Indian-American attorney Arun Subramanian to U.S. District Judge in New York

U.S. President Joe Biden nominates Indian-American attorney Arun Subramanian to U.S. District Judge in New York

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American attorney Arun Subramanian to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. A communication in this regard was on September 6 sent to the Senate by the White House along with other judicial nominations. If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Subramanian would be the first […]

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