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The Eiffel Tower and the vibrant life around it captured through photographs at an exhibition in Thiruvananthapuram

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Eiffel Tower and the world around it. That summarises the ongoing photography exhibition, Under Eiffel’s Watch – A Parisian Canvas, by Srinath GM, at Alliance Francaise de Trivandrum, in Thiruvananthapuram. The Bengaluru-based visual artist, photographer and documentary filmmaker has brought out the historical and visual significance of the celebrated monument, which is integral to the […]

Edmund de Waal: Decoding stories of exile

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Twelve years ago, I discovered The Hare with the Amber Eyes, a memoir by celebrated British ceramist Edmund de Waal, in a book store in Edinburgh. It was another year before I read it and it became my all-time favourite book. Over the years, I have gifted it to friends, family, those I met at […]

Artist S.H. Raza dazzles Centre Pompidou, Paris

February 23, 2023February 26, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Entering Centre Pompidou, one of my favourite spaces in ‘gay Paris’, built by architects Renzo Piano, Gianfranco Franchini and Richard Rogers, I felt an inordinate sense of pride. I was walking with a spring in my step to view the first-ever solo exhibition of an Indian artist at this prestigious centre. I am, of course, […]

French baguettes get UNESCO heritage status

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

French baguette breads on display at a bakery in Caen, western France | Photo Credit: AFP The French baguette — “250 grams of magic and perfection”, in the words of President Emmanuel Macron, and one of the abiding symbols of the nation — was given UNESCO heritage status on Wednesday. The bread, with its crusty […]

Paris organisers reveal mascot for Olympics, Paralympics

November 14, 2022November 15, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, left, and Paralympic Games are presented, on November 14, 2022 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. | Photo Credit: AP The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed — a Phrygian cap. The soft bright red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an […]

French Open Super 750 badminton | Satwik-Chirag duo enters final

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

PTI Paris October 29, 2022 16:28 IST Updated: October 29, 2022 16:45 IST PTI Paris October 29, 2022 16:28 IST Updated: October 29, 2022 16:45 IST The Indian pair, thus, reached its second final of a BWF world tour event in 2022 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (top) and Chirag Shetty. File | Photo Credit: Toru Hanai The […]

Mona Lisa painting caked by man posing as woman in wheelchair

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair, a man threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted at people to think of planet Earth Disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair, a man threw a piece of cake at the glass […]

Liverpool FC chasing an identical revenge story from 1981 in Paris

May 23, 2022May 24, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Liverpool, who have already won the League Cup and FA Cup, could add a seventh European crown to their collection in the Champions League final against Real Madrid, in Paris on Saturday; an opponent who they last beat in 1981 in the UEFA European Cup final in Paris Liverpool, who have already won the League […]