Culture

A gold mine for record companies Although private individuals were allowed to sing the song free of charge at birthday parties at home, Warner Chappell Music made money if it was used commercially &m...

Around 40 paintings in Munich The artworks survived the journey from Kyiv to Munich. What will happen to them now is still uncertain. Katharina Vozianova and Oleksandr Shchelushchenko would like to e...

Do you think that keeping up with the jewellery trend is a snip? Well, yes it is! With the terrific jewellery items of Darshanaa Sanjanaa Jewellers, following the trends is easy-breezy. They have desi...

"I love to love you baby…" sang Donna Summer in 1975, virtually single-handedly kick-starting the disco craze. World-famous today, the song caused something of a scandal upon its orig...

Plans for the future Like all Ukrainians, Shashenok hopes that the war will end soon. She wants to return. "I miss my country," she says. "When the war is over, I'll go back."...

Agroup of scholars and activists have set up a new university in Texas, US, dedicated to free speech, alarmed, they said, “by the illiberalism and censoriousness prevalent in America’s mos...

Zubaan ek ho toh...” One innocuous line in a not-so-innocuous ad has sparked off so many debates. When Akshay Kumar was mob-thrashed for joining Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn to promote an unhe...

Between plan and palli, however, came the virus. After delayed labour, Heritage Palli was born on the 50th year of Bangladeshi Independence — but as an online startup project. For now saris are...

In 2021, the US returned 248 stolen antiques to India in the “largest restitution” of recent times. Among these were terracotta fragments, shards of pottery and stone beads from Bengal &md...

The German director is making a film about public restrooms designed by renowned architects. The high-end toilets are the symbol of “Japan’s world-renowned hospitality culture.” The...