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Kochi-Muziris Biennale in one day: Make the most of 24 hours at the art showcase in Fort Kochi

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- There's always drama at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, and not just because the art can be a mixed bag of the inspired and the incomprehensible. We're a month into the sixth edition... Read More


How to see the best of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 24 hours

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- There's always drama at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, and not just because the art can be a mixed bag of the inspired and the incomprehensible. We're a month into the sixth edition... Read More


Saturday Feeling: How we will travel in 2026, inside Tarun Tahiliani's archive and other stories to read this weekend

New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- I have a set shopping list of souvenirs no matter where I go, buys to bring back for friends who collect all manner of ephemera-the front page of a local newspaper for a former b... Read More


Saturday Feeling: Fiction by Sujit Saraf, Kavery Nambisan and stories about everyday objects

New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- For the past ten days, the imaginative Nithya Subramanian-who is a regular artist for Lounge-has been turning her toddler's plates into colourful circles of art. Dosa landscapes, ... Read More


Saturday Feeling: The best of cinema, streaming, books, food and fashion in 2025

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- This is the season of making lists about the year gone by and looking back even as we just want to move ahead. But often, it is reflection that helps us make better choices and t... Read More


Saturday Feeling: With a little help from AI

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- There's no doubt that 2025 has been the year of AI. Artificial Intelligence has permeated every aspect of our lives, from dating to work, and it is impossible to cover culture an... Read More


Saturday Feeling: Bar hopping with Mint Lounge

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- "The things that make a cocktail really great are often very simple details-the frozen glass, the lemon twist-that transform two fingers of alcohol into an ice-glazed elixir," wr... Read More


Saturday Feeling: When cities make space for art

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- With the cohort of writers, thinkers and artists being more or less the same at the many art and literature events across India, location becomes all the more important, and proba... Read More


Saturday Feeling: The words we're losing to GIFs and memes

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Listen. That's all I did one afternoon at the Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru last week. Writer after writer mounted the stage, read in a language, then in translation... Read More


Saturday Feeling: How MTV lost its way in India and other stories to read this weekend

New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- For all the years it was central to entertainment and information, the television was called 'the idiot box', and a good vs bad debate continues to swirl around it long after man... Read More