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Every week Indian Express brings you in-depth feature stories on topics that dominate the mind of the Indian Intelligent and discussions that we should have.

Commonwealth Short Story prize winner Sanjana Thakur on her winning entrySubscriber Only

July 7, 2024 17:02 IST

The 26-year-old from Mumbai discusses how the story developed through workshops, feedback and multiple drafts

Cannes award-winning actor Anasuya Sengupta on what the monsoons in Goa have taught herSubscriber Only

July 7, 2024 17:01 IST

Monsoons in Goa are lessons in solitude and the power of friendship. Anasuya Sengupta, the first Indian to win the Best Actress award in the Un Certain Regard segment of the Cannes Film Festival, 2024, shares her words and sketches on the biggest party in the sky

Author Nilanjana S Roy’s artistic friendship with Margaret Mascarenhas, set against the backdrop of Goa rainsSubscriber Only

July 7, 2024 21:22 IST

My first monsoon in Goa marked the beginning of a friendship that lasted for over a decade

Milliner Awon Golding talks about her Manipuri influence and why there’s a hat for every personSubscriber Only

July 7, 2024 17:52 IST

Her hats have been worn by celebrities and frequently appeared on the Royal Ascot in England

Janice Pariat talks of how in Meghalaya, people welcome the rain, encourage it to split stone and treeSubscriber Only

July 6, 2024 14:58 IST

You might imagine that the wettest place on Earth might be more than a little weary of rain, but it is just the opposite

Maharaj actors Junaid Khan and Jaideep Ahlawat talk about their prep and weight lossSubscriber Only

July 6, 2024 22:37 IST

Debutant actor Junaid Khan calls himself "a terrible dancer" and Jaideep Ahlawat decodes the smugness of his character.

Be it Mumbai’s monsoon, or Delhi’s ‘nonsoon’, rains make everything danceSubscriber Only

July 5, 2024 11:56 IST

Due to global warming, it's a pity that now we can only look forward to the monsoon with apprehension rather than delight

How young bartenders from small towns are changing the game, one shot at a timeSubscriber Only

July 6, 2024 20:05 IST

For these mixologists, it’s not just about a ticket to the high life and good pay or breaking social taboos, it is about the joy of patenting creativity of another kind

How Norway shaped Magnus CarlsenSubscriber Only

June 30, 2024 08:46 IST

There’s more to this world chess champion than the mastery of 64 squares. It comes from a Scandinavian upbringing of enjoying what he does and measuring success differently

How a record label lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s music and found it 35 years later

June 30, 2024 01:00 IST

Twenty-seven years after he passed away, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s voice will be heard again through a lost tape that has been found in a UK warehouse

What made a misfit reach for the starsSubscriber Only

June 30, 2024 01:00 IST

At the heart of India lies a hunger for learning, discovering and acceptance, and plurality of thought and action

‘For our own poetry, we need to save our mother tongues’: Poet Jiban NarahSubscriber Only

June 28, 2024 10:00 IST

Malayalam poet Anvar Ali talks to Assamese poet Jiban Narah on the political strains in his poetry and why ethnic languages must survive

What elephants talk when we aren’t listeningSubscriber Only

June 25, 2024 12:00 IST

Down in Jungleland eavesdrops on a matriarch elephant discussing Artificial intelligence with her two senior-most aides, Golu and Bholu

Celebrating KG Subramanyan: Artist, Scholar, Poet, WriterSubscriber Only

June 23, 2024 07:21 IST

From using mythology and folklore, calligraphy and Western Cubism to depicting modern-day issues, KG Subramanyan’s influences were as diverse as his oeuvre. A look at the prolific modernist and teacher in his birth centenary year

Why Milind Soman says that fitness is personal in the book Keep MovingSubscriber Only

June 28, 2024 17:31 IST

In their first book together, titled Keep Moving, Milind Soman, his mother Usha and wife Ankita talk about why fitness is personal and how starting small can go a long way

A supportive audience pushes you to make unconventional choices: Roshan Mathew

June 22, 2024 07:00 IST

Lead actors of Paradise, Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran, talk about headlining a Sri Lanka-India co-production, working with director Prasanna Vithanage and being permanent collaborators.

Plants can be ferocious too

June 19, 2024 14:12 IST

In hostile surroundings, one can find carnivorous plants and even those that strangle host plants for their survival

Finding love, empathy and compassion in Kabir’s songs

June 17, 2024 17:53 IST

Deepa Bua gave me the gift of Kabir Bani, poems of wisdom, that could easily become the epitome of truth for those who follow his simple words steeped in clarion devotion to the one, God, and through that to all of humanity

Sonal Mansingh lives with her naayikas: How her 60 plus years of dancing has changed herSubscriber Only

June 16, 2024 22:30 IST

The veteran on recovering her body from a tragic accident, the Sanskrit texts that inspire her moves and what legacy means to her

L Shankar, Shakti’s lesser-known founding member is back and he has a story to tellSubscriber Only

June 16, 2024 14:27 IST

He speaks about why he left the band in its prime, working with Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel, inventing LSD – his stereophonic double violin and being disappointed at not being asked to be a part of ‘50 years of Shakti’ tour

Gullak’s new season shows challenges of the Mishras with grown-up sons: Director Shreyansh PandeySubscriber Only

June 15, 2024 09:12 IST

The new season of Gullak remains within the ambit of the world it has created even as the elder son Annu is dealing with problems on the work front while the younger one has found several distractions.

‘No failure or feeling is permanent’: Masoom MinawalaSubscriber Only

June 14, 2024 10:00 IST

Fashion creator and entrepreneur Masoom Minawala on her debut book, She'll Never Make It, embracing failure and the importance of looking forward

Theatre veteran MK Raina explores importance of cultural education, Kashmir and healing power of stories in memoirSubscriber Only

June 13, 2024 18:18 IST

Raina says that he would like Indians to understand that the nation was built on the foundations of pluralism and sacrifice. It is with that purpose that he has penned his memoir Before I Forget (Penguin)

The marvellous mechanics of flyingSubscriber Only

June 12, 2024 13:59 IST

While wings are Mother Nature’s most ingenious creations, the computing power of birds and insects is even more impressive

10 years of NALSA judgment: What has changed for transgender communitySubscriber Only

June 10, 2024 16:52 IST

A decade after the Supreme Court judgment that recognised the rights of transgender people in India, the community tells us what has changed in their lives – and what hasn’t

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