Internet Culture
-
From Jaipur to Kochi, these Instagram projects are archiving a snapshot of Indian architecture
A growing number of citizens are dedicating themselves to documenting street views of private residences across cities and neighbourhoods.
Kamayani Sharma
-
Ukraine’s official Twitter handle is processing the nation’s trauma in real time with memes
Russia’s invasion of the country reveals that memes and cute cat content are not just for fun and entertainment.
Jessica Maddox, The Conversation
-
Small is beautiful: An artist in Tamil Nadu is carving miniature sculptures on pencil tips
From birds to cars and dripping taps to bookshelves, 24-year-old Kailash Babu has created a world of miniatures.
Akhila Ranganna
Trending
-
Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
-
‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
-
Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
-
Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
-
‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
-
An artist looks at Grimms’ fairy tales and finds sexist stereotypes that are common in India
Akshita Chandra’s project ‘Grimm Reality’ uses illustrations and paper craft to draw parallels across centuries and societies.
Rohini Kejriwal
-
An engineer in Canada is urging South Asians to post their family photos and memories on Instagram
With his project Brown History Photo Album, Ahsun Zafar wants to humanise historical narratives.
Damini Kulkarni
-
Ten Indian designers who are reimagining the English alphabet for an Instagram challenge
#36daysoftype calls the global design community to create a letter or number a day for 36 days by interpreting letterforms in interesting styles.
Rohini Kejriwal
Video
-
Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
-
Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
-
Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
-
Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
-
Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
-
On a new Instagram account, Indians and Pakistanis are sharing their memories of living in the Gulf
With photographs old and new, Gulf South Asia has set out to highlight the connections between South Asia and the Persian Gulf.
Priyanka Sacheti
-
In highlighting India’s cultural diversity, an artist hopes to find her own identity
Agrima Kaji’s illustration series ‘Beauty in Diversity’ spotlights cultural identifiers of Indian states through portraits of women in traditional attire.
Damini Kulkarni
-
An Indian artist is drawing attention to women’s fraught relationship with their breasts
With her project Identitty, Indu Harikumar is turning photos of women’s breasts into illustrations and posting them on Instagram with accompanying stories.
Preetha Banerjee
The Reel
-
‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
-
‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
-
‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
-
Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
-
‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
-
Indian women are using mobile internet more than ever before, finds a study
Over 40% of Indian women were aware of mobile internet in 2019, as compared to just 19% a year ago, according to a report.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
-
A new Indian zine gives sex education lessons to ignorant millennial men
‘Bedx Talks’ by artists Priyanka Paul and Rushil Bhatnagar is irreverent and inclusive.
Sushmita Sundaram
-
In curious twist to Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie’s battle with T-Series, Indian NGO gets funds bonus
PewDiePie and the Indian media firm are racing to notch up the highest number of YouTube subscribers. CRY is the unexpected beneficiary.
Devarsi Ghosh
The Field
-
Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
-
Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
-
Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
-
IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
-
Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement