Internet Culture
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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
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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
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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
Trending
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Why the small turnout at Modi’s Kolkata rally should not worry the BJP
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen and ingenuity
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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Indian IT companies have found ways to avoid the stress of H-1B visas
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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
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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
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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
Video
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Eco India, Episode 100: Understanding women and their relationship with the environment
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Watch: Migrant runs into strange people and situations in short film ‘Welcome to Mumbai’
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‘International Men’s Day should also be celebrated’: BJP MP Sonal Mansingh in Rajya Sabha
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Watch: Farmers’ protests are celebrating women’s day with massive rallies and women speakers
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Watch: Pope Francis visits Qaraqosh, a Christian-majority city in Iraq
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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
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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
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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
The Reel
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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‘Bombay Begums’ review: Spirited performances in show about the different shades of womanhood
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‘Thunder Force’ trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play unlikely superheroes
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’
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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
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An artist wants to reignite interest in India’s tribal masks through her illustrations
Pune artist Annada N Menon wants to remind people that traditional masks are not just living room decorations.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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On Children’s Day, meet India’s young YouTubers who are gaining fans and earning lakhs of rupees
With charm and smartness, these children are building their brands online.
Saesha Kini
The Field
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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Watch: Rishabh Pant is a left-handed Virender Sehwag, says former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq
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Golf: Anirban Lahiri to play at The Players Championship after Brooks Koepka pulls out due to injury
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India vs England: Test series defeat is going to hurt for a while, says coach Chris Silverwood
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NBA: Giannis wins MVP as Team LeBron dominates 2021 All-Star Game against Team Durant