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Desk bound: Why gig workers are returning to the 9-to-5 grind

A decade ago, we made fun of office workers. Now, we want a 9-to-5 that pays the bills. (ADOBE STOCK)

Updated on Feb 28, 2025 04:07 PM IST

Secrets and alloys:In Amsterdam hidden tales tumble out of ancient Asian bronzes

The 15th-century Tibetan statuette of a three-headed deity. (Erik and Petra Hesmerg via Rijksmuseum)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jan 12, 2025 12:58 PM IST

Surrealism’s persistent memory: Can we look past the moustache?

Immortal; 2023, by Japanese artist Naoto Hattori. The 50-year-old seeks to express the chaotic and surreal in nature. (Image via Instagram)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jan 11, 2025 04:18 PM IST

Scent of change: How Indian perfumers are crafting desi fragrances

Indian consumers now have access to local perfume brands such as Boond.

Updated on Jan 03, 2025 03:34 PM IST

The 2024 quiz: Were you paying attention this year?

How well do you remember the past year? Find out by answering the 24 questions ahead.

Updated on Dec 27, 2024 02:27 PM IST

A skyfall playlist: The newest vaporwave music is climate-themed

A still from the Dreamweather track Hazardous Weather Alert. Weather channels once provided a sense of comfort and familiarity in an unfamiliar place, but that is changing, the artiste has said.

Art and Culture

Updated on Dec 23, 2024 02:15 PM IST

Wild things: Wknd interviews award-winning conservation storytellers

It can take very little to make a difference, Winter and Guynup say. (Photo courtesy Big Cat Voices)

Art and Culture

Updated on Dec 21, 2024 07:01 PM IST

Cruise control: Why more Indians are setting sail

Peak cruising months along India waterways are from September to April.

Updated on Dec 06, 2024 04:16 PM IST

It’s over: Snuffing out the flames of online dating

Live comedy shows, supermarket carts, heritage walks are back favour with singles. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 06:32 PM IST

Sagas in a tiny frame: Art critic Uma Nair on political cartoonist Abu Abraham

(HT Archives)

Art and Culture

Updated on Nov 01, 2024 08:24 PM IST

Ink, irony, insight: A tribute to political cartoonist Abu Abraham (1924-2002)

Abraham worked with The Guardian and The Observer in the UK, then returned to India, sketching during and after the Emergency. (Image courtesy Ayisha Abraham)

Art and Culture

Updated on Nov 01, 2024 08:22 PM IST

Sauce and sorcery: Can AI take high-end dining to the next level?

At Le Petit Chef, projectors beam 3D-animated characters on the tabletop to guide visitors through the meal.

Updated on Nov 01, 2024 03:48 PM IST

Calling the shots: What’s driving the tequila / agave boom in India

Spirits such as tequila, mezcal, pulque and raicilla are made from the stem and bulb of different variants of the agave plant. (Adobe Stock)

Art and Culture

Updated on Oct 19, 2024 01:32 PM IST

Ladies in read: Inside a dramatic new collection of sacred poetry by women

Peero with the Sikh mystic Gulab Das. (Wikimedia Commons)

Art and Culture

Updated on Oct 19, 2024 01:35 PM IST

Well, well, well: Meet the artist documenting stepwells around India

The 9th-century Chand Baori in Rajasthan. (Adobe Stock)

Art and Culture

Updated on Oct 05, 2024 01:41 PM IST

Greeking out: Why myths must be twisted, retold and reimagined

Netflix’s new show, Kaos, plays around with Greek myths to create a dark comedy.

Updated on Sep 27, 2024 04:09 PM IST

Playing it by hear: How does one preserve an accent?

(Image:Shutterstock; HT imaging: Monica Gupta)

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 01:23 PM IST

Pop goes the easel: The many Fridas in film, TV, comics, ads

A still from the ad titled Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo Deal With Corporate Clients (2024).

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:37 PM IST

Viva la Frida: A look at the making of a unique legend

Kahlo in a photograph taken by her father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1932.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 20, 2024 02:35 PM IST

Listicle: 10 tasting menus to sample the best of the best

House of Ming offers four-course and five-course tasting menus that cover their greatest hits.

Updated on Aug 23, 2024 04:12 PM IST

Now streaming: A Wknd interview with Turkish-British author Elif Shafak

(Photo by Ferhat Elik)

Art and Culture

Updated on Aug 16, 2024 12:55 PM IST

Soil searching: A Wknd interview with award-winning scientist Rattan Lal

(Image courtesy Kevin Fitzsimons )

Art and Culture

Updated on Aug 10, 2024 03:44 PM IST

Listicle: 10 dishes that have sparked local and global food wars

Both France and Switzerland claim to have invented meringue. (ADOBE STOCK)

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 04:50 PM IST

Colouring outside the lines: Monasteries in Nepal are driving change

The restoration effort has helped women such as Dhoka earn and build businesses of their own. (Photos: Luigi Fieni)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jul 26, 2024 03:35 PM IST

Smile to take the next leap:Games are adapting further for the differently abled

A still from The Last of Us Part II; the audio now also describes what background players are doing.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jul 19, 2024 08:24 PM IST

‘When it comes to roads in India, we should build what we need, no more’

A road in Rajabhat Khawa, West Bengal, near the Buxa Tiger Reserve. Particularly in sensitive areas, roads can disrupt feeding and migration routes, isolate pockets of animal populations, and affect breeding patterns and gene pools. (Shutterstock)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jul 12, 2024 08:51 PM IST

Hey binge-watcher! This quiz tests how much you remember of your fav shows!

This show is set in Hawkins of the 1980s. Who’s the superhero?

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 07:13 PM IST

Gaming the system: A Wknd interview with author Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Lavanya Lakshminarayan has been building imagined worlds for over a decade. In her first job, in 2011, she worked with California-based videogame developer Zynga, designing side quests in their games, fleshing out characters, and helping design plotlines and gameplay.

Art and Culture

Updated on Jun 07, 2024 10:13 PM IST

Listicle: 10 drone photographers who are out of this world

Simeon Pratt’s photos seem intimate despite the scale. (INSTAGRAM/@SIMEONPRATT)

Updated on May 31, 2024 04:43 PM IST

Nolen gur, ker-sangri: Climate change is taking a toll on elements of culture

(Image generated via Midjourney)

Art and Culture

Updated on May 17, 2024 03:50 PM IST

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