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People-watching from a balcony is an unparalleled delight. It provides a unique PoV on the world below.

On the BSE, Superior Finlease(down 19.76 per cent), Aadi Industries Ltd.(down 10.97 per cent), Roni Households(down 10.00 per cent), Shiva Granito Export(down 9.97 per cent) and Priya Ltd(down 9.96 per cent) were among the stocks that plunged over 5 per cent during the session.

Shaivism, the question arises, 'Who is Shiv?' In Puranas, we come across different depictions of Shiv — benevolent as well as fearsome. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient yogi who lives like a mendicant on Mount Kailash, and also as a householder who is married to Parvati and has two sons, Ganesh and Kartikey. In his fearsome aspect, he is depicted as the slayer of demons. As the patron god of yog, meditation and arts, Shiv is revered as Adiyogi.

Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first edition of the School of Ultimate Leadership (SOUL) conclave here on February 21. The PMO said he will also address the gathering while Bhutan's Prime Minister Bhutan Dasho Tshering Tobgay will deliver the keynote address as the guest of honour.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Will artificial intelligence (AI) agents take over the marketing functions of an enterprise? Will conducting market research, unearthing consumer insights (and new product ideas), making pricing decisions and developing evocative advertising campaigns be taken over by AI agents? In my career, one of the most successful advertising campaigns I was part of was the ‘dishum dishum’ campaign for Pepsodent toothpaste. I remember the various stages of developing that campaign.

Times Black ICICI Bank Credit Card, which made its landmark launch in December, presented «Feast Like the Royals – An Impossible Experience, Made Possible,» establishing a new benchmark in luxury experiences.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At a lecture at Stanford University, US, during India Dialog 2024, Veer Munshi said, “I identify as a Kashmiri artist in India... As much as my art has explored pain and violence because of my own displacement, it also explores the value and strength of art as a collective sphere." Munshi is holding his first solo show, Healing Wounds, in the US at Aicon Gallery in New York.

porch pirates attempted to swipe her ready-to-make Hello Fresh meal kit order from her front step.Danielle MacPherson was drinking her coffee on Sunday morning when her delivery arrived on the front step.Not even a minute later things started to go sideways when she noticed a stranger coming up her walkway.“I noticed her walk up and try to steal it. She was wearing a ski mask and there was a getaway car following shortly behind,” said MacPherson“Adrenaline took over.”Wearing just her bathrobe, pyjamas and slippers in the bitter cold, MacPherson leaped into action and flung the front door open, clearing her front steps while running after the thief.“As soon as I flew out the open door, she took off running, as if she wouldn’t drop the package! But she finally did.”MacPherson deftly leaped over the discarded package and continued pursuit.“I gave her a little push to say, ‘Get out of here.'”MacPherson said a guy standing next to the silver getaway car said something unbelievable.“He called me an effing psycho.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: New York’s iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art is deepening its ties with India’s booming contemporary art scene to add to its already vast collection of 4,000 pieces of Indian art. Max Hollein, chief executive of the $6 billion institution, recently visited India with an eye on the country’s contemporary art that’s been gaining global attention recently.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the NSIC Grounds, Okhla, you can see a collection of LED lights suspended from the ceiling. The flexible panel tickers present a continuous stream of words gleaned from Dr B.R.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For much of her childhood, Christine Argillet’s family spent summers in Spain with the artist Salvador Dali. He used to affectionately call her “the little infante".

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian art is having a moment. The Hurun India Art List of 2024 recorded staggering sales for the top 50 artists from the country at ₹301 crore—a 19% increase from 2023.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 1930, Nandalal Bose painted a mural of Rabindranath Tagore driving an ox and plough amidst a group of performers.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The 16th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, themed around “to carry", responds to the precarities of our times. Organised by the Sharjah Art Foundation, it is to be held between 6 February and 15 June.

Nirmala Sitharaman made a unique style statement ahead of the Budget 2025 presentation. She was seen wearing a white saree with Madhubani artwork and a golden border. This traditional art form is deeply connected to Bihar, sparking curiosity—was this just a fashion choice, or does it signal something special for the state?

Basant Panchmi marks the onset of spring in India. The festival is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the deity of wisdom, knowledge and learning. It is also associated with the arrival of spring, symbolising renewal, hope and new beginnings. Basant Panchmi is a celebration of transformation. This festival encourages individuals to shed the spiritual winter of ignorance and embrace the warmth of wisdom.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the Barbican, London, a recently concluded exhibition, The Imaginary Institution of India, featured nearly 150 artworks by over 30 artists done between the years 1975 and 1998, a period of drastic sociopolitical change in Indian history. The works “distilled historically significant episodes as well as intimate moments and shared experiences".

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 2022, Delhi-based curator Adwait Singh was invited to curate the Mardin Biennale in Turkey in a location close to the Syrian border. In one of the 19th-century limestone buildings in the town of Mardin, he brought together 40 artists from countries across the famous Silk Route, inviting them to reflect on the themes of dispossession and resistance.

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