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Two rare copper plates unlock Elephanta's maritime past
Sharmila Ganesan Ram Deep within one of two massive storage jars excavated at Elephanta this year, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) stumbled upon twin treasures on April 17. Two copper plates tracing to two dynasties of western India -- the Chalukyas of Navasarika and the Traikutakas -- were found near a structure interpreted as a warehouse, adding weight to the island's maritime past.
Government economists claimed India added 80 million new jobs — but they were in agriculture
Sharmila Ganesan Ram With 121 million young Indians neither studying nor working, 80 million people having moved back into agriculture between 2020 and 2024 and youth unemployment having tripled since 2012, a new book arrives as a reckoning.
The heat shift: How Mumbai works through rapidly rising temperatures
Sharmila Ganesan Ram and Joeanna Rebello Fernandes Mumbai's average temperatures have increased over the past three decades, while the frequency and intensity of heatwaves have also risen. Coastal humidity adds to our discomfort and the current surge in concrete development is pushing up local temperatures.
The heat shift: How Mumbai works through rapidly rising temperatures
News City News mumbai News The heat shift: How Mumbai works through rapidly rising temperatures Trending Mumbai's average temperatures have increased over the past three decades, while the frequency and intensity of heatwaves have also risen. Coastal humidity adds to our discomfort and the current surge in concrete development is pushing up local temperatures.
Mulund to Mahim: Tracing Mumbai streets named after women
Sharmila Ganesan Ram Few know Nepean Sea Road as Lady Laxmibai Jagmohandas Marg or that Thane's Smt Gladys Alvares Marg was renamed. Of Mumbai's 2,000 km of roads, under 150 km honour women, per BMC data. Exclude goddesses and famous figures, and fewer than 300 remain. This Women's Day, Sharmila Ganesan Ram traces real trailblazers.
A painter with a camera: How Jyoti Bhatt rewrote the rules of photography
Sharmila Ganesan Ram Long before Photoshop, there was Jyoti Bhatt. The year was 1971. India's premier art institution, the Lalit Kala Akademi, did not yet recognise photography as a fine art category. Artists who worked with the camera were routinely sidelined from its annual exhibitions, their prints placed outside the ranks of painting, sculpture and graphic art.
Moscow to Mumbai: Russian artist's show mirrors art and audience
News City News mumbai News Moscow to Mumbai: Russian artist's show mirrors art and audience Trending Besides 45 canvases spanning Marilyn Monroe in an Elizabethan-era costume to goddess Lakshmi flanked by two bejewelled elephants, what made visitors — including theatre veteran Dolly Thakore — pause at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) last Monday evening was their own floating reflection.
Women inmate count rising fast; prisons aren't ready for them
Sharmila Ganesan Ram and Nitasha Natu Rose a 32-year-old sex worker who was arrested in a police raid was a bundle of nerves when advocate Sunita Salsingikar first met her in a prison in Maharashtra. “She was a simple, quiet woman... she had no idea why she had been arrested,” recalled Salsingikar. That was three years back. Cut to two months ago, Salsingikar was in for a surprise when she visited the jail. Rose had hardened into a tough-as-nails undertrial.
HIV after transfusions: Jharkhand shock puts blood safety on trial
News India News HIV after transfusions: Jharkhand shock puts blood safety on trial Trending Six kids with thalassaemia in the state recently contracted HIV during blood transfusion, exposing systemic lapses in screening.
Housefull again: Marathi theatre makes a digital-age comeback
News City News mumbai News Housefull again: Marathi theatre makes a digital-age comeback Trending At 4.30 pm on a drizzly Tuesday in July this year, Thane's Dr Kashinath Ghanekar auditorium should not have been packed. Weekday shows rarely draw crowds, yet there wasn't a single empty seat in the 1,300-seater that afternoon.
Exploring the Legacy of Damodar Kamat: Hindi Cinema's Silent Photographer
News City News mumbai News 'Pyaasa' to 'Pakeezah': Show trains lens on Hindi cinema's still and silent photographer Trending Damodar Kamat, a signboard painter turned photographer, documented six decades of Hindi cinema through his studio, Kamat Foto Flash. His granddaughter, Neha, is now digitizing his vast archive of four lakh stills, preserving the legacy of not just celebrities but also the uncredited crew. MUMBAI: "Should I switch on the lights?" asks Neha Kamat.
Mohalla to Madison Square, meet the new wave of Muslim comics
News India News Mohalla to Madison Square, meet the new wave of Muslim comics Trending Mohalla to Madison Square, meet the new wave of Muslim comics They say Muslims are the most unemployed. Others claim Muslims are the most backward. Still others insist Muslims are the most uneducated. But judging by the sheer number of mushrooming eateries in Muslim areas, it seems that Muslims are simply the most hungry."That is a joke by Rehman Khan, born and raised in "Mumbai's most too much place" Kurla.
Mogambo’s tailor, netas’ favourite: Meet the dressmaker of icons Original
News India News Mogambo’s tailor, netas’ favourite: Meet the dressmaker of icons Trending Madhav Agasti has stitched clothes for Amrish Puri, Bal Thackeray, Pranab Mukherjee, Narasimha Rao, L K Advani…. He’s been a friend of Sanjeev Kumar, Dev Anand, Mehmood. Farooq Abdullah discovered his tailoring skills in 1984 and never left him.
Irani Basti — a chain thieves’ den where cops are heckled, attacked | Mumbai News - The Times of India
News City News mumbai News Irani Basti — a chain thieves’ den where cops are heckled, attacked Trending Kalyan: Irani Basti, a notorious chain thieves' den located near Ambivli railway station on the outskirts of Mumbai, is back in the news after one of its residents, Jaffer Gulam Hussein Irani, was shot dead in a police encounter in Chennai on Wednesday morning.
Swim. Bike. Run. Brave Sexism. Meet the women acing Ironman
The grueling triathlon is seeing more Indian women putting their endurance to the test, despite scepticism and safety issues UFO. Unidentified Female Object. That’s what Anuradha Vaidyanathan felt like the first time she decided to run on the tracks of Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava stadium 16 years ago as she began training for the Ironman triathlon. But her quest to swim, bike and run in her home city became its own endurance sport. “Give up swimming.
Swim. Bike. Run. Brave Sexism. Meet the women acing Ironman
The grueling triathlon is seeing more Indian women putting their endurance to the test, despite scepticism and safety issues UFO. Unidentified Female Object. That’s what Anuradha Vaidyanathan felt like the first time she decided to run on the tracks of Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava stadium 16 years ago as she began training for the Ironman triathlon. But her quest to swim, bike and run in her home city became its own endurance sport. “Give up swimming.
Young researchers help tackle environmental issues afflicting slums
News City News mumbai News Young researchers help tackle environmental issues afflicting slums Trending A group of students from Annabhau Sathe Nagar investigated the effects of broken sewers and won a $500 scholarship from STEM4Girls for their findings. They were part of Khushiyon Ki Pathshala, an education initiative by the Enrich Lives Foundation, and guided by Global Young Researchers Academy. Keeda.
Junk the ghoonghat, walk the talk Original
Married at 16, Ashalata Pandey of Ambajogai — a temple town known as the ‘maternal home of education’ in Maharashtra’s Beed — had to hide her face after her husband left for a religious trip one fine day, from which he never returned.
New Gen Z, desi terms vibe with Scrabble fam | India News - Times of India
Scrabble's official dictionary gains 1,816 new words, reflecting modern slang and cultural shifts. The update includes Hindi, Greek, Japanese, and Korean terms. These changes will be first embraced at the MuSigma KSSA Indian Open in Bangalore in January 2025. Players find learning new words easier than unlearning removed ones. Thirty-two-year-old Santacruz resident Hriday Samtani can't wait to get Botox. On his Scrabble rack, that is.
With highest jump in demand, Indian artists draw global spotlight in 2024 Original
Indian artists witnessed a surge in global demand in 2024, with modern masters like M.F. Husain and S.H. Raza leading the way. A 32% increase in inquiries propelled India to the top of the list, alongside rising contemporary artists like Raghav Babbar and Tanya Goel, whose international presence continues to grow. Indian artists experienced the strongest surge in demand in 2024, according to a recent report on the global art market.
'I want to eat all day, every day,' says Irish comic on maiden trip to India
News City News mumbai News 'I want to eat all day, every day,' says Irish comic on maiden trip to India Trending Irish comedian Catherine Bohart is bringing her Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show, "Again, With Feelings," to Mumbai. The show explores themes of family dynamics, queer identity, and the awkward corners of modern adulthood. Bohart, known for her vulnerable yet witty style, is excited to perform for Indian audiences and experience the local cuisine.
Talk revisits the man who made Indian cinema break its silence
News Talk revisits the man who made Indian cinema break its silence In 1929, Prithviraj Kapoor works to gain approval from Parsi filmmaker Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Studios, which produced India's first talkie, 'Alam Ara,' in 1931. Film historian Narendra Panjwani explores Irani's contributions to Hindi cinema, emphasizing his influence in the transition from silent films to sound movies.
Isolated postpartum central diabetes insipidus in a primi mother with postpartum preeclampsia
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Isolated postpartum central diabetes insipidus in a primi mother with postpartum preeclampsia Gerry George Mathew [1] ; Sharmila Ganesan [2] [1] Associate Professor, Department of Nephrology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India [2] Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chettinad Health City, SH 49 A, Kelambakkam...
Engine to trumpet, this independent has pitched for Mumbai's Ghatkopar with various symbols for 20 years
News City News mumbai News Engine to trumpet, this independent has pitched for Mumbai's Ghatkopar with various symbols for 20 years Trending Shahaji Thorat, a perennial independent candidate from Ghatkopar, Mumbai, is once again contesting the assembly elections. Driven by a desire to improve his impoverished constituency and armed with his signature trumpet, Thorat promises better infrastructure, access to government schemes, and free education.
Guns, drugs and galleries: Exploring Colaba's evolution from dodgy streets to cultural hub
Two artists, Miriam Baadjo, an Australian aboriginal artist, and Gangubai, a Bhil artist from Maharashtra, are collaborating to paint a mural in Mumbai. This project is part of an initiative to revitalize urban spaces through art. For 14 days starting December 1, Miriam Baadjo – an Australian aboriginal artist – will do something in Mumbai that she has never done in her life: Use a lift.
From Japan to Juhu: Kyoto-based sarangi player recounts strings attached to Mumbai | India News - Times of India
News India News From Japan to Juhu: Kyoto-based sarangi player recounts strings attached to Mumbai Trending In a crowded Churchgate-bound local, Yuji Nakagawa looks less like a classical musician headed to the NCPA and more like a sportsperson rushing to Oval Maidan. Masquerading as a bat in the tennis racquet kit on this Kyoto-based Japanese national's right shoulder, is a string instrument that used to signal crisis to a generation of Hindi movie buffs.
Paw-sitive legacy: Bombay House-Tata Group's century doors remain open to strays Original
While Ratan Tata's love for animals is well documented, it is also no secret that the only denizens allowed to walk into Bombay House - the Tata Group's century-old headquarters in Mumbai - without an access card are stray dogs. When the century-old heritage building was renovated and reopened in July 2018, the 86-year-old chairman of Tata Trusts is believed to have allocated a room for the welfare of streets dogs in the vicinity.
Pillar to Post: GPO's Rs 52-crore restoration is in third phase | India News - Times of India
The metal pillar behind him used to be the same colour as the salt in postman Manohar Gadegaonkar's hair. "It was made of cement," recalls the veteran postman about the bony iron column at his workplace of 35 years. One of at least 12 formerly-round plaster pillars that prop up the two-storeyed General Post Office's (GPO) postal delivery room, the pillar was recently shorn of generations of concrete flab piled on by various ad hoc repairs.
Locals recount Oval Maidan's 25-year journey from 'scrubland' to heritage site
Over the past 25 years, the Oval Maidan in South Mumbai has been revitalized from a neglected space to a well-maintained public ground. Spearheaded by local residents and organizations, the restoration included landscaping and infrastructure improvements. Today, it serves as an essential recreational area for thousands of people daily. Forty years ago, Ramdas Gawde found his feet at the Sachivalaya Gymkhana ground, a 22-yard rectangular cricket pitch inside the 22-acre Oval Maidan.
Biz, Students, Commuters Suffer As Sion Rob’s Closure Snaps Crucial Connectivity
Mumbai: It's 2pm. Technically, Suresh Shetty's New Madras Lunch Home — a linear Udipi restaurant-cum-bar serving up chicken ghee roasts and fish thalis near Sion station — should be brimming at this lucrative hour. But, like the two draught beer glasses on a table here at the moment, the eatery is only half full. "Business is down by 50 per cent," frowns a tall server while Shetty confesses from behind the cash counter that their neer dosas now get delivered cold and soggy.
AI is our enemy, say voiceover artists battling voice cloning
Voiceover artist Sanket Mhatre, dubbing for Hollywood superheroes and Tollywood star Allu Arjun, faces AI threats similar to Scarlett Johansson. AVA offers protective guidelines. SAG's strike led to mandatory AI usage consents. Amitabh Bachchan secured voice rights. Amarinder Singh Sodhi explains AI voice cloning risks, while Aditya Mathur emphasizes human voice superiority and stronger legal protections.
Berlin to Bombay: How a German geologist shaped the city's modern art landscape
An Indian driver's son--who had run away from home as a boy--was washing cars for a living in Bombay when a German woodworker's son--who had also fled his home--came up to him and asked: "Is there anything you would like to do?" "Yes," came the reply.
Author Monica Lakhmana Discusses Importance of Reviving Hidden Narratives of Indian Women | India News - Times of India Original
NCERT is considering a proposal to include 'Women In Pre & Post Independent India: 75 Victories, Visionaries, Voices'--a book focusing on 75 unsung women that was recently released across national libraries--as a reference book.
Flowers of 'Van Gogh of Karnataka' in full bloom in Mumbai
Turns out the mauve Jacarandas, orange African tulips, pink Cassia Javanicas and other Bengaluru blossoms that promise to remain fresh and odourless at the NGMA till April 15, were painted by a late bloomer. Known to some as the ‘Vincent Van Gogh of Karnataka’, Rumale Channabasaviah was a khadi-clad freedom fighter, a legislator and an editor before he turned to art full-time at age 52, capturing the transient trees of a Silicon Valley in the making.
‘Inadequate representation’: Just 400 city roads named after women
MUMBAI: The pressure cooker was a whistling alien that inspired dread in rural Maharashtra when a Portuguese-speaking East Indian woman did what Portuguese-speaking East Indian women did not do in the 1960s. She learnt Marathi.
Beyond binaries: Artists explore gender and sexual identity at AOI
"Gender is not merely personal identity but a social construct with far-reaching implications," says Banduri, a multidisciplinary artist who will soon transmit this idea at the upcoming Art of India (AOI) exhibition through a large canvas titled 'Life is a broken-winged bird...Suspend (sic) chameleon cannot fly'.Showing a bunch of form-fluid creatures occupying a confused habitat in which earth, water and sky appear to bleed into each other, Banduri's digitally-drawn plea to view the...
Mumbai Sanskriti festival to harmonize heritage and music at iconic Asiatic Society Steps
From sitar to guitar, an array of instruments will confluence on the iconic steps of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai next weekend. In its 32nd edition this year, the two-day annual Mumbai Sanskriti Festival will open with a performance by ace flautist Rakesh Chaurasia, nephew of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, on January 13 and feature shows by acclaimed Hindustani classical vocalists Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande and Sanjeev Abhyankar on January 14 .
1st woman IPL auctioneer hammers home art of selling sports stars | Mumbai News - Times of India
For the first time in her two-decade career, Mallika Sagar wore sneakers to work on December 19 last year. Apart from helping her fill the large shoes of British auctioneer Hugh Edmeades, the pair of kicks kept her going during her seven-hour, headline-grabbing debut selling 72 male cricketers for over Rs 200 crore in a large arena in Dubai as the IPL's first woman auctioneer.
Uncommon thread: Textile show in city trains the spotlight on 125 diverse handmade Indian weaves
For three and a half hours on Saturday, Supriya Sonawane-a Kandivli-mother-turned-recent-fashion-design-student whose most prized saree is a Jamdani gifted by her husband 20 years ago-lost track of time.
With house-hunters in upgrade mode, supply of 1 BHK shrinks in Mumbai metropolitan region | India News - Times of India
MUMBAI: "South Bombay? 1BHK? Aa jao, boss. Dikha doonga," promises the young man, inviting you into a claustrophobic chawl room-sorry "master bedroom"-with a train-seat-like bed.
To hear Mohammed Rafi songs offline, press these 100 buttons
"He deserved a Bharat Ratna," says Shankar about the late Padma Shri awardee who sang over 4000 Hindi songs in his lifetime. Hailing from Kotla Sultan Singh, a village in Amritsar district, Rafi moved to Lahore with his family. Barely out of his teens, he made his playback singing debut along with Zeenat Begum in the duet 'Soniye Nee, Heeriye Nee'.
Ahead of World Population Day, TOI revisits footprints of a forgotten family planning pioneer | India News - Times of India
No cabin in this women-led Nariman Point office has a name plate. Even the glass door leading to Dr Kalpana Apte, director general of Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), is bare.
Heads Up: How brain mapping tests mind of crime suspects | India News - Times of India Original
In the shadowy realm of crime, the human brain isn’t merely a cunning accomplice. It can also be the ultimate snitch. Over the last two decades, ‘Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature (BEOS) profiling’ —also referred to as ‘brain-mapping’ or ‘brain fingerprinting’— has emerged as a forensic tool meant to unlock criminal secrets within the grey matter and crack open a case when traditional investigative methods hit a wall.
Designs, Digits & Dates: This memory athlete breaks records | India News - Times of India
It wasn’t the sun that made Uttarakhand’s Prateek Yadav cover his head in Mumbai last month. On entering an Andheri banquet hall on May 1, the Rishikesh-based engineering graduate put on his cap and stuffed an A4 sheet into it in a way that made the hovering cameramen disappear from his peripheral vision.
One of India’s first MS patients’ wife puts disease under scanner | India News - Times of India
Why can't you be more careful?" she screamed when the husband-who had broken many plates-dropped their three-month-old baby boy on the floor. "Are you jealous of him?" That angry day was among many that built up to Sheela Chitnis co-creating the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) whose first four patients included her husband, Mukund Chitnis.
The British Pavilion of the ongoing 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale for World Diversity Day
Inside the British Pavilion of the ongoing 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, stands a silver wall that used to be an aluminium pavilion. Made by melting down a giant low-carbon artwork under which couples once took selfies, 'Bardo'--a three-metre-tall diagonal wall--is Kerala-born British architect Madhav Kidao's metallic rendition of the afterlife.
Rare maps train lens on spies, pundits of 19th-century India
The brothels are missing. Gardens, a fountain, a letterbox, a mosque and a temple are all that seem to populate 'Cammattee Poora' in this 1870s outline of the red light district. Strange, considering that, by the 1860s, a large number of Italian and German brothel workers had found cheap accommodation in this erstwhile settlement of artisans, construction workers and sweepers.
Artworks from Air India's 'Maharaja collection' to make public debut
Two elephant heads that look like upturned swans hold up a 1967 ashtray whose maker carried moustaches in his cigarette case. As payment for designing this porcelain souvenir for Air India's first-class passengers, Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali wanted an elephant in place of money.
Sexy to real: Why these female designers are game-changers | India News - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The most ‘hardcore’ gamer that Bhamini Lakshminarayan knows is Jayalakshmi Sarangapani, her 86-year-old grandmother. Mother to five and grandmother to seven, Jayalakshmi plays ‘Solitaire ’ for nearly four hours every day on her iPad, clocking in more gaming time daily than her granddaughter, Bhamini, co-founder and head of design at a game development firm.
What Do Women Leaders Have in Common?
On the surface, one would be hard-pressed to find many similarities between German chancellor Angela Merkel, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—except for the fact that they are all female leaders of nations.
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