Culture

As we approach the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, a sobering new report from UN Women reveals that the global fight against poverty is failing women and

Each new morn New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows Strike heaven on the face….” Shakespeare’s lines, which once described Scotland’s sorrows under his tragic hero Macbeth, resonate widely in our

Dear readers, The other day I was driving with my brother, who was playing D.J., when one of his song selections took me by surprise. “I thought you hated Elvis Costello,” I said accusingly

Leading modernist Sayed Haider Raza describes his work from the 1980s onward as stemming from “two parallel enquiries.” The first is focused on achieving a “pure plastic order,” while the second delves

Last week, the UN World Happiness Report crowned Finland as the happiest country for the seventh year running, with Denmark again securing the second spot. While some might view this as a

In the vibrant and diverse cultural landscape of Bengal, one practice stands out as both a tradition and a contemporary necessity: adda. Far from being mere chitchat, adda represents the quintessential Bengali

Barcelona, once celebrated by Miguel de Cervantes as an “archive of courtesy, shelter of the foreigners,” has indeed changed dramatically in the four centuries since he penned those words. This transformation was

As the curtains prepare to fall on this year’s Wimbledon, one moment stands out above the rest: Novak Djokovic’s late-night tirade at Centre Court. Amid the traditional pomp of Wimbledon, Djokovic’s public