The Times of India • 18th April 2026

Band, bajaa, reverse baraat: The dads turning divorce into a homecoming

If there is one thing these fathers seem to agree on, it is that stigma thrives in silence. So, they decided to borrow from the visual language of a wedding — the procession, band-baaja, and public spectacle — and deploy it at the other end of the marital journey

The Times of India • 13th April 2026

Soaking up Carmen Miranda and Shirley Bassey: How the jazz, Afro-Latin greats groomed Asha Bhosle

How Asha Bhosle met the west and matched it note for note long before 'crossover' became a buzzword

The Times of India • 4th April 2026

Deepfake dadajis make it to the shaadi, thanks to AI

Families across India are relying on AI animated deepfakes to resurrect deceased loved ones for important events

The Times of India • 22nd March 2026

Chairs ‘dressed’ in coats, bouffants on standby: Inside the Broadway backstage

Mumbai has, in the last two years, grown used to a steady parade of Broadway and West End heavyweights. With Wicked now in the city, TOI was allowed a glimpse into what lies behind the world’s grandest musical theatre where, just past the stage doors, the illusion gives way to something unvarnished but equally fascinating

The Times of India • 21st March 2026

​Reels, rotis and the rise of the desi tradwives

The western phenomenon is now getting a desi twist as young women turn their chai-and-chulha routines into aspirational and monetised content

The Times of India • 14th March 2026

A World Cup win, and why we’re still counting seconds on a kiss

The season of PDA, it seems, is upon us and the internet, being the internet, has opinions. Entire Reddit threads have been devoted to the question of whether Hardik ought to have been quite so “intimate” with his girlfriend.

The Times of India • 7th March 2026

Blackouts to flame games, how online dares are taking over school corridors

Peer pressure, FOMO tempts teens to risk life and limb for social clout and cool badges

The Times of India • 7th February 2026

Savita Bhabhi to bot: How AI erotica is rewriting desi desire

Fluent in Hinglish and steeped in hyperlocal charm, chatty virtual girlfriends are thriving in digital grey zones

The Times of India • 2nd February 2026

Popstar In MAGAland Who Refuses To Be A Star

That a colossally popular Puerto Rican musician, Bad Bunny, who refuses to sing in English and is disliked by the rightwing, won Grammy’s top prize tells you as much about him as his country

The Times of India • 4th January 2026

Lights, camera, North-east!

For years, Bollywood’s favourite ‘badlands’ lay along the UP-Bihar belt of dusty highways and men with guns and grudges. Now, that compass is swinging Northeast. And the evidence is on screen

The Times of India • 13th December 2025

Australia wants teens off social media. These Indian kids got there first

Australia may be yanking under-16s off social media with a new ban, but closer home, some Indian teens are managing the feat on their own. For a generation chided for being glued to their screens, a few are breaking character and coming up with their own hacks to keep their scrolling in check

The Times of India • 25th November 2025

The Dharam-Hema love story outlasted gossip, glare and distance

Dharmendra and Hema were married for 45 years, and they never did it the usual way. Despite the early drama — from parental disapproval to headlines picking apart their relationship — they stayed together

The Times of India • 24th November 2025

The man who froze the stage & turned elite athletes into artistes

UK-born Tony Mercer — regarded as the world’s leading ice-theatre creator — is bringing The Nutcracker on Ice to India for the first time giving Mumbai’s balmy winter a rather dramatic makeover

The Times of India • 1st November 2025

Clone banega crorepati? It’s stars v/s AI in courts

For decades, imitation was the sincerest form of flattery. Now it’s the newest form of violation, and celebs are fighting back

The Times of India • 16th October 2025

How MTV's VJs defined pop culture before the arrival of influencers

Decades after they first defined what it was to be young, cool and ridiculous on television, the VJs of MTV India look back at the era, what they achieved and how things have changed considerably since then

The Times of India • 11th October 2025

They bring Hollywood dreams to life. Can tariffs be the kiss of death?

No, says India’s invisible VFX army which has quietly powered blockbusters. For them, the bigger worry is AI

The Times of India • 20th September 2025

Inside Discord where Gen Z hangs out and parents are not invited

In Nepal, it helped topple a govt. In the US, it surfaced in the Charlie Kirk killing. In India, this app is both a refuge for young people and a risk

The Times of India • 16th August 2025

XS tables, XL hype! Why India’s tiniest restaurants have the longest waitlists

From Ballygunge to Bandra, micro eateries are turning scarcity into a culinary art form. And, diners are willing to wait months to get a taste

The Times of India • 9th August 2025

Raanjhanaa to Ramayana, AI is quietly reshaping Indian cinema

From giving old hits new endings to reinventing epic sagas, generative AI is changing filmmaking in ways that are both inspired and unsettling.

The Times of India • 23rd July 2025

Ozzies Everywhere: Leicestershire To Ohio To Paikpara

Heavy metal’s guttural howls & ear-splitting guitar may no longer top charts. But metalheads abound, across countries & cultures, in any offbeat space willing to handle the decibels

The Times of India • 12th July 2025

No pheras but the party’s real: Inside India’s fake shaadi boom

For Gen Z, ticketed mock weddings and sangeets have become the newest way to party

The Times of India • 25th May 2025

Gara Met Gala: How a Parsi heirloom went from auntywear to blue carpet

Once tucked away in family trunks, the intricately embroidered sari is finding a second life on global red carpets, courtesy a new generation of revivalists

The Times of India • 19th May 2025

Why this alien weed is the 'terminator' of India's water worlds

Introduced centuries back as an ornamental import from Brazil, water hyacinth is now the country’s most relentless aquatic weed, thriving on sewage, fertiliser runoff and civic neglect

The Times of India • 17th May 2025

Celebrating 100 years of Art Deco: India's unique architectural legacy

A hundred years ago, Paris hosted the 1925 Exposition that gave Art Deco its name. Its language—sunbursts, zigzags, a blend of lavish curves with sharp symmetry, ancient motifs with modern materials — turned architecture into theatre. Unlike past styles that clung to tradition, Deco was restless. It travelled fast and shapeshifted easily. On its centenary, a look at those who are trying to save these treasures