カテゴリー: Culture
Rare response from Richard Moore comes after state news agency posted video mocking western intelligenceThe head of MI6 has thanked China’s state news agency for “free publicity” after it posted a James Bond spoof video in response to a statement he ma…
India’s stunning 1983 World Cup triumph is retold in endearing style by a sports film with a sharp anticolonialist drivePreviously a fashioner of star vehicles for Salman Khan, director Kabir Khan anchors this nimble and big-hearted biopic of the India…
Since its invention in the 1840s, photography has played an integral part in Indian art history. Although it is often said that India is the most photographed country in the world, the history of its representation is more complicated, and more politic…
From a Jacobean traveller’s travails in Sindh to the tangled roots of Nigeria, our pick of new nonfiction books that shine a light on Asia, Africa and South America• Share your top recommendations for books on the developing world in the comments below…
‘He had been used for logging on the Andaman Islands. When I found him, he was 60, living in retirement – and loving his swims’I lived at sea for 10 years. I co-owned and ran a global kiteboarding expedition business. We’d sail around the world on a 60…
The statue, once on sale at Sotheby’s, was recovered amid claims it was part of a precious trove of stolen artefactsFor more than 20 years, those who lived in and around the village of Lokhari in Uttar Pradesh, India, have prayed for the return of an i…
More than 250 newspapers, radio and TV stations have closed in first 100 days of militants’ ruleThe romantic serials have gone after the Taliban warned against racy content, the popular women’s call-in shows were axed after the militants said they didn…
Over-reliance on a spooky score and clunky pacing mean that Vishal Furia’s remake of his own film simply reiterates the original’s dubious and simplistic talking pointsVishal Furia’s long-awaited Hindi remake of his Marathi-language horror Lapachhapi f…
As a boy, the Tamil director saw movies made in the market where he worked. Now he’s India’s choice for awards gloryAs a child labourer working in the flower markets of Madurai, there was nothing more exciting for PS Vinothraj than when the film crews …
Peng Shuai is latest in long line of artists, officials and celebrities to have vanished in recent yearsWhat happened to Peng Shuai?The Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has not been heard from publicly since she accused a former vice-premier of sexual …
Politicians express outrage over routine that discusses country’s contradictions women’s safety, religion, Covid and politicsAn Indian comedian is facing an onslaught of criticism and calls for police to investigate over a comedy monologue that spoke o…
From a mosque that breathes to innovative bamboo houses, Marina Tabassum has won the prestigious Soane medal for her humanitarian buildingsFor the people of coastal Bangladesh, the monsoon can bring untold torment – and, occasionally, unexpected joy. E…
When she started out 50 years ago, Fiona Clark’s work was met with rejection. Now she’s the subject of an admiring documentaryWhether documenting the crackling raw energy of Auckland’s fledgling punk rock scene in the 1970s or the hedonistic glamour of…