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Jashn-e-Deccan 2026 honours students, community service in Oman
Muscat: Jashn-e-Deccan 2026, the signature cultural event of the Deccani Wing of Indian Social Club Oman, brought together members of the Indian community to celebrate academic achievement, community service and cultural heritage.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad activists back tribal museum plan at Telugu University
Hyderabad: Social and cultural activists in Telangana have thrown their weight behind a proposal to set up a tribal art museum, Aadhya Kala, inside the Nampally campus of Suravaram Pratapa Reddy Telugu University,…
- Lifestyle
This Hyderabad theatre production is taking the fear out of feminism
The ‘F’ word has always been scary. So much so that its mere mention is enough to make people sweat, stutter, and avoid it like the plague. Centuries-old ideology, and yet feminism…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad to get new centre for culture at Madhapur by December
Hyderabad: A modern cultural centre is coming up at the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) premises in Hyderabad’s Madhapur under the aegis of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Union minister G Kishan Reddy…
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As Irani cafes slowly fade, Hyderabad is becoming a coffee-raving city
Hyderabad: Nothing lasts forever, as they say, and it couldn’t be truer for Hyderabad, which is rapidly going through major cultural shifts. Within that sphere of change are many, many things that…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Salar Jung Museum launches free weekend ‘Spotlight Tours’
Hyderabad: The Salar Jung Museum has partnered with the Re-Reeti Foundation to introduce ‘Spotlight Tours’, a new initiative offering free guided tours every Saturday and Sunday. Visitors can choose between one-hour and…
- Lifestyle
Bloomsbury India launches 2 new titles of ‘Pocket Potters’ series
Bloomsbury India has launched two new titles in its “Pocket Potters” series – illustrated guides that explore key story moments, quotes, and fun facts about various Harry Potter characters. The two books…
- Lifestyle
Why everything online feels like a trend: Ria Chopra on digital churn
When the Nihilistic Penguin began flooding our social media feeds recently, it joined a long parade of hyper-specific, blink-and-you-miss-it internet moments. One week, it is a penguin. Next, it is a sound…
- Hyderabad
The region Mughals saw as separate country: Inside the Deccan’s cultural core
The Deccan has always drawn people with an inexplicable pull – a sense of belonging that runs deeper here than elsewhere. Whatever it is, it drew history enthusiasts to the Qutb Shahi…
- India
India’s first cow culture museum to open in Mathura
Mathura (UP): On the initiative of the Uttar Pradesh Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad, the country’s first national cow culture museum will be established on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Veterinary Science University campus in…
- Lifestyle
Hyderabad’s forgotten cinema: Inside film culture of Nizam’s era
If you walk into a multiplex in Hyderabad today, the dominance of the Telugu film industry feels ancient and natural. But according to the researcher and author, Dr C Yamini Krishna, this…
- Lifestyle
Bagare Baigan to Ghalib: Naseeruddin Shah charms Hyderabad’s Lamakaan
“Naseer bhai Hyderabad ke damaad hain, (He is the son-in-law of Hyderabad),” was how Lamakaan’s co-founder, Elahe Hiptoola, introduced Naseeruddin Shah for the opening session of Lamakaan’s 16th anniversary celebration. The modest…
- Lifestyle
Hyderabad’s Lamakaan turns 16, Naseeruddin Shah to open celebrations
It has been sixteen years now since a small, unassuming space tucked away in Banjara Hills became one of Hyderabad’s most vital cultural commons. Over cups of endless chai and plates of…
- Lifestyle
Walking towards Charminar: Hyderabad jumps on viral ‘penguin’ meme
In 2007, a penguin chose to walk 70 km away towards a mountain in Antarctica and in 2026, the internet is going crazy behind it. Unless the penguin took your phone away…
- Lifestyle
At Hyderabad Lit Fest, there’s more than just panel discussions
As the Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) got underway today, Hitech City’s Knowledge City transformed into a maze of conversations unfolding all at once. Multiple halls came alive with parallel sessions, corridors buzzed…
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