A witty, meta-theatrical spin on King Lear, Nothing Like Lear blends humour and melancholy through a solo performance “I laugh, therefore I’m a fool.” When Vinay Pathak delivers this line as the goofy clown in Nothing Like Lear, it’s almost as if the play is tipping its hat to the Fool in King Lear, building…
From the Iliad to the Mahabharata , women have often been wrongly portrayed as catalysts of war. Atul Kumar’s Ambaa challenges this flawed notion and turns it on its head. Inspired by Aristophanes’ 5th-century BCE comedy Lysistrata , this satirical drama is reimagined for contemporary audiences. While Lysistrata shows women coming together to end the…
NEW DELHI: A man was allegedly stabbed by two persons known to him in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri area, police said on Friday. The incident took place around 10 pm on April 30. According to police, the victim was outside his residence with the person who later informed the police when the two accused came and…
You can see people moving from one gallery to another in groups, and then the groups become bigger by the end of the hopping trail as people build connections While art spills across the capital’s flyovers and hidden alleyways, there’s a distinct magic in stepping off the pavement and into a gallery. These aren’t the…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: A last-minute Rs 10,000 differential airfare demand hit roughly 1.25 lakh Indian Haj pilgrims after airlines sought a fare revision because aviation turbine fuel (ATF), commonly known as jet fuel, rose during the Middle East crisis, weeks before scheduled departures from several Indian embarkation points. The April…
NEW DELHI: Mohammad Salim Dola, an absconding international drug trafficker recently brought back to India from Türkiye, was reportedly living there on a Bulgarian passport under the assumed identity “Hamza,” officials said on Friday.On Thursday, a Mumbai court remanded the 59-year-old Salim Dola to Narcotics Control Bureau custody till May 8.According to news agency PTI,…
NEW DELHI: The first phase of Census 2027 will roll out in Delhi from Friday, which will allow residents across all 250 wards to self-enumerate. The window will remain open from May 1 to May 15 after which govt will launch a door-to-door house-listing exercise.“We encourage people to log in to the census portal and…
It’s 1.15pm on Wednesday at the Mundka toll plaza in Delhi on the newly opened greenfield Urban Extension Road-II. To the surprise of many drivers, the boom barriers across 16 toll lanes are raised. Vehicles slow down, expecting the barriers to fall for FASTag-based toll deduction. Instead, toll attendants wave them through without stopping. Within…
The onus of disproving suspicions about the legitimacy of late businessman Sunjay Kapur’s purported will lies on his wife Priya Kapur, Delhi high court said Thursday. NEW DELHI: The onus of disproving suspicions about the legitimacy of late businessman Sunjay Kapur’s purported will lies on his wife Priya Kapur, Delhi high court said Thursday, directing…
NEW DELHI: Come July, almost all transfers at Delhi airport — between Termin-als 1 and 3; and Terminals 1 and 2 — will happen via the airside, in a huge relief to connecting passengers. Only the adjacent T2 and T3 will continue seeing passengers shuttling between them fr-om the cityside with a relatively short walk.Airside…
