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Keeping up with Kafka via The Trial, tribulations and trivia

Updated on Feb 24, 2024 07:50 IST

(Clockwise from top) A still from Orson Welles’s 1962 film The Trial. A portrait of Kafka from around 1905. The house at the Old Town Square in Prague, where he grew up. A statue in Prague, which shows Kafka riding on the shoulders of a headless man, draws from the 1912 story Description of a Struggle. A drawing by Kafka found in one of his notebooks. A Google doodle from his 130th birthday in 2013, pays tribute to The Metamorphosis. A graphic novel adaptation of The Metamorphosis by Søren Jessen, and a painting by Miquel Barceló inspired by the same novel. (Getty Images, Adobe Stock)

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Published on Feb 23, 2024 18:00 IST

VR dating: What happens when the headset comes off?

In an episode from the Netflix series Black Mirror, the video game avatars of two friends fall in love. Their passionate affair in the game leaves the friends questioning their own sexuality, friendship and the line between reality and fantasy.

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 12:04 IST

Fever dream: In this story, ladies first, second and third

Ladyland is a dream world that’s run by women and where men are confined indoors. In Sultana’s Dream, Inés’s journey to then find a real Ladyland is depicted through three animation styles in the film — mehendi art, shadow puppetry and hand-painting. (Sultana Films SL)

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 11:46 IST

What makes bread ryes and shine? Swetha Sivakumar breaks down gluten

Gluten is not found in all grains. The hardy protein composite is only found in cereals such as wheat, barley and rye. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 11:59 IST

They too shall pass: Wildlife crossings now go the extra mile

The Ecoduct De Borkeld in the Netherlands. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 11:49 IST

It’s a flex: Rudraneil Sengupta on modern sports medicine

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat in a 2020 bout. During recovery following her ACL surgery last year, Phogat had to keep her fighting impulse in check, to make sure she doesn’t push too hard and get injured again. (HT Archives)

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 12:41 IST

Celebrating Kafka: A toast, to old Franz and new

At the Kafkaesque exhibition, the life-sized, animatronic Stag In Silico by British artist Mat Collishaw slips, slides, and falls on its platform, in response to the intensity of abuse directed at selected individuals on X.

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 11:19 IST

One-woman tusk force: A Wknd interview with Parbati Barua

Parbati Barua with one of her elephants in Chhattisgarh in 2003. Even today, she prefers to spend time with her long-time elephant companion Lakshmimala.‘I visit her almost every week,’ she says. (Getty Images)

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 12:44 IST

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Published on Feb 23, 2024 10:11 IST

Mother language: How kids grow up with multilingualism

Children can benefit greatly from growing up in a multilingual environment

Updated on Feb 22, 2024 09:29 IST

Delhi Street Art founder Yogesh Saini dies at 64 due to cardiac arrest

Yogesh Saini founded the group, Delhi Street Art in 2013.

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Published on Feb 21, 2024 15:06 IST

Take a walk to soak in Delhi’s art, history with Delhi Tourism Walk Festival

The festival includes historical, spiritual, cultural and haunted walks at 50 spots in the Capital, some of which are less-explored.

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Updated on Feb 21, 2024 07:15 IST

Madhya Pradesh: 50th Khajuraho Dance Festival kickstarts in Chhatarpur

Dancers perform during a 'Kathak Kumbh' at the inauguration ceremony of the 50th Khajuraho Dance Festival, at Khajuraho, in Chhatarpur on Tuesday. Madhya Pradesh: 50th Khajuraho Dance Festival kickstarts in Chhatarpur

Published on Feb 21, 2024 04:29 IST

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Published on Feb 20, 2024 21:28 IST

10 best trends in office design to watch out for in 2024

Modern office designs in India emphasize sustainability, employee well-being, and collaborative spaces.

Published on Feb 20, 2024 15:20 IST

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Published on Feb 19, 2024 21:45 IST

Gabonese artist creates sculptures from salvaged paper using origami technique

Gabon sculptor transforms salvaged paper into fine art. (Representative image)

Published on Feb 19, 2024 10:17 IST

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Published on Feb 18, 2024 18:00 IST

Surajkund Mela 2024: Explore global fusion of art, cultures, crafts, cuisines

Artists perform during a parade at the 37th Surajkund International Crafts Mela, in Faridabad. Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2024: Explore global fusion of art, cultures, handicrafts, culinary delights

Published on Feb 18, 2024 06:59 IST

Top WKND Reads: Isolate languages, techno-colour dreams, and why we write…

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Published on Feb 18, 2024 01:30 IST

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Published on Feb 17, 2024 21:00 IST

What is it that drives us to create: Charles Assisi asks, in Life Hacks

Graffiti at the open-air East Side Gallery in Berlin. It takes courage, and a commitment to deeper truths, to step away from our consumption economy and say: there is more. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 10:51 IST

Nipped in the bud: Swetha Sivakumar on flowers as food

Cauliflower, broccoli and artichoke are all immature flower buds. Through centuries of selective breeding, they have had their loose clusters turned into dense, compact heads that can be eaten before they have bloomed. (Adobe stock)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 10:08 IST

Capital Letters: How isolate languages are dodging the full stop

Old Norse runes. Though so much has been lost, we have got better, in recent years, at reviving languages and keeping them alive. (Adobe Stock)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 09:56 IST

‘A collaborative approach is needed to protect the Indian single malt category’

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Nikam looks back at the company’s long legacy, on the attributes that made Amrut’s malts stand out, and its new craft rums.

Published on Feb 17, 2024 09:48 IST

Planting a rainbow: Meet Kerala’s globally recognised water lily hybridiser

Nymphaea Sree, a tropical day-blooming plant that Viji Abi created via cross-breeding, sprouts 52-petalled flowers in a deep pink, with an orange base.

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 09:46 IST

Muggle breaks a spell:The remarkable tale of Harry Potter stuntsman David Holmes

During a practice session for an aerial stunt. (Photos courtesy David Holmes)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 09:21 IST

Hope on the water: A Wknd interview with Olympian sailor Vishnu Saravanan

‘I stood there absolutely mesmerised. The sheer expanse of it was something else,’ says Saravanan, describing the first time he saw the sea, as a nine-year-old. Before then, his sailing had been limited to lakes. (Courtesy Andrea Azzopardi / Rolex Middle Sea Race)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 09:08 IST

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Published on Feb 16, 2024 18:00 IST

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