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Cultural values, a people’s ethos and their prejudices, are often not explicitly stated but rather carefully handed down each generation through ambiguous yet striking proverbs and idioms. These idioms and proverbs then best illustrate the story a language tells.

This weekend, let us talk about proverbs.
The genius of a people can be told from the proverbs, idioms and maxims they use in common parlance.

Happy Diwali!

More than 70 years ago on Diwali, a painter saw his daughter in a beautiful saree with a candle, her hand guarding its flame to prevent the wind from blowing it out.

One of our favourite finds is the Indian-style, Christian-themed paintings of Angelo da Fonseca (1902–1967). His mingling of cultures and aesthetics did not sit well with the Portuguese Colonial Government, and he was condemned and expelled from Goa.
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Byomkesh Bakshi - the gripping cases solved by our homegrown Sherlock Holmes

Buniyaad - evoking the ravages of partition through the story of a common man and his family

Many insist that Mir Anees pioneered the Urdu marsiya in its current form. His name is synonymous with this genre and we bring to you excerpts from one of the most famous ones.