TRAPEZE ARTISTS
Holding a cricket ball
The toss of a ball provides you bursts of confirmation that the air between your fingers and all around you exists. Holding it, you are measuring the world. The shortest of short arcs traced by the spinning ball from one hand to the other is a mini trapeze act with your hands and the ball as the artists, and you, the ringmaster.
Delhi excise policy case: Manish Sisodia trial can end in a year, probe agencies to SC
The trial in the Delhi excise policy scandal, involving former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, could be concluded in nine to 12 months, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed the Supreme Court. The agencies informed the Supreme Court that there are nearly 500 witnesses and over 50,000 documents in the case.
Breathing peace into the canvas: Artist Trishla Jain's first solo exhibition, ‘Nowness in Time’, opens in Mumbai this week
Trishla Jain spoke to Indrajit Hazra about her upcoming exhibition, and how as an artist meditator her vision and craft is to capture — and free — the sense of peace in her work.
This man 'topi-pehnau-ed' this wonderful nation: Mahua Moitra on Adani in Lok Sabha
Soon after she concluded her speech, there were angry exchanges between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP members. Moitra was heard using certain objectionable words to which the Chair objected and urged members to avoid cuss words.
Peter Brook, who shattered stereotypes with ‘The Mahabharata’, passes away at 97; Internet mourns death of stage doyen
The director is known for creating the 9-hour-long play ‘Le Mahabharata’.
The Ringling Circus is coming back but without the Lions, Tigers and Dumbos
Ringling Brothers, which has been closed since 2017, will reopen in 2023, but there will be no animal acts this time.
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Looking out of a high-rise window, marvelling at installation-trapeze artists
Surefooted painters traversing across the cliff-face of a six-storey building, balancing on the bamboo scaffold over weeks is an art show.
The Present is a Strange Country
Walking through the lanes you almost go past your old address. The place is unrecognisable. The cheaply constructed 1970s three-storey-plus-barsaati vapourised and replaced by builders' flats complete with wannabe-Formica cladding. You peer around, trying to catch a glimpse of the old con-artist-cum-landlord. But no one is to be seen behind the banks of darkened glass windows.
Chinese film-maker Zhang Yimou set to direct the 'low-key' Olympic ceremony with a 'bold' twist
Zhang said the ceremony would feature "a bold idea" for the lighting of the Olympic torch.
Adani Group says being targeted through false propaganda, manufactured online campaign
Gujarat billionaire Adani and his group has often been accused of "unfairly" benefiting under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In recent weeks it has been said to be the beneficiary of the three controversial farm reform laws.
Who's in charge: Career staffers move to acting Cabinet head
Biden announced the dozens of career civil servants who would be leading federal agencies, pending Senate approval of his permanent nominees. Acting heads of Cabinet agencies raised their right hands Wednesday afternoon for oaths of office. Emails went out briefing federal employees on just which career employee would be serving as their acting boss.
Adani refutes Swamy’s tweet allegations, claims “impeccable” credit record
“The Adani Group strongly objects to a factually incorrect tweet posted by Mr Subramanian Swamy...” said the group with interests in coal, infrastructure, electrical supply and airports in a tweet from its official Twitter handle.
Adani Group rebuts allegations, says no loan to it turned NPA
"The group maintains an impeccable record of not a single NPA in the three decades of its existence," it said responding to a tweet by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy.
A circus goes online as the pandemic scripts a dramatic turn for the creative industry
The virus outbreak implied a mandatory pack up for all creative performances that relied on heavily packed live stage performances to earn their bread and butter.
Delhi gets a new art address in Bikaner House; debut show with 11 artists on works that flit between space and time
Artists on display include Jitish Kallat, Bharti Kher, Atul Dodiya among others.
View: BJP underlines its status as the master of backroom manouevring
Questions, though, will arise and linger: It will be asked if the system has been subverted once again.
Investors probably have no idea they’re the ones financing Rana Kapoor’s diamonds
Kapoor had taken to Twitter to take a dig at the other co-promoter. “Diamonds are forever,” he quipped.
One man, 3 careers: Mswipe founder Manish Patel no less than a trapeze artist
Manish Patel's father is a circus owner in South Africa.
In the charmed circle of the circus
Like every travelling circus, the Asiad Circus also resembles a ship that has docked at a port of call. The Asiad’s latest port of call since June 24 happens to be the otherwise dusty DDA Grounds in Mayur Vihar, eastern Delhi.
Adani stocks tumble up to 7% on Swamy's remarks
Adani Enterprises plunged 5.29 per cent while Adani Power tanked 4.06 per cent.
Selfies can be deadly - and India leads the way
States are launching awareness campaigns and there’s even an app tracking dangerous spots, but India still has the highest number of selfie deaths.
Netaji & betaji: Akhilesh has done what no other dynast has been able to, Rahul can learn from him
It's possible that Rahul and Akhilesh will form an alliance in UP, but Congress will only be the SP's B team.
Air-conditioned tents to online ticket booking, Indian circuses embrace modernity
Even though Indian circuses have ambitious modernisation plans, they are extremely low on working capital
Why you need an insurance against accidents and how to buy one
A personal accident and disability cover is often missing in the portfolio of the average insurance buyer.
Pursue vigour of your childhood dreams and open up to whole new level of commitment and engagement
It's all about mastering the art of tapping into your hidden reservoir by pursuing the vigour of your childhood dreams and yet balancing reality
'Mela' is circus, not party: Mani Shankar Aiyar
Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said it was not the party but the "mela" at its headquarters that he had described as a "circus."
'Tightening credit alone may not rein in prices'
The FM is aware of the damage inflation can cause to the aam admi, and his party. But his hands are tied as it's a supply-side issue.
The dream plane facilities for Britons
Given the recent spate of news about lost luggage, queues and hidden charges, passengers fantasise about hassle-free holidays flight. So cheapflights.co.uk conducted a poll of 1,350 respondents about what they wanted on their “dream flight”.
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