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The return of Oasis and an era of proto-influencers, fraternal feuds and an initiation into Western music

August 01, 2025 7:05 pm

The Gallaghers and Oasis drifted out of your mind, but it won’t be a long absence. They will flit into your consciousness again when you’re at a karaoke bar and someone puts on ‘Wonderwall’ prompting you, almost as a reflex, to take a deep breath before belting out the first verse

Noida at 50: An economic hub, an awkward social outlier

May 15, 2025 10:48 am

In this city of migrants, belonging and representation are foreign concepts. The city can be defined not only by new buildings and malls, but also by creating space for the personal to evolve into the cultural

At 95, he has learned how to use nostalgia

August 04, 2024 12:35 pm

Stan Herman, New York’s godfather of fashion, knows what makes life worth living for.

Kanwar yatra and the perils of nostalgic Hinduism

July 28, 2024 6:53 pm

Current reinvention of Hinduism — in terms of purity and impurity — owes a great deal to transformation in the cultures of nostalgia. It breaks the connection between actual conditions of life and its romanticised version, and those who are expected to take part in have no role in its propagation

In pre-liberalisation India, Camlin delivered a quiet reassurance about India’s own capability

July 25, 2024 10:47 am

It was not about any manufactured made-in-India nationalism. The allure of the foreign still ran strong. But there was something solid and dependable about it that made it a stalwart.

How I made the Nokia 2660 Flip a part of my tech bubble

January 08, 2024 10:21 am

The hipster in me wanted a flip phone - a real one that snaps shut with a satisfying sound and not a clamshell-style foldable phone.

Lights out on Nittosha matchbooks prompts nostalgia in Japan

July 11, 2022 11:22 am

Nittosha, which employs 130 people, is a testament to the hard work and dedication at small and medium-size companies that are the backbones of large economies, including the U.S. and Japan

'Tinkle' creator Subba Rao gets nostalgic on magazine's 40th birthday, recalls famous characters and stories

November 15, 2020 4:38 pm

Kalia the Crow was the brainchild of Luis Fernandes. "We had our editorial office in Wodehouse Road in Colaba, in a 100-year-old mansion. A crow used to visit us every afternoon around lunchtime. It would remind us to put our pens down and take a break," Rao shared.

World Poetry Day: Ayushmann Khurrana's 'almirah' poem makes your day; Watch

March 21, 2020 11:07 am

Celebrating the spirit of the day, take a look at Ayushmann Khurrana's ineffable poetic words.

This old guitar: Noel Martin and his love for bass

December 27, 2015 2:45 pm

At Trincas in Kolkata, the clock stopped long ago. And Noel Martin, bass guitarist for 30 years, is steadfast about not changing with the times.

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