When the names of French poet Paul Éluard and German artist Max Ernst arise, one subject always follows: that of their years-long ménage à trois — or rather, “marriage à trois,” as a New York Times article by Annette Grant once put it. It started in 1921, Grant writes, when the Surrealist movement’s co-founder André Breton put […]

Many of us in these past few generations first heard of the Metropolitan Museum of Art while reading E. L. Konigsburg’s novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. More than a few of us also fantasized about running away to live in that vast cultural institution like the book’s young protagonists Claudia and […]

The term gaslight has gained so much traction in popular discourse so recently that you’d swear it was coined around 2010. In fact, that particular usage goes at least as far back as 1938, when British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton wrote a stage thriller about a husband who surreptitiously rearranges things in the house so […]

For many a classic action-movie enthusiast, no car chase will ever top the one in Bullitt. The narrator of the Insider video above describes it as “the scene that set the standard for all modern car chases,” one made “iconic partly because of the characters, but also because of their cars.” The pursuer drives a Dodge […]

Image by José-Manuel Benito, via Wikimedia Commons Some refer to the written Chinese language as ideographic: that is, structured according to a system in which each symbol represents a particular idea or concept, whether abstract or concrete. That’s true of certain Chinese characters, but only a small minority. Most of them are actually logographs, each […]

Image by J. F. Horrabin, via Wikimedia Commons Bertrand Russell saw the history of civilization as being shaped by an unfortunate oscillation between two opposing evils: tyranny and anarchy, each of which contains the seed of the other. The best course for steering clear of either one, Russell maintained, is liberalism. “The doctrine of liberalism […]

100% recycling extends the useful life of glass, fights the problem of household trash, supports recyclers and transforms bottles into modern drinking glasses.

Næstved has launched Ressource City – where one company’s waste is another company’s raw materials. A Swedish and a German company have joined the project too.

Kareena Kapoor planned a birthday bash for husband Saif Ali Khan's 50th birthday on August 16, and the guests included Karisma Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu.

On her 90th birthday on September 8, Ashaji hopes to perform at a live three-hour concert in Dubai.

Last Tuesday, I’ve started a little Thanksgiving charity drive to get some money together for kids in Ferguson. I couldn’t be happier that I’ve sold $1,044 worth of my book Retinafy.me with 100% of this going to Donors Choose projects in Ferguson, MO. (I’m coming up for the payment processor fees out of my own […]

Number of people affected by the H1N1 virus breaches the 10,000 mark as it spreads to new places like Nagaland.

Health Ministry sources said 965 people have perished due to the disease while the total number H1N1 virus affected has crossed 17,000 till February 25, 2015.

Here’s a list of ten materials that can cut costs and make your home cooler

Poor infrastructure development on the outskirts is the primary reason, says Nidhi Adlakha

Companies that took on lease or bought amphibian aircraft either closed down or went bankrupt as they counldn’t start service

Opposition MPs pointed to the omission, recounting the recent death of two women in the State 

The exams are set to begin on November 13

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