Archives: '18 Issue 10

Shahnaz Habib, the JCB Prize for Literature-winning translator, talks to Preksha Sharma about the joys and perils of translation

While poets face the harshest criticism for emotions getting lost in translation, we speak to Chabria, who translates layered, dense and, at times, rapturously erotic poetry

Process, cultural contexts, challenges and recognition... we speak to Durandy, who recodes Hindi films — from the Indian head bobble to a sindoor-lined maang — for the French viewer

The 'honesty bar' section lets you pay as you see fit.

Ahead of the latest event of Avid Learning’s Multipolis Mumbai series, founder-curator Asad Lalljee renegotiates his own perspectives on the city

One look at Nakul Sharma and Sahil Bhatia will tell you that they’re just regular, unassuming guys. Their music, however, is anything but. Here, the boys behind Mumbai-based electronic band Burudu step out of their jeans, tees and hoodies and slip into colour-coordinated, fuss-free ensembles as they share their thoughts on fashion and music with Verve

Tuck in, turn the lights out and relax

Here’s what we’re hoping will go down in the last instalment of one of television’s most popular shows

Oman, finds Devanshi Mody, draws with its natural beauty. As also with its luxury hotels and spa treatments….

Sifting through the novelties that were revealed at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) 2019, Verve sieves out some of the quirkiest, most innovative creations that were recently unveiled at the watch show in Geneva