Marina Abramović on India visit: ‘Western culture is exhausted; we need fresh points of view’

Ahead of her Kochi-Muziris Biennale lecture, Marina Abramović, the pioneer of performance art who’s entering her 80th year, ...
AV Club

Bruce Springsteen's 30 best songs ranked

Back in September 2023, Bruce Springsteen announced that he would have to shelve his planned tour until March 2024 so he could recover from peptic ulcer disease. The temporary retreat shouldn’t be ...
Archaeology

Buddhist Retreat

Vihara, Jharkhand, India (left), and Buddha and Buddhist deities (right) Archaeologists in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have unearthed a small vihara, an early type of Buddhist monastery. A ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Stunning Sculpture of the Buddha Modeled After a Destroyed Sixth-Century Statue Is Coming to New York City’s High Line

A rendering of how The Light That Shines Through the Universe will look on the High Line Tuan Andrew Nguyen / The High Line This spring, a 27-foot-tall sandstone sculpture of the Buddha will go on ...
The Hindu

Strength needed for ‘humanity’s enemies’, peace and dialogue where there are ‘only disputes’: PM Modi

Strength is necessary against the “enemies of humanity”, but where there are “only disputes”, dialogue and peace are essential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday (January 3, 2026), ...