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City quizzes still draw crowds, boggle minds
May 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
“It was one of the worst headaches I had in my life,” says Dr Navin Jayakumar, one of the country’s best quizmasters, describing his experience at his first quiz competition in the 80s. Jayakumar, a…
May 16, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Why mentally ill need a doc’s care, not the exorcist’s cane
May 15, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, passed in March by Parliament has been welcomed by many for introducing reforms to the existing Mental Health Act of 1987. Among its several provisions that are laudably progressive, the…
May 15, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Mango season leaves a bad taste in the mouth of gastronomes, traders
May 15, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Summer is here and so are mangoes. While markets have been flooded with the pulpy fruit since mid-April, this year’s yield has been a dampener for mango lovers, trader and farmers alike. Horticulturists say severe…
May 15, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Bilkis Bano and a forgotten genocide
May 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
During the eight months she went undercover as ‘Maithili Tyagi’, a fictitious 26-year-old American film student working on a docu in Gujarat, journalist Rana Ayyub had felt a lot lighter. That, despite the obvious danger…
May 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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The Sufi question
May 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Are dervishes and dargahs the beautiful, moderate face of Islam or a smokescreen to keep Muslims subservient? The word Sufi conjures an image of pious men in the intense pursuit of the absolute, renouncing the…
May 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Gandhi adored her, Ambedkar sought her advice
May 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
An upcoming autobiography of Dakshayani Velayudhan could provide perspective to the current struggles of Dalits and women When a young girl from Mulavukad, till not so long ago a weary boat-ride from Kochi’s Marine Drive,…
May 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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The importance of being Muthuvel Karunanidhi
May 11, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
A DMK MP once woke up to a call. “Ennayya, periya desabhaktan aayittiya?” (Hey, have you turned a big nationalist leader?) His party leader M Karunanidhi was on the other end, he was referring to…
May 11, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Ganga-Cauvery water route answer to TN farmer deaths
May 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Water shortage in the country is getting worse by the day. Many farmers commit suicide and many cities, towns and villages struggle for drinking water in India which, to quote eminent British engineer Arthur Cotton,…
May 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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When the Dhananjayans rode bikes, made tattoos
May 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
A month ago, veteran Bharatanayam dancer couple V P Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan (known as the Dhananjayans) had just got back from a performance when their son C P Satyajith, an automobile photographer called to…
May 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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She pined for Bollywood, found luck down South
May 9, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Ask 71-year-old Vani Jairam, known in film music circles for her exceptional vocal range, if the years have taken a toll on her vocal chords and she answers by singing a few lines from ‘Bole…
May 9, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Pure science fights career myths in Tamil Nadu
May 9, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Thanks to a growing craze among students to join the engineering, medical and IT sectors — which employ nearly 60% fresh graduates every year — there are a few takers for pure science subjects in…
May 9, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Birth anniversary of Tagore: Five interesting things that you must know
May 8, 2017, 8:13 AM IST
Though best known as a poet, Rabindranath Tagore was a man of many aptitudes. The first Indian to win a Nobel for literature, he wrote and composed a wide array of songs. He was an…
May 8, 2017, 8:13 AM IST
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Family a mere fairy tale for orphans at TN shelters
May 8, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
The Supreme Court on May 5 literally implored the Centre and the state governments to prevent children from ending up in child care institutions and instead concentrate on rehabilitation and social integration of children in…
May 8, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Biscuits sell like hot cakes at this 100-year-old factory
May 8, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Nicknamed as the ‘biscuit town’ in the British era, Madurai’s Usilampatti was once home to more than 50 biscuit units. Today, only one has survived the test of units. Today, only one has survived the…
May 8, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Pitch perfect
May 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Oscar-winner Resul Pookutty used 250 sound tracks (a big budget Bollywood movie has 24 at best), and his own exceptional ear, to capture Thrissur Pooram’s unique acoustics It is the biggest acoustic challenge Resul Pookutty…
May 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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No curfew for Qawwali
May 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
The lyrics are in Urdu but Mehfil-e-Sama’a’s music transcends all traces of religion The first feeling is of surprise, at how the stereotype has been defied – instead of men in flowing white pajamas and…
May 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Ethnic veshti turns hip for Tamil Nadu’s fashion savants
May 5, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Santhosh N, wears a veshti at home every day. It is the comfort of the attire and the sense of staying rooted to his culture that keeps the software engineer in Tamil Nadu’s traditional whites….
May 5, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Not just brave warriors, the Mahabharata was about valiant women too
May 5, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
I rawati Karve in her book `Yuganta’, a rereading of the Mahabharata says, “The Mahabharata is an inexhaustible mine. There are various ways of making it yield riches.“ As none can encompass and explore the…
May 5, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Decoding Chola myth from temple motifs
May 3, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
It was during the research for his MPhil project when SAV Elanchezian first documented a sculpture with the engravings of a spider and an elephant in the Naganatha Swamy temple in Kumbakonam. A second look…
May 3, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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From ‘Silk’ to sensitive tales, Vinu left his imprints behind
May 3, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Vinu Chakravarthy who died on April 27 at the age of 71, was a true representative of Tamil versatility that transcended linguistic barriers. It was the pathbreaking Kannada filmmaker Puttanna Kanagal who uncannily identified the…
May 3, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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