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More than just devil’s ivy
November 13, 2021, 7:00 AM IST
During the near two years of the pandemic, when people were forced to stay indoors and work from home indoor gardening has grown in popularity. At least that is what the demand for houseplants appears…
November 13, 2021, 7:00 AM IST
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The world in a warehouse
November 13, 2021, 7:00 AM IST
The land is a finger pointing at the sea, while the canoe is tethered to a stake. Well, as I step closer to the frame, I am not sure if it’s a stake or if…
November 13, 2021, 7:00 AM IST
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The next act
November 6, 2021, 8:09 AM IST
The country’s recorded legal history is believed to date back to the Vedic ages, and a more refined form of law, based on recorded judicial precedents, was introduced by the East India Company. Some legislations,…
November 6, 2021, 8:09 AM IST
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Bombay’s gain, Beypore’s loss
November 6, 2021, 8:07 AM IST
It is now a widely-known fact that the HMS Minden, the British battleship on which the US national anthem Star- Spangled Banner was written, was built in 1810 at the Bombay dockyard by the famous…
November 6, 2021, 8:07 AM IST
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When Mandela met Pienaar…
November 6, 2021, 8:06 AM IST
A promise is a promise is a promise — the idea of it so childlike in its ebullience, its peculiar insistence like a cuckoo-clock chime. And when finally a promise —”my mother on her deathbed…
November 6, 2021, 8:06 AM IST
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One goal in life
October 30, 2021, 10:27 AM IST
At 5.20 in the morning last Saturday before stepping out of his house, Rufus D’Souza picked up an othalanga (cerbera odollam fruit) that he had kept safely with him for years and placed it in…
October 30, 2021, 10:27 AM IST
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Mullaperiyar’s Ramnad connection
October 30, 2021, 10:20 AM IST
A good 100 yrs before the Brits got going, the idea of a dam was floated by a local administrator Who originally came up with the idea of Mullaperiyar dam–British administrators or their Indian…
October 30, 2021, 10:20 AM IST
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The Alchemist
October 23, 2021, 8:54 AM IST
From arecanut-tree climber to top scientist, Kana M Sureshan’s life reflects the power of transformation Swaying arecanut trees dominate the otherwise non-descript Eramam-Kuttoor village near Payyanur. A Communist stronghold, the village is known for the…
October 23, 2021, 8:54 AM IST
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Based on a true story
October 23, 2021, 8:30 AM IST
Who better than John Paul to throw light on the obscure origins of Malayalam cinema “I haven’t written even a single short story so far. Nor had I ever wanted to be in the tinsel…
October 23, 2021, 8:30 AM IST
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Paddock & a museum
October 16, 2021, 7:59 AM IST
Punnathoor Palace will soon get a long-overdue upgrade In the late 80s when M T Vasudevan Nair and veteran director Hariharan decided to make “Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha”, a reinterpretation of the Medieval-era Vadakkanpattu (northern ballads),…
October 16, 2021, 7:59 AM IST
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An old man and the sea
October 16, 2021, 7:53 AM IST
A poignant documentary captures the impact of climate change and cultural erosion through the eyes of one fisherman A mid the several canoes and small boats that bob on the sea, a lone catamaran ventures…
October 16, 2021, 7:53 AM IST
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Connoisseur vs conman
October 2, 2021, 7:08 AM IST
Kerala may not have something as prized as the Nataraja bronze or the Peacock Throne but it has a fair number of interesting antiques. Problem is, very few of these antiques are actually for sale…
October 2, 2021, 7:08 AM IST
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In a manner of speaking
September 25, 2021, 8:53 AM IST
They made an entire generation laugh at the expense of the rich and famous, and how Let’s join Kalabhavan, my Appachi (father) has spoken to Fr Abel and he has asked us to join him,”…
September 25, 2021, 8:53 AM IST
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Guns & roses
September 25, 2021, 8:45 AM IST
Reforms in the police force in the state have undoubtedly contributed to transforming their role from that of a mere combat force to one of guardianship. During the British era and the first few decades…
September 25, 2021, 8:45 AM IST
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History as hieroglyph
September 18, 2021, 8:37 AM IST
To trust only indisputable data and empirical evidence and to dare to go wherever that led him — that will be MGS’s lasting legacy The 10 historical untruths about Kerala’s multicultural heritage that MGS Narayanan…
September 18, 2021, 8:37 AM IST
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Insha Allah [James 4:15]
September 18, 2021, 8:30 AM IST
In a unique translation of the Holy Book, 3,000 carefully chosen verses show the common ground between the Quran and the Bible After the first English translation of the Quran was published in 1733, there…
September 18, 2021, 8:30 AM IST
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A birdie in Bolgatty
September 11, 2021, 8:54 AM IST
There is a century of history in the Cochin Golf Club, which opened on the lush green premises of the Bolgatty Palace, in 1922. The clubhouse in the middle of the golf course reminds one…
September 11, 2021, 8:54 AM IST
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Lord of the rings
September 4, 2021, 7:39 AM IST
MV Sankaran, a boy studying in fifth grade, had to attend his mid-term exams the next day. Still, when a small circus came to his village, Kolassery, near Thalassery in the early 1930s, it was…
September 4, 2021, 7:39 AM IST
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A painting is a palimpsest
September 4, 2021, 7:31 AM IST
More often than not, restoring a work of art also means solving the mystery behind the damage. Sometimes, the causes emerge as clearly as the strokes of the paint brush, but at times it requires…
September 4, 2021, 7:31 AM IST
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An act of madness
August 28, 2021, 8:02 AM IST
There is nothing wrong in writing and rewriting history as long as the exercise is based on facts. History is not a static entity, but a dynamic process. Since everyone has got the right to…
August 28, 2021, 8:02 AM IST
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