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Saturday, May 25, 2013
May 31 marks Nur Jahan’s 436th birth anniversary. Aroon Raman explains why the queen was really the king.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
The distinctly modern struggle for gender identity finds expression in the hoary traditions of Aravan’s temple in Koovagam, Tamil Nadu.
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KOZHIKODE,
May 24, 2013
When a widow’s petition triggered angry letters and explanations
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Panaji,
May 23, 2013
Several churches across Goa are heading for a massive restoration, a job undertaken once in 50-60 years.The lifespan of interiors and antiquities in these churches built during Portuguese c...
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Kochi,
May 22, 2013
C. Raman Kartha is the keeper of the history of the Cheranallore Swaroopam. To him falls the title of ‘Cheranallore Kartha,’ the patriarch of the ancient Swaroopam. Raman Kartha, who will turn 90 t...
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London,
May 21, 2013
Mahatma Gandhi’s last will and testament is expected to be the most sought after lot as part of an auction of rare items and documents being held in a small English town on Tuesday.
Descr...
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May 19, 2013
The National Art Gallery, a victim of bad maintenance, has been closed for about a decade, and the Government’s promise is to give it a new life
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May 18, 2013
In the centenary year of Tagore’s Nobel Prize, the Gitanjali continues to strike a chord in the reader.
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May 18, 2013
The story of Shahjahanabad
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NEW DELHI,
May 16, 2013
By displaying a selection of facsimiles of Oriental records, National Archives of India hopes to attract the attention of scholars who can crack this cursive text
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CHENNAI,
May 16, 2013
Swami Sahajananda set up a trust in Chidambaram for providing education to children from the depressed classes
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Bangalore,
May 15, 2013
Voices of India brings together sounds and music from the country’s gramophone era
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Kochi,
May 24, 2013
“Vasco-da-Gama landed here, Kappkadavu, in the year 1498,” says an inscription at the Vasco-da-Gama memorial at Kappad beach near Kozhikode. Schoolchildren in the State are taught the same through...
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London,
May 22, 2013
Mahatma Gandhi’s last will and testament, a set of his prayer beads, a pair of leather sandals, and a fragment of his blood on a microscrope slide were among 50 rare items sold at an auction on...
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Kochi,
May 22, 2013
Trucks whiz along the Vallarpadam Container Terminal Road day and night, carrying goods that arrive at Kochi’s shores every day. On the roadside, at Marapparambu in Cheranallore, is a house that ha...
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May 21, 2013
A memorial to Bhindranwale exposes the politics of radical Sikh organisations and the strain it is putting on the BJP-Akali Dal alliance
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CHENNAI,
May 19, 2013
Visitors to Government Museum on Sunday can see Lord Shiva in his many forms and postures.As part of World Heritage Day celebrations, the Museum has put together an impressive collection of...
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May 18, 2013
Yesterday, May 18, was International Museum Day. Take a tour of six unusual museums across India with Anuradha Goyal.
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CHENNAI,
May 17, 2013
Nestled amidst a Danish cannon made in 1776, a 19 century one from Sindh, and a piece of European artillery from the time of the East India Company, will soon be a ‘talking cannon’ which will spre...
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BANGALORE,
May 16, 2013
‘Kannada Chalanachitra Ithihasa’, ‘Chandanavana’ to be released to mark 80 years of Kannada cinema
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May 15, 2013
Hyderabad’s Salar Jung Museum has collection of paintings from 19th century England depicting Greek classical stories
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MADURAI,
May 15, 2013
A walk to Jain beds in Keezhavalavu brings forth the urgent need to conserve heritage sites
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