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Passive emissions from a cigarette produce an overall effect far more toxic than the mainstream smoke

The Nawab of Pataudi. It was one of India's greatest triumphs...with a most remarkable man leading the way... (Published in The Sportstar on October 19, 1985) PHOTO: THE HINDU ARCHIVES

A Nawab, an Englishman and a maestro

beautiful panorama of Himalayan mountains at sunset, Pokhara, Nepal

The world’s most beautiful mountain?

Baljit Singh Siniolchu overlooks the Zemu glacier and is in the shadow of Kanchenjunga

Writing in notebook. Close-up.

Turning the page again

Viney Kirpal The difference in cultures was unbridgeable.

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Basket with ripe organic vegetables carrot beetroot and zucchini

From farm to plate

Ashok Balakrishna Find a small patch to grow vegetables and have freshly grown produce in the kitchen

Touch wood

Aakash Bajpai Working around a ritual during a wedding in the dead of night

Elderly spouses sitting on couch at home planning budget check bills cheques, computer, documents and calculator on coffee table, close up cropped concept image, couple manage family expenses concept

Stranded in the digital world

Jayam Anantharaman Life has become very difficult for the elderly who are not in the know of online transactions

Father's mother's and baby's hand

The question of trust

Is the older generation more trustworthy?

The TDC-12, India’s first digital computer.

The first big byte

C.D. MurthyS. Thiagarajan

2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the manufacture of the first digital computer in India

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The vaccine round

Wedding during pandemic

The auto universe

The paan-India habit

Turning the page again

The world’s most beautiful mountain?

A Nawab, an Englishman and a maestro

Cricket and music? Yes, they are perfectly in tune with each other

Sidestream Villain

Passive emissions from a cigarette produce an overall effect far more toxic than the mainstream smoke

Time on the hand

A wrist watch was a luxury once upon a time, and teenagers in the 1970s always wanted to flaunt one

Tales from the running box

South Indian Railway was spread out in the most arid regions of southern Tamil Nadu with just a branch line to Kerala

Guarding against testicular cancer

There is a lack of awareness leading to delayed treatment affecting survival

Dialling in to memories

The bulky telephone directory was the lifeline of the family in an earlier time

The question of trust

Is the older generation more trustworthy?

Stranded in the digital world

Life has become very difficult for the elderly who are not in the know of online transactions

From farm to plate

Find a small patch to grow vegetables and have freshly grown produce in the kitchen

Touch wood

Working around a ritual during a wedding in the dead of night

The 90s’ children

A scented eraser, a super-hero themed pencil, a brand new sticky tattoo would make us a hero

Fall of a tree

As the tree-cutter went up, a couple of owls flew away and crows wildly wailed

Cherish joyful moments

Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit

Why do we follow cricket?

The embers of the game of an earlier era continue to burn bright

All in a rat’s life

The rodent takes the stick for faults of men

Strange encounters in ‘kachora’ country

Affable in the cantonment, boorish in the market

The first big byte

2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the manufacture of the first digital computer in India

Pandemic blues

Community support and cohesion can mitigate the negative effects

Beatings, pinches and ear screws

How in an earlier time, corporal punishment was par for the course in schools

Unmasking complacency

A second wave of COVID-19 has already started, and let us be alert to the spread of the virus

Talking about art

Should all art cease, we would be anything but human

Do not fear brain cancer

When detected early, most meningiomas and pituitary adenomas are curable by just surgery.

Time and tide wait for this bunch

Procrastinators can form an elite group, but why not give some time?

Marketing magic in old Madras

As work progressed, the worker population grew and the old women did marvellously well.

The quaint connoisseurs

Some consumers of art have inscrutable tastes

WFH rhythms

The early days were heady, but then the warts started becoming visible

End of the road

A regular in the morning run, but not to be seen again

Music and magic of rain

It is the time of summer showers and petrichor is rising

A meeting with Phoolan Devi

It was difficult to believe that she was once the face of terror and lawlessness in the heart of North India

Why dread the future?

Accept your lot, and go about life nonchalantly, without worrying about famines and floods

The apple box dare

Naturally at some point, we emptied the box and climbed in and out of it — a game in itself.

Learning to live and be liked

Ability to ‘forgive and forget’ seems to be a rare trait these days

Wellness to well-being

People need some personalised help and an environment with a balance of work and life

Seasons, reasons and a lifetime

The word ‘season’ conjures up so many meanings and images in our mind

Train ticket and Puliodharai

How a TTE’s demand for full ticket for a child was met with by a big family

How grieving is important for healing

To come out of the grief of death, it is first essential to immerse oneself in its gloomy waters

Fight against sexual harassment

How #MeToo changed our attitudes but is still not enough

Reluctant heroes

They have no facade in their attire, countenance, gestures or words and come out just as they are and genuine

A life spent flying fighter jets for two countries

Ramanathan Iyer, who passed away in Pretoria on March 17, had this distinction

If wishes were horses

The universe may conspire to help you, but what if you don’t do your bit too?

The callsign is century

It’s the centenary year of amateur radio in the country

Amena out of the woods

An elephant calf which lost its mother in the forest is now housed in a rehabilitation centre

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