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K Meena, former vice-chancellor of Bharatidasan University, has balanced her professional career with a voluntary undertaking to educate women in villages about the benefits of picking up computer skills

These Mother’s Day letters from all over the world offer strength in a time of long-distance love

No matter the age, we all share deep bonds with our mothers and which only go from strength to strength with the passage of time. Six people settled abroad pen their thoughts in a letter to their mothers in India, to say why moms need to be celebrated

Green Humour

Behind the network: the people who are stepping up during the second wave

From creating live-tracking apps to platforms for home cooks, meet the people who are stepping up in the midst of the second wave

Significance of mantras

Thirumoolar says that if one can understand the Vedas and also tell others about them, one will experience joy. He says Lord Siva has given him a

Chennai’s COVID-19 foot soldiers: How one intiative is organising hundreds of volunteers

A single group is bringing together hundreds of Chennaiites to provide patient support, with some even leaving their jobs to help out full-time

Repository of mercy

Kooratazhvan, in his Varadaraja Stavam refers to Lord Varadaraja of Kanchi as Srinidhim and also Dayanidhim. The description of the Lord as Srinidhim

Build your own COVID-19 volunteer squad: strangers join hands online to tide through the second wave in India

Armed with just phones and an internet connection, strangers come together online to find beds, oxygen cylinders and plasma for those battling COVID-19. You too can join the movement

In Kerala, one can’t get enough of pathiris during the month of Ramzan

While even the traditional pathiris vary from one place to another, there are umpteen varieties that are eaten as snacks

Artisans get creative to stay afloat in a crisis

Artisans began making products for WFH clientèle and courted e-commerce platforms to survive the pandemic. Their battle, however, isn’t over as the second wave brings in new challenges

Can’t find a vaccine slot? Coders come to the COVID-19 jab rescue

Having trouble finding vaccination centres on CoWIN or Aarogya Setu? These vaccine hacks, started by technologists across the country, are being lapped up by the public — and understandably so

These COVID-19 patients coped with isolation and anxiety in their own uplifting ways

It’s a long road to recovery for people testing positive in this second wave of COVID-19. Trusty transistors, well-thumbed Harry Potter books, and family on constant video calls is what got them by

Realising the supreme one

Kooratazhvan explained profound concepts in a simple manner, and we find this in his Varadaraja Stavam, a composition in praise of Lord Varadaraja of

Camel Library Project brings cheer to children in remote Balochistan

In this arid Pakistan province, Roshan the camel brings the world to children missing school due to the COVID-19 pandemic

How India’s under-18s are pioneering Coronavirus philanthropy

In spite of transformed routines, online classes, and the uncertainty of assessment systems and when they will actually step into school again, these under-18s are helping a COVID-19 struck world

Born to Devaki

If this world is thought of as a lotus, then the connection between Lord Krishna and the earth may be likened to that between the Sun and a lotus.

This Visakhapatnam-based firm uses technology to bridge the gap between artisans and buyers

A social commerce digital platform, Yes!poho has over 200 artisans and the social platform has over 1.50 lakh customers from North America, Europe, West Asia, Australia and South Africa.

Desika’s pen picture

Bhooma Devi asked for Brahma’s help, because She was overburdened. Brahma, Siva and the celestials approached Lord Narayana, who was reclining on the

Esther David collaborates with Indian Jewish communities to record recipes for ‘Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of the Indian Jews’

Author Esther David travels across India, collaborating with Jewish communities to learn how to cook traditional, closely guarded recipes for her new book, ‘Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of the Indian Jews’

This volunteer group serves ginger tea to migrant workers at the MGR Chennai Central Railway Station

This volunteer group serves ginger tea to migrant workers, and other frontline personnel at the MGR Chennai Central Railway Station

Hurdles to dharma

In the Bala Kanda, the arrival of Vishwamitra in Ayodhya heralds many auspicious happenings that are to lead the story in its long and arduous course.

Sunday Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title: Thomas Paine

CADRRE in Kerala capital upload short videos to create awareness about autism

In 29 videos, parents of children on the autism spectrum speak about the journey with their child

Obligatory falsecard

Keith Hanson, of Boca Raton, Florida, has been one of America’s premier bridge teachers for more than three decades. He teaches bridge all over South

The art of writing letters calls for a grace that’s in short supply

We often lament that letter-writing is a lost art, but one day there might be a book of email exchanges like the love letters between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

The legend’s in the lettering: Tales of Jain manuscripts and calligraphy

Jain calligraphic art flourished in 14th century India as scholars started transferring their knowledge into writing

Commercials are increasingly turning to senior citizens, because everyone listens when granny speaks

Grey hair and wrinkles might be just the ingredients in demand in the glamorous ad world, as these senior citizens discover

Younger millennials share info on Instagram, Glide apps to save lives

In the 17-to-23 age group, these youngsters launched this tech-driven initiative to help residents of Chennai battling the pandemic; now, it is being extended to Bengaluru

Help for the COVID-hit from home kitchens

Through a Glide app, residents across Chennai volunteer to cook for families that have to quarantine on account of the Coronavirus infection

Divine Power Shakti

The Saundarya Lahari is a grand work extolling the greatness of Ambal. In the first 41 verses, many secret and sacred truths such as the Sri Chakra,

Young royals open up their palaces

With installations in iconic properties and a focus on circular fashion in India, the second edition of Karkhana Chronicles has its heart in the right place

Shaking a leg and setting a tune for vaccination

Ashwin Prabhakar and the doctors in his family are behind this initiative

A bed, a bed, a kingdom for a bed

Let at least this pandemic challenge the islands of privilege that we protect so well

Purpose of the avatar

The Ramayana is also known as ‘Sitaayaa’s Charitam Mahat’, the magnificent life story of Sita, and Paulastya Vadam, the killing of the son of

Kudukka Vina — Back from the brink

Rajendar Marar’s efforts have given a new lease of life to the single-stringed Kudukka Vina

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