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A Visakhapatnam boy creates libraries for disadvantaged children during the pandemic

Fifteen-year-old Dhruv Advaith Kolagata runs a book collection drive and helplines with COVID-related information in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for a not-for-profit organisation

How the Cold War in Germany played a small yet significant part in establishing IIT Madras

A recently-published research paper unearths an oft-forgotten chapter in the establishment of IIT-Madras and its connection with the Cold War in Germany, which resulted in the formation of the now-revered institution

Watch | What is happening in India's crematoriums?

A video on the strain on India's crematoriums and burial grounds during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Facing life with fortitude

Sastras teach people to lead virtuous lives and avoid evil behaviour. But in life many who uphold dharma and truth face difficult situations, as for

This book by Aparna Devagiri is a guide for working women in a complicated world

Aparna Devagiri’s ‘The Professional Woman’s Handbook Navigating Choices for Success’ is an accessible guide to career shifts, body image, and more

Deep seated bhakti

The concept of Ishta devata in worship is indicative of the Supreme Lord’s many ways to reach out to the jivatmas and enable them to worship Him

Sukh-Dukh, a helpline by Pallium India, provides counselling in eight Indian languages

The Kerala-based NGO provides grief counselling for those who have lost a family member due to COVID-19 through the helpline

Using tyres, this Indian architect has built 250-plus playgrounds across the country

Pooja Rai’s NGO, Anthill Creations, builds sustainable playgrounds for kids

Rare sculptures of Rani Rudrama Devi unearthed in Khammam village

Temple was built during the reign of the Kakatiya queen

Two kinds of light

When Bhooma Devi told Brahma that She could not bear the burden of the Earth, Brahma, accompanied by Siva and the celestials, asked Lord Narayana for

Sunday Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

Europe is, perhaps, the least worn-out of the continents, because it is the most lived in: D.H. Lawrence

Goodbye Mr. Shanbhag, a gentle man from a gentle time

Rather like the protagonist in James Hilton’s Goodbye Mr. Chips, the legendary owner of Premier Book Shop was just Mr. Shanbhag. I didn’t know his

This Tiruchi academic is on a mission to create tech awareness among rural women

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

I can’t breathe

A culture that does not make space for its dead, or treat them with the cognizance they deserve, is a culture that may have forgotten how to live

Rohini S Rajagopal’s book recounts her battle with infertility

The book, ‘What’s a Lemon Squeezer Doing In My Vagina’, she hopes, will inspire more women to write about pregnancy and bust the myths and taboos around it

The first 12

North-South bid aggressively to a very good slam. 12 tricks would be easy if the trumps split 2-2, and there were plenty of extra chances. A 4-3 spade

The unhealing wound: The works of Somnath Hore

On his centenary, a look at how injustice and suffering were constant themes in Somnath Hore’s works

Green Humour

Oxygen’s in the air: Great expectations of good governance

If you go to a cow, you will get milk, urine, or dung. But if you go to a cow and expect Dalgona coffee, whose fault is it — yours or the cow’s?

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.

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