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Women play an important role in conversations around healing, reconciliation, peace and justice.

By denying women justice and equal opportunity, India falls far short of the UN’s women, peace and security agenda

We need to recognise that women, who play an important role in peace and justice, are being systematically dehumanised in conflict situations in the country

Scrabble enthusiasts battle it out at the 2021 world championships

Volunteers of Kites Foundation sorting out books

Libraries get a new lease of life in Kerala

Anasuya Menon ‘Book Farm’, a project by a group of youth volunteers in Kerala, revives libraries across the State

The Madras Law College

heritage Museums, monuments and memorials: a history tour of Chennai in 48 hours

Deepa Alexander Pandemic travel can be challenging; so take a staycation instead, and explore the city of Chennai which wears many badges on its sleeve: seat of culture, hub of medicine — the first city of modern India

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Women from Adichilthotti, a tiny hamlet in the Edamalayar valley in Kerala, are adept at weaving reed bamboo into exquisite products

Tribal communities in Kerala’s Chalakudy and Karuvannur river basins find new markets for forest produce

Watch | Devdutt Pattanaik speaks on cult and culture

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Keeping one’s word

There have been instances of those who kept their word, even under the most trying circumstances, said T.Rajarathinam in a discourse. One of the 63 Nayanmars was Thirukkurippu Thonda Nayanar. He derived great happiness from washing the clothes of Lord Siva’s devotees. One day, a devotee of Lord Siva appeared before him. The devotee wanted his clothes to be washed and dried the same day. Thirukkurippu Thondar agreed gladly. But, it rained heavily, and the devotee’s clothes could not be dried

The Lord's residence

Azhwar's hymns are known as 'Arulicheyal,' meaning hymns directly inspired by God's grace. All of them acknowledge that they are the medium through which God sings His own glories. His Supremacy is limitless and beyond human grasp. He is all-pervading and His omniscience and omnipotence are incomparable. All these are captured as personal experiences in their hymns. They can see His presence as the inner soul and total ruler of the entire creation. This jagat, His manifestation comprising the

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Varanasi-based Stuti Weaves is reviving some age-old Benarasi weaves

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The Madras Law College

heritage Museums, monuments and memorials: a history tour of Chennai in 48 hours

Deepa Alexander Pandemic travel can be challenging; so take a staycation instead, and explore the city of Chennai which wears many badges on its sleeve: seat of culture, hub of medicine — the first city of modern India

Children run on the eve of Republic Day in Guwahati, 2014.

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Anita E. Cherian The recently announced Amrit Mahotsav seems to be the dominant rubric through which various cultural entities are to be interpreted for the 75th anniversary of Independence

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Chennai resident crosses birding milestone, documents 100 species from hearthstone

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A recent email from Sangeet Natak Akademi betrays a curious diminishing of the function of the institution

The recently announced Amrit Mahotsav seems to be the dominant rubric through which various cultural entities are to be interpreted for the 75th anniversary of Independence

By denying women justice and equal opportunity, India falls far short of the UN’s women, peace and security agenda

We need to recognise that women, who play an important role in peace and justice, are being systematically dehumanised in conflict situations in the country

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Meet the European chocolate connoisseurs celebrating Kerala’s cocoa

An Italian couple is leading the production of high quality cocoa from Idukki in Kerala that is making its way to makers of artisanal chocolates in Europe and the US

Path to moksha

Bhuthath Azhwar believes that devotion to the Lord is a sure means to mukti. In his hymns that comprise the second Tiruvandadi, he highlights the

Scrabble enthusiasts battle it out at the 2021 world championship

The first virtual version of the Scrabble world championship has eight contestants from India battling it out with their global counterparts

Tribal communities in Kerala’s Chalakudy and Karuvannur river basins find new markets for forest produce

Forest Post collaborates with six villages in Chalakudy and Karuvannur, encouraging conservation and resilient livelihoods, to preserve skills and artisan traditions

Varanasi-based Stuti Weaves is reviving some age-old Benarasi weaves

From reviving 200-year-old sarees to supporting over 300 artisans and weavers of Varanasi, Stuti Weaves helps Benarasi weavers with skill development and preservation

Walls with voices: This building at Ukkadam in Coimbatore is now a work of art

Block 10, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, Ukkadam, is the address to a vibrant piece of art: one that features people and objects that make up the locality

Cop movies are now all about ‘rogue’ cops who take on the system

One sees a tonal shift in the treatment of stories about men in uniform. A sign of the times?

Grids and guides: Biodiversity maps fusing science and art are trending

A great new trend sees biodiversity maps combining science and art to bring cultural and natural histories to our fingertips

Unparalleled devotion

The Bhagavata purana highlights the efficacy of bhakti over karma or jnana as these get assimilated in bhakti. Bhakti is thus held to be a sure route

15 states, four years and a village of his own: Meet the cyclist who is travelling across India, teaching sustainability

Ankit Arora is cycling around the country teaching micro-culture and sustainability to villages and communities along the way. He has also started a village in the Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu

Museums, monuments and memorials: a history tour of Chennai in 48 hours

Pandemic travel can be challenging; so take a staycation instead, and explore the city of Chennai which wears many badges on its sleeve: seat of culture, hub of medicine — the first city of modern India

Libraries get a new lease of life in Kerala

‘Book Farm’, a project by a group of youth volunteers in Kerala, revives libraries across the State

Bhakti in Kali Yuga

In the depiction of Krishna avatar in the Bhagavata Purana, many people get the chance to move with Him closely and experience His presence. They are

A fest to celebrate a local rice wine

The GI tag and the newly introduced Vista dome to Haflong promises more than the usual crowd for the Judima fest in Assam

Prakriti, the magician

Sastras explain that the embodied jiva is a complex subject associated with Prakriti comprising the three gunas, and its attendants the sarira,

A traditional ‘amba’ fisherman’s song launches online

Created for World Fisheries Day on November 21, this Manapad fisherman song is a tribute to his community

Cause of bondage

The circular and cyclic pattern of karma and birth in which we are entangled is the mystery of samsara. All beings are bound by their karma and are

Lord Narayana’s accessibility

Alavandar in his Stotra Ratna says Lord Narayana has placed His feet on his head. He mentions this first, saying ‘mae moordhni.’ Then he says that the

A fish rush in IT heartland

Following last week’s depression, Thalambur residents send out rainwater into the lake and receive fish as return gift

A Unicef initiative paints social messages into the hearts of children in a troubled resettlement colony

Executed by art-focussed non-profit InkLink with the support of the local police, it sensitises children and parents in Chennai’s Kannagi Nagar to three major issues plaguing the community

It’s a puzzlement

This is another bridge problem posed by Australian Tim Bourke. The defence continues with a second club at trick two, ruffed by South. How should

Nationalism should not ever be invoked to establish our identity’: Pratapaditya Pal

The scholar and curator on how the creative genius of Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Muslims and Christians has jointly contributed to India’s rich cultural and artistic tapestry

Abirami’s bow and arrows

Abirami Bhattar, the legendary devotee of Goddess Abirami of Thirukkadaiyur in Tamil Nadu, wrote Abirami Andadi in praise of the Goddess. Bhattar says

The changing face of Visakhapatnam libraries

As we celebrate National Library Week (November 14 to 20), take a look at some of the old and new libraries of Visakhapatnam and the role they play in strengthening communities

Coimbatore’s ponds are brimming with life, thanks to volunteer-run initiatives

The city’s ponds, choked by encroachment and debris, are getting a new lease of life thanks to volunteers who clean, de-silt and map them, intent on restoring their glory

New and nondescript: The dilemmas of renovating our old buildings

Our tentative approach to renovating historic structures makes our urban public architecture curiously faceless

Nandagopan Kumaran

Although Krishna is known as Vaasudeva because He is the son of Vasudeva, the Azhvars praise Him as the son of Nandagopa, said M.A. Venkatakrishnan in

How women in rural Tamil Nadu are painting their way to empowerment

Women of Mayiladuthurai and other places in the State are breaking barriers as wall painters in what is traditionally a male-dominated field

The upa Agamas

Five-faced Lord Siva, out of his compassion for everyone, gave the world the Saiva Agamas. The Saiva Agamas emanated from Lord Siva’s Isana face.

Cook like a Nobel laureate: Economist Abhijit Banerjee’s new book celebrates family meals

Economist Abhijit Banerjee explores the social dimension of food in his latest book ‘Cooking to Save Your Life’ with grocery runs, dinner parties and lemon dal

Tree of jnana

The Mahabharata begins with a group of sages meeting in Naimisaranya to perform a yaga, said Kidambi Narayanan in a discourse. The bard (Suta

Hyderabad’s octogenarian YK Murthy’s passion of a lifetime

His house YK Antiques Home Museum boasts of 850 antiques in brass, copper, bronze and stone

Paintings by children will be donated to the paediatric ward at Cancer Institute

When children paint for children, unforgettable bonds can be forged. In an art project, initiated by Chennai-based teacher Kamala Ravikumar for

Sterling qualities

Dasaratha told the people of Ayodhya that Rama was to be crowned as next in line to the throne. They lauded Dasaratha’s decision, and spoke of Rama’s

The Tirumalai hills

Of the many Divya Desams that Azhwars have sung about, Tiruvengadam, also known as Tirumalai, is very dear to most of them. Among the Azhwars, the

Meet the teen reporters

Through podcasts and articles, these student journalists from YOCee are waging a battle for the planet

‘Swimming’ snakes

The forest department releases a list of snake-rescue volunteers particularly for this monsoon and residents seem to be making good use of the resource

How Chennai Food Bank aligned with 22 NGOs and fed the rain-hit

A project by Rajasthan Youth Association Metro, Chennai Food Bank hurriedly raises a kitchen in a car park and sends out 60,000 food packets in six days. The highlight of the exercise is how the 28-year-old project used social media with impressive results

Play or defend?

Consider today’s deal and decide. Would you like to play or defend? South got a little too excited by North’s splinter bid and blasted into a slam

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