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Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: on cheese

Each sort of cheese reveals a pasture of a different green, under a different sky: Italo Calvino

In the era of unicorns, there are few takers for Sudha Murty’s brand of simplicity

Veena Venugopal

An out-of-the box, play-based, experiential learning approach for toddlers

Air Force Administrative College museum in Coimbatore documents some of the rare photographs, books, and mementos

Why Indians feel lonely in a crowded country

Preeti Zachariah

Swedish engineer Carl Richard Nyberg, known as an aviation pioneer, worked on several inventions including steam engines, aeroplanes and boat propellers.

Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: What has May 28 ever given us?

Interview | Smriti Ravindra on her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’

Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: on scientific names

The bridge in Zokhawthar, the border town of Mizoram, which connects with Myanmar.

Review of Ashish Kundra’s A Resurgent Northeast — Narratives of Change: A region set for take-off

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Review of Founding Mothers of the Indian Republic — Gender Politics of the Framing of the Constitution: In search of missing mothers

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Documentary photographer’s series on Koovagam emerges winner at Kyotographie Photo Festival

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Into the heart of the Himalayas

Amba Vilas Palace in Mysuru, which was built in the Indo-Saracenic style, with a mixture of features taken from Hindu temples such as the brackets and ornamentation, and Islamic and Gothic architecture comprising arches and domes. It was originally built in wood that was destroyed in a fire and replaced by this stone and masonry structure in 1912.

Review of A New History of India — From its Origins to the 21st Century: Heroes and villains

Metropolitan Building near Chowringhee.

Review of Sankar’s Dear Reader — A Writer’s Memoir: In memory of memory

Eva Perón has often been credited with gaining the right to vote for the women of her country, where she was revered as ‘Evita’. Which country is this where she created the Female Peronist Party?

Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: What has May 7 ever given us?

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Review of Syeda Imam’s Like Fine Wine — Nine Real, Rare Love Stories: All about love

Natasha Badhwar

Queen Victoria wanted this constructed to avoid getting seasick. The only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and the European mainland, what’s this called?

Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: What has April 23 ever given us?

India Post’s Permanent Pictorial Cancellation for Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram gets India Post’s Permanent Pictorial Cancellation on World Heritage Day

Akila Kannadasan

American composer Henry Mancini was also a concert performer. He conducted over 600 symphony performances in his lifetime.

Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning

Superhero fight against Corona

Satire | Some (COVID-19) positive news, at last

Who is this author whose birthday is celebrated on April 2 as International Children’s Book Day?

Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: On children’s books

Telugu actor and ‘RRR’ star NTR Jr. was trolled for his American accent on the Golden Globes red carpet in January this year.

Why do we pay more attention to someone’s English accent rather than what they are saying?

Raksha Bandhan or Rakshabandhan or Rakhi - Indian small Brother and sister celebrating Raksha Bandhan with parents and grand parents on sofa

Homes designed for multi-generational living

Review of Sara Rai’s Raw Umber — A Memoir: Remembrance of a lost world