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Three and a half years ago, while standing in a visa application queue, I found myself observing a very elite international school nearby. The stark contrast between the children attending this prestigious institution and those in tribal hamlets attending school for midday meals struck me deeply. It was a visual metaphor of the vast divide … Read more

Doctors view the working of the bar code system for testing samples at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran The long queues of patient relatives waiting to hand over blood samples of their hospitalised family members and to collect the test results outside the biochemistry laboratory at Rajiv Gandhi … Read more

Blatant violation: At Chennai Central, other commuters park their vehicles in the space provided free for persons with disabilities to park their vehicles. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The Chennai Division of Southern Railway convened a meeting of the Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) recently. Commuters spotlighted several issues they face daily. The meeting … Read more

Aggressive marketing: An ad for Dodge Brothers Victory Six car. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Last week witnessed a vintage car rally organised by the Historical Cars Association of India (HCAI). Among those who showcased their cars was Ranjit Pratap, president of the HCAI. His interest in automobiles is inherited from his grandfather M. Rajagopal … Read more

‘Neither perverted nor sadistic’, but ‘terrifyingly normal’ is how historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt had described Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer in charge of the mass deportation of millions of Jews to the extermination camps across Nazi-occupied Europe. Arendt had reported on the trial of Eichmann, and described it in her seminal work Eichmannin Jerusalem: … Read more

For 28-year-old Shwetha Pillai, a resident of Indiranagar, parking her car in front of her independent house has been a challenging experience with many cars and bikes taking up space. “There is often bumper-to-bumper parking or double parking which is mostly done by valet parkers from pubs and restaurants from around the area, which makes … Read more

Movies, books, and songs over the years have led us to believe in the idea of a holiday romance. New city, new possibilities… and sometimes new love. This could be a holiday fling that ends when the couple says goodbye to each other, or a relationship that thrives for weeks, months, years… despite the daily … Read more

Even as the threat of mpox continues unabated globally, with an increasing number of countries outside the Africa region detecting cases, the scientific community seems divided on whether mpox should be given the label of a sexually transmitted disease (STD), with targeted public health interventions to contain it. Mpox was first declared a global health … Read more

The much-debated and highly anticipated announcement arrived on Feb. 11 — the UGC-CARE list has been withdrawn based on the recommendations of an expert committee. In its place, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to discontinue the listing of journals and instead develop suggestive parameters to guide faculty members and students in selecting peer-reviewed … Read more

Daily Quiz: On Toponymy 1 / 5 | Many people living in this city call it “Chatigaon”. The Portuguese called it the “Grand Harbour of Bengal”. Ibn Battuta called it “Sadkawan”. Its current name is derived from that given by a 9th century Burmese invader, in whose language it meant “to make war is improper”. … Read more