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“Do you know the Kamal film Apoorva Sagodharargal? He shot it at our theatre. With us. It was magical,” says Lakshmanan Chakyiath, the 77-year-old production manager of Gemini Circus. Referencing this 1989 tragic Tamil classic set in the contrastingly exuberant world of a circus, Lakshmanan launches into a long conversation about the history of one … Read more
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), eating disorders can lead to severe health complications and even death if untreated. The most common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. What are eating disorders? Eating disorders are mental and behavioral conditions involving persistent disturbances in eating behavior, often stemming from an obsession with … Read more
Daily Quiz | On Indian Super League tournament This team became the first team to be promoted to the ISL, establishing the competition status as India’s top-tier league. File START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Which team has played the most finals without winning a title? 2 / 6 | Which is the most … Read more
The debate over how the preference for fair skin impacts on those who are a darker shade was alive recently, after Kerala’s Chief Secretary Sarala Muraleedharan called out colour and gender bias. Across much of the world, and particularly in India, skin colour remains quietly powerful — shaping ideas of beauty, respectability, and even social … Read more
What happened in Damoh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, earlier this week, has serious lessons for the rest of the nation. Due diligence in examining the credentials of healthcare personnel cannot be substituted with anything else. The price of being lax in hiring doctors and so called trained workers for hospitals is too great to … Read more
With around 2 million seafarers worldwide accounting for approximately 80% of international trade transport, opportunities abound for those willing to embrace the unique lifestyle offered by this profession. | iStock/ Getty Images The merchant navy continues to attract individuals who are drawn to life at sea, offering hands-on work, lucrative salaries, and promising long-term career … Read more
A fascinating spectacle is happening in the bustling arena of Indian higher education. Universities swirl to the clipped pulse of global rankings, with each step planned to impress the austere arbiters of one or the other global ranking agencies. While there’s nothing to hold against such rankers or their ambitions, some pertinent questions arise on … Read more
A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning – Names in culture! The library of Alexandria in Egypt is a vast space designed to accommodate 2,000 readers. START THE QUIZ … Read more
Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar at an engineering college in Vijayawada in March. He says, “Coming from a small village and my father, who had a monthly salary of ₹70 as a school teacher, I have lived through the challenges that countless students from rural backgrounds and weaker sections face.” | Photo credit: G N Rao / The Hindu The … Read more
Mountains of muck, those stinky black spots of mixed garbage, are rising across the city again. But even as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claims to tackle them with a steep 36% garbage tax, a workable way out remains largely ignored: Wet waste composting. Localised ward-level composting with a multi-stakeholder approach could potentially solve … Read more