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Reality shows have become an integral part of entertainment in India. From singing and dance competitions to survival challenges and dating shows, they attract millions of viewers, especially teenagers. These shows promise excitement, drama, and fame, but beneath the surface, they create a distorted perception of reality. Many teenagers who are still shaping their understanding … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj At the International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF) World Diabetes Congress held in Bangkok last week, an epoch-making decision was taken, nearly 75 years after a particular type of diabetes was first recorded. Peter Schwarz, president of IDF, announced the inauguration of the Type 5 Diabetes Working Group, … Read more
For someone with such a genre-agnostic filmography—Bengali arthouse cinema, disaster flick, half a dozen comedies—Soha Ali Khan had never attempted a horror. That box is now gratifyingly ticked in Chhorri 2, Vishal Furia’s feminist horror sequel streaming on Prime Video. The film, starring Nushrratt Bharuccha, returns to the sugarcane fields of the first film, introducing … Read more
No regimented seating in classrooms. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Had you walked into a lecture hall in any medical college in the early 2000s or earlier, you would see male students on one side and women on the other. The gender norms were rarely flouted in the classroom. That generation — my generation — … Read more
Thousands of people converged on the narrow streets of Mylapore this week, all to witness the Arubathu Moovar and chariot festival of the Kapaleeswarar temple. And when an extraordinary number of people gather in a small area in the city, a lot of garbage accumulates. Yet, the next morning, the streets glistened and were cleaner … Read more
Up in arms: The residents of 13 villages, including Ekanapuram, have been protesting against the land acquisition for the Parandur airport project for more than 950 days. Ekanapuram residents even boycotted the 2024 Lok Sabha election to draw attention to their opposition to the project, which they say will blight their livelihood. | Photo Credit: … Read more
A critical concern is that creating superintelligent AI could be a one-shot attempt with irreversible consequences. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Imagine constructing a robot so intelligent that it surpasses every human mind on earth. A concept lifted straight from the realms of science fiction? Perhaps. But what if this machine evolved beyond our understanding … Read more
Life is a mysterious experience and an enigmatic journey. For, it is a series of events that unfold with the efflux of time, beyond the control of human will; steeped in the labyrinth of uncertainty and imponderables, life seldom affords one the opportunity to grasp its breadth, and in this state of oblivion, the ship … Read more
By now, the discussion around Adolescence has died down, and our distracted world has moved on to other topics that enrage and outrage. But as a boy-mother, I just can’t get it out of my head. A criticism of the Netflix series was that the final episode should have been about the family of the … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The story so far: Sixteen years after David Coleman Headley (Daood Gilani) and Tahawwur Hussain Rana were arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed an FIR and a charge-sheet against them, Rana has been extradited to India. His extradition marks … Read more