Rollo Romig | Photo Credit: Evia Photos Rollo Romig, American journalist, essayist and critic, has been reporting on South India, mostly for The New York Times Magazine from 2013. He also writes for the New Yorker. His first book, I Am on the Hit List: Murder and Myth-making in South India, is an investigation into … Read more
Nithin Raj had already knocked on ten doors in a single month, each a potential home and another test. Outside yet another faded gate in central-east Hyderabad, hoodie pulled up against the December breeze, his chin-strap goatee and wild curls drew more attention than his modest 2BHK request. At every visit, the 31-year-old found himself … Read more
FILE PHOTO: Google also argued that the DOJ is unfairly targeting it in a highly competitive space (Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw & Google CEO Sundar Pichai) | Photo Credit: THB As Google rolls out a sweeping expansion of its artificial intelligence tools across search, advertising, and YouTube in India, its … Read more
Along the bustling stretch of Casa Major Road, opposite the Government Museum at Egmore, Chennai, stand the Guild of Service (Central) and the Madras School of Social Work (MSSW) that are highly regarded for their social service. Though they are independent of each other, the name of Mary Clubwala Jadhav links them by a common … Read more
Inside the expansive Annapurna Studios and its Annexe in Hyderabad, film units are busy shooting feature films, television shows, and web series across its 12 floors and backlots. Elsewhere, teams are at work in post-production, shaping content for final release. Meanwhile, students at the Annapurna College of Film and Media are learning the fundamentals of … Read more
Filled with titbits: Tamilar Nidhi Nirvakam: Thonmaiyum Thodarchiyum is a valuable collection of articles and speeches by experts in a host of disciplines. It was released by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the presence of Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, Principal Secretary (Finance) T. Udhayachandran, and Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam. One hundred years ago, petrol was sold for ₹0.25 … Read more
This year, India might receive an ‘above normal’ monsoon for the second year in a row, according to the first monsoon forecast for 2025 by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The country is likely to receive about 105% of the long period average (LPA) rainfall this year with an error margin of ± 5%. The … Read more
Banu Mushtaq begins by reading aloud a story from her International Booker-nominated short story collection, Heart Lamp, titled “The Arabic Teacher and Gobi Manchuri.” The story is about a lawyer who hires an Arabic teacher, who is very fond of Gobi Manchuri, for her two young daughters, and a series of unexpected events that ensue … Read more
Forging a new bond in research, the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom has recently opened a new centre on the campus of Bangalore City University. Born from a two-and-a-half-year vision shaped by professors of the universities, the Wolverhampton-Bengaluru Centre for Research and Innovation (WBC) is a testament to what happens when academic ambition … Read more
Opening a cafe is a dream for many, but sustaining a restaurant business in Bengaluru is not an easy task. The city leads the way in food trends and hip new restaurants. However, it is a different story if you dig deeper. It is not all smooth sailing, especially in light of the new price … Read more