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Worshiping the goddess in South India: In poetry, sculpture, dance and song
South India has had a long heritage of goddess worship. The Shakta traditions that hail the divine feminine has been in vogue since time immemorial. She is the only deity worshipped in the three modes...
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Being 'Positively Shameless': A moving play by women who reclaimed themselves...
For a long time, literature and drama have been considered cathartic. For the women who performed the play “Positively Shameless” about sex abuse inflicted on them as children in Bengaluru, it was...
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How feasible are Elon Musk’s plans to settle on Mars? A planetary scientist...
Christian Schroeder, University of StirlingMars is the future. It’s after all NASA’s current overarching goal to send humans to the Red Planet. But even as early as the 1950s, aerospace engineer...
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Stolen Child: A Mother’s Journey To Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive...
By Laurie GoughAlthough I used to be a travel writer, I took my most frightening journey only recently, with my family, without ever leaving our small Quebec village.After my father died in 2012, my...
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Giving up jeans for the mundu, this Kerala student now runs a khadi denim...
Towards the end of 2015, Siddharth Mohan Nair was selected for the Jagriti Yatra, a two-week long train journey across the length and breadth of the country.The 25-year-old law student had to skip it...
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Sivakarthikeyan interview: 'Remo' hero opens up on cross dressing, stalking...
By Kaushik LMTamil actor Sivakarthikeyan is on a high. His much talked about film “Remo” is all set to release on October 7. The posters with Sivakarthikeyan dressed as a woman have generated a lot of...
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How trees communicate via a Wood Wide Web
Stuart Thompson, University of WestminsterA new book, The Hidden Life of Trees, claims that trees talk to one another. But is this really the case? The simple answer is that plants certainly exchange...
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'A strange affinity with India': Pakistani woman's post asks for love between...
To say that the aftermath of the Uri attack has created friction between India and Pakistan would be an understatement. What followed was a diplomatic battle at the United Nations, a surgical strike...
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Vogue's attack on style bloggers shows how much the newcomers have the...
Natalie McCreesh, Sheffield Hallam UniversityFor years, style bibles such as Vogue and Elle have found their exclusivity undermined by bloggers, who – with huge numbers of Facebook, Twitter and...
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Arundhati Roy’s second novel to arrive 20 years after her Booker Prize...
Twenty years after "God of Small Things" critically acclaimed author and renowned social activist Arundhati Roy will publish her second work of fiction, "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness", which is set...
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Robin Williams' widow pens heartrending essay on actor's struggles with Lewy...
Susan Schneider Williams, the widow of renowned actor Robin Williams, has spoken up about the disease that left her husband devastated and pushed him to take his own life. In a special editorial,...
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Profile for peace: This campaign shows that not all Indians and Pakistanis...
The good thing about social media is that no matter how loud the dominant discourse gets, it almost always provides alternatives. So while news anchors are harping on retribution, a social media...
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Fed up of Jayalalithaa health rumours? Seven more fake tales from the past
In the age of social media, the game of Chinese Whispers takes on a new dimension. Distorted information flies fast and rumours are spread in a matter of minutes.The number of stories regarding Tamil...
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No means no: Cyrus Broacha’s dating tips for the Indian male
In the ironically titled “23½ Ways to Make A Girl Fall for You”, TV anchor Cyrus Broacha takes aim at the dating skills of the Indian male, who he says, “has no game”. Taking on the role of agony aunt,...
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Why do Kerala brides have to paint their faces white? This bridal make-up...
"At the wedding ceremony, many guests told me that even my mother and her sister looked fairer than me.”When Kochi-based make-up artist Priya Abhishek Joseph got this distressed message from one of the...
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Married women with kids are desirable too, why not cast them in lead roles?...
CinemaTamil films are too youth-centric, says Nadhiya.Sowmya RajendranNadhiya.jpgActor Nadhiya Moidu’s new bilingual film “Thiraiku Varadha Kadhai” is expected to release later this month. The film,...
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Meet Thulasi Helen, the Chennai boxer who once beat Olympian Mary Kom
BoxingStarting off at age 14, Thulasi has gone on to win 30 medals in boxing.Thulasi_Helen_Main750x500.jpgBy Siddharth S It took Thulasi Helen all of nine seconds to wrap up her semi-final match at the...
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Odd states of matter: How three British theorists scooped the 2016 Nobel...
ScienceTheir work has helped shape an enormous amount of research over the past three decades.nobel prize3x2.jpgStephen Clark, University of Bath The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2016 has been awarded to...
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Humans unlikely to live beyond 125 years, say scientists
Human LifespanThe authors argue that we may essentially have “hit a wall” and that a targeted attempt to extend maximum lifespan would be required to break through it.old woman.jpgRichard Faragher,...
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Regressive rules in TN colleges are killing spirits, hurting careers of girls...
Powerful testimonies of students impacted by gendered rules in Tamil Nadu colleges Monalisa DasStudents college PTI-compressed.jpgFile photo: PTI Sample this “Not being able to move around freely even...
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