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Parents need to start talking to their children about the risks of porn
PornographyThe porn they’re watching today is much more “hardcore” than moms and dads could possibly imagine. Gail Dines, Wheelock College Today teenagers are viewing far more pornography than their...
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Magic from waste: Meet the artist who makes enchanting artworks out of cloth...
ArtMedha Bhatt recently held an exhibition showcasing her artworks titled ‘My Whistling School Boy and Other Friends’ in Thiruvananthapuram.Saritha S BalanWhen creating an artwork, artist Medha Bhatt...
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The little girl from Mahabalipuram who is taking Indian skateboarding scene...
Human interestEight-year-old Kamali Moorthy, a child prodigy, is the only girl skateboarder and surfer in her hamlet in Tamil Nadu. Sreedevi JayarajanJamie ThomasIt was 3pm on a Friday. The air was hot...
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Fur babies over human ones? Meet millennials who choose to raise pets instead...
Human InterestWhile some choose to raise pets to see if they can handle bringing up another human life, others view their pets as their children.Anjana ShekarFacebook/RashmiIn 2008, the English...
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Friendship, militancy and Kashmir: A Pandit’s memoir of his family’s exodus...
Book ExcerptAn excerpt from of ‘A Long Dream Of Home: The Persecution, Exodus and Exile of Kashmiri Pandits’.By Susheel Pajnu From April 1990 onwards, the Pandit families in Khankah-i-Sokhta, Safa...
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Growling with tigers, laughing with hyenas: Meet the women caretakers of TN zoo
Human InterestFor these women caretakers, the fierce animals they look after are friends who answer to their call. Anjana ShekarNagammal was just fourteen years old when she started working. Pushed by...
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Five ways India must help its farmers face the threat of climate change
EnvironmentExtreme weather events threaten to derail the Indian government’s agenda of doubling farmers’ income across the country.Image for representation/ PTIManoj Dora, Brunel University London...
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The history of the Hollywood sign,from public nuisance to symbol of stardom
FeatureThe sign was originally intended as an advertisement, and few had considered its permanence or long-term significance.Leo Braudy, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters,...
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‘I’ve carved my own path’: Meet Manonmani, south India’s first female sarangi...
MusicManonmani comes from a family of musicians – her mother Saroja and her grandfather PV Shanmugam were both dilruba players.Anjana ShekarWhen AR Rahman composed the song Urvasi Urvasi in the 90s for...
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Babri Masjid and Mumbai blasts: How the cops zeroed in on Bollywood star...
Book ExcerptWhen the police first heard Sanjay Dutt's name in connection with the Mumbai blasts, the first reaction was disbelief.PTIBy Yasser Usman On 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid was demolished...
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What does magic mean for city folks: Theatre group retells fairy tales in...
TheatreBengaluru-based theatre group Tahatto will present 'Remember Remember' in Chennai on March 25 at Museum Theatre, Egmore.Anjana ShekarWe’ve grown up listening to stories from yonder, about...
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‘Antarctica is far away, but our actions are impacting it’: An Indian...
Environment Avani Awasthee was a mentor in Project 2041, which aims to spread awareness on climate change; this was her second trip to the continent.Monalisa DasAvani AwastheeIn the past two years,...
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The wandering storyteller: This man is cycling across India to collect tales
TravelBeginning his journey in July last year, Kumar has travelled across five states so far and plans to cycle all the way up to Leh.Anjana ShekarFacebook/KumarShawWanderlust is an unquenchable thirst...
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'Stuck Like Lint' author Shefali on melancholy, motivation and doing...
InterviewThe Bengaluru based author speaks to TNM about her book which is on two women - a writer and an editor who share a very special relationship.Manasa RaoShefali Tripathi Mehta’s first novella...
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Keeping craft alive: A Kerala village has been making maddalam, mridangam for...
Craft This unknown hamlet shot into the limelight because of the dexterous craftsmen who produced musical instruments used by maestros of Carnatic music and also consummate percussionists. Susheela...
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‘His writings led me from darkness to light’: Filmmaker Prasanna on Ashokamitran
DocumentaryThe documentary has writers, actors and young readers coming together to discuss his works.Anjana ShekarFacebook / Prasanna RamaswamyIf there was one question author Ashokamitran found...
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This Bengaluru artist uses contemporary arts for therapeutic experiences
TheatreArtist Brinda speaks about how expressive arts can be a powerful therapy and her reasons for choosing ‘desire’ as the theme of her new play.Vignesh AnanthrajBrinda Jacob-JanvrinBrinda...
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‘I am a student in the university where Dhoni is a topper’: Dinesh Karthik...
InterviewProbably it’s karma for all the good things that i have done through the years, said Karthik, reflecting on the last-ball six to win the match for India. Facebook / Dinesh KarthikDushyant...
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This 50-yr-old museum started by a Kerala cartoonist houses 1000s of dolls
MuseumThe idea of a dolls collection was born when eminent political cartoonist K Shankar Pillai received one as a gift from the Hungarian Ambassador in the early 1950s.IANSIANSBy Nivedita Singh At a...
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This 69-year-old man has helped start free libraries across Chennai, and you...
Human interestNo membership, no one to supervise, and no last date to return books: Mahendra Kumar's libraries run on no rules, and plenty of goodwill. Geetika MantriThe first library in...
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