EXCLUSIVE: Anjana Sukhani completes 20 years as an…
EXCLUSIVE: Anjana Sukhani completes 20 years as an actor; opens up like never before: “I had auditioned for Kareena Kapoor’s role in Jab We Met…Kareena has all the reasons to be a star”; also reveals ...
Terms of Trade: How to look at the rise of electoral consultants in India
A new book gives an excellent account of the rise of political consultants but there is merit in looking at the larger ...
SG Culture Pass: $300m for arts and heritage programmes involving Singaporeans and PRs
The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth will begin accepting proposal submissions on March 10. Read more at straitstimes ...
The ‘rediscovery’ of Sangam literature and how it became a source of Tamil history and archaeology
Though Sangam literature is deeply intertwined with Tamil consciousness, it was only in the late 19th or early 20th centuries ...
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First known cookbook by a Black American woman gets new edition 160 years later
Malinda Russell's A Domestic Cookbook was first published in 1866. It contains least a hundred recipes for sweets, plus ...
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‘I Started With a Stamp’: This Chennai Shop is Home to Antiques That Are Centuries Old
Lateef Mohammed has spent his life collecting antiques from around the world. First-edition books, vinyls in perfect ...
From the memoir: Novelist B Jeyamohan writes about the matriarchal family system he grew up in
When grandmother went away into the house, her current consort, Kaipalli Gopalan, slammed the coconut he was dehusking on the ...
Letters to the Editor: Bounty hunters in Taiwan hired to take down green iguanas
Sir — The US sending Indian deportees back in handcuffs exhibits a blatant disregard for human rights and is a symbol of ...
From rooms to boats to doorstep delivery, diving into the history of the moving libraries of India
Discover the evolution of mobile libraries in India, from bullock carts to buses, ensuring access to books for all.
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“SETTLER COLONIALISM” AND TAMIL EELAM Part 6E1
Karunatilleke and Hemapriya, who were friends, saw the significance of Maduru Oya for Eelam. Tamil settlements would strengthen Eelam. A Sinhala settlement there could puncture Eelam. They turned to ...
Understanding a nation through its linguistic and literary heritage is key to equal citizenship, identity, and soft power
India’s translation ecosystem is ready to help by moving to the next orbit. India’s first non-profit, open-access and ...
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Languages A conduit for peace and harmony
The world would indeed be a dull place if there were only one or two languages. Only a few of them have more than a million native speakers. Chinese, ...