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Race for the White House

Hear what college-goers have to say about the U.S elections tomorrow.





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Untangle the web you weave

Strike a balance between using social media wisely and not losing touch with the real world.




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Groom the new age entrepreneur

With students hooked on to the idea of becoming entrepreneurs, how can parents nurture their ambition?




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The Great Wall beckons

Potential areas of study and scholarships for Indian students in China.




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CBSE: NEET 2017 will be counted as first attempt




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97 national awardee teachers for 2020 and 2021 write to President, PM to honour them in physical ceremony on September 5

All these teachers had received the award in a virtual event due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Of them, 47 teachers had received the award in 2020 and the rest in 2021




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At K Sureshkumar’s pedagogical laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram students understand basic concepts of Physics by doing experiments on their own

National award-winning science teacher K Sureshkumar’s pedagogical laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram enables students of high school to conduct experiments in Physics and learn the concepts themselves



  • Life & Style

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The Hindu International Education Fair opens with huge response

Hundreds of students and parents visited the stalls and interacted with colleges, universities, consulates, and agencies from across the globe, and got information about overseas education




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Ray — wired to modern times

The new Netflix anthology, based on the works of Satyajit Ray, is an exploration of minds in the throes of existential crises




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Prathap Suthan: Breaking boundaries with bored poetry

The adman’s day dawns with verses on topical concerns. They are my sunrise, he says, after completing six years of the exercise




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“With ‘Sherni’, I wanted to move away from the hero archetype”

A unique environmental drama, the recently released ‘Sherni’ is earning accolades from leading Indian conservationists for its accurate portrayal of the modern wildlife crisis




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The Scindias: Straddling royalty and politics with equal ease

Rasheed Kidwai’s book on the Gwalior royal family is as much a palace chronicle as it is a companion volume to modern Indian political history




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Pulping patriarchy with ‘Haseen Dillruba’

Kanika Dhillon, the creator of fiesty heroines — ‘Manmarziyan’, ‘Kedarnath’ and ‘Haseen Dillruba’




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Sabu Jacob: Weaving a change in the garment industry and beyond

His father taught him to be a good human being first and realise the importance of work. Sabu Jacob opens up about his success as an entrepreneur, passions beyond work and moving his business out of Kerala




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Life with my noisy roommates Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa

Comedy of errors are wont to occur when a tech writer’s lockdown friends — IoT devices — come out to play




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Sulli deals: Women caught in the tentacles of the dark Web

Doxxing, or sharing a woman’s picture online without her consent, is a crime that has proliferated during the pandemic — chillingly, against one particular community




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Prince Philip on how to ‘get on with it’

Gyles Brandreth’s biography is an anecdote-filled final portrait of the ever-practical duke




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Exiting with grace and dignity

When changing jobs, upright professionals should communicate their decision to resign with truth and honesty, with respect and gratitude




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Will The Hundred stoke cricket?

All eyes are on the Olympics, but away from the glare in England, a new format tournament threatens to disrupt cricket




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Loki throws the timelines of the worlds out of sync

In the latest offering from Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki goes in search of a variant — one creating nexus events




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Finding Ritwik Ghatak’s boy hero

Over 63 years after its release, an author traces down Parama Bhattaraka, the impish child actor in one of Bengal’s most loved films




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Rice and shine, always

The ingredient that has hung out with the mighty stegosaurus, peered at lunar craters, and played a starring role in the story of mankind is also the most unassuming presence on the food platter




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‘You go to meet the prime minister and all you can talk about is my bluddy swimming pool?’

When prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was lectured on free market economics, and cornered about the luxury addition in Satish Sharma’s farmhouse




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When the warrior becomes the worrier

The leader in the post-Covid-19 world faces the same dilemma Arjuna did — the knowledge-action gap




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‘I make a conscious effort to seek out women’s stories... men’s voices are easily heard’

American translator Daisy Rockwell on introducing Usha Priyamvada’s ‘Fifty-Five Pillars, Red Walls’ — a novel that had fell by the wayside — to a new generation of readers in English




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Worried about post-Olympics blues? These podcasts promise to keep the flame alive

Inspired by the Tokyo Olympics, here is a round-up of podcasts that celebrate sports and those who devote their lives to the pursuit of sporting greatness




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The gender leap: India sent its first woman athlete to the Olympics in 1924

While India began sending women athletes to the Olympics fairly early, a few countries started doing so as late as 2000




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How discovery platforms are boosting women-run enterprises

Pandemic has hit women entrepreneurs badly — but help is at hand




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‘A Death in Shonagachhi’: A world neither black, white nor grey

Rijula Das’s debut novel is a hard-hitting portrayal of life and death in the red light district




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The big takeaways from the Tokyo Olympics

Mental health issues, representation of women, and sustainability practices came to the fore at the biggest sporting event




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Happiness at work is more than the sum of its parts

Interventions for promoting happiness at the workplace must start with a paradigm shift




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‘Gangster State’: How and why the Left fell in Bengal

In his debut book, Sourjya Bhowmick documents the unravelling of the communist experiment in the state




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Weaving Connections: British designer William Morris’s colonial inspirations

The handcrafted colourful textiles of South Asia appealed immensely to the celebrated 19th-century craftsperson and polymath. A new exhibition of his works highlights these influences




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How Novotel floated its cloud kitchens

The Accor group hotel beat lockdown blues with some smart pivots




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The illuminated and a new way of seeing

Anindita Ghose’s debut novel is a visceral account of loss and emerging anew from it




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Designs on the future — patterning a new India

On India’s 75th Independence Day, can cultivating a design-backed ecosystem put the country on a steep growth path?




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Radioactive — How Ushaben’s broadcasts transmitted the message of freedom

The spirited 22-year-old woman, who earned the sobriquet Radioben, was an integral part of the underground radio service during the Quit India movement




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Working with known devils vs unknown angels

Unlike relationships with friends and families, our work relationships are not unconditional




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Comforting common sense, woman to woman

A companionable book filled with personal advice shared with honesty




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Their guitars gently wept for Bangladesh

Pandit Ravi Shankar and George Harrison pulled off a coup of sorts when they managed to get Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and other stars to play a healing note for a new and anguished nation




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Weep for Afghanistan’s Women

In every statement made by anybody of any consequence, the main concern is about the fate of Afghan women under Taliban rule




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Seam and swagger: How India set the pace at Lord’s

There was method to the machismo displayed by Indian cricketers in the recent win over England




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Rejigging superheroes: AC Bradley on tweaking the Marvel universe

What if Peggy Carter was Captain Carter? What if Iron Man was a zombie unleashing mayhem? The show creator of ‘What If...?’ on exploring these moments in the anthology series




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Streaming a new reality: Malayalam movies in the OTT world

The industry has responded to the pandemic in creative ways and, in the bargain, gained a new audience as well as a generation of actors who do not walk formulaic paths




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Quiz on bureaucrats who had other talents

It’s the birth anniversary of poet, playwright and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the most influential writers in German literature. He was also a civil servant for Karl August, the Grand Duke of Weimar and held many administrative posts. This week, we look at civil servants and bureaucrats who had other talents.




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Restoring Kozhikode’s Zamorin past with gentle retouches

The spruced up Tali temple pond complex serves as a portrait to the culture and history of the erstwhile rulers of Malabar




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Making all at work feel wanted and valued

When every member of the support function in a company is recognised and respected, it becomes a visible indicator of the culture and happiness quotient of an organisation




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Kalidasa, the poet of the natural world

As it rains, it is natural to turn to the epic writer whose verses bring home the monsoons and the plants in which the season become visible