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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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Get that reality check

Acknowledging and accommodating different realities can help one become a better problem-solver.




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Get your CV on top of the pile

It’s time to write that winning resume. Here are some basic guidelines.




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Bharat Biotech releases Covaxin Phase-3 trial data, claims 77.8% efficacy

Vaccine also offers 65% protection against Delta variant, according to firm




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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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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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A Miyazaki miracle in Rajasthan

They are his most precious treasure at the moment. Award winning cultivator Shreekishan Suman on growing the world’s most expensive mango variety in the Indian desert state




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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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Murder in the middle of a royal tour

A princely procession, a mysterious death — Sujata Massey’s third Perveen Mistry whodunnit has all the ingredients of a winner




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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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‘Gold Diggers’ and the alchemy of truth

Part immigrant novel, part coming-of-age tale, Sanjena Sathian’s debut marks a shift in the way the Indian American experience is distilled into fiction




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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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‘Main aisa kyon hoon’: Exploring the unique factor

David J Linden investigates what makes us human and what makes us distinctly, immutably ourselves




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Tokyo: India’s big bets

As the Olympic Games kick off this week, India’s hopes are pinned on its women athletes and the shooters




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A quiz about the Olympic Games




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Amartya Sen and the ‘busted subject’

The Nobel laureate found out that welfare economics was a non-subject at Cambridge




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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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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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Meet the youngest athletes at sport’s biggest stage

Several Indians made their debut at the Olympics when they were in their teens — the youngest was just 11




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Imperilled Immunity — India’s ailing Vaccine PSUs

At one time the primary producers of the country’s vaccine requirements, the units are in terminal decline. Can they be revived?




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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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Old is gold in Olympics too

Senior citizens have put up a good show at the Olympic Games




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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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Hyderabad rekindles the fire for heritage cuisine

Nothing about it is quick or simple. Meats need days of marination, spices are ground from scratch, and cooking takes hours. Yet, dishes from the Nizam era are winning new connoisseurs




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Planting hopes in hydroponics

Smart farming with no soil and a controlled environment has a promising market




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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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‘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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Start-ups are shaking up the disability space even as investors lag

Why don’t Venture Capitalists and funders view those with disability as consumers with a wallet and a need? ask entrepreneurs who have built promising assistive solutions




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Modi’s Hindi is an excessively starched kurta

The cliched but persuasive way in which politicians use language




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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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The Story of History

A poet responds to the emerging crisis in Afghanistan the only way she knows — with words




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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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A Bengali lady’s stark account of colonial England

Nabanita Sengupta’s translation of Krishnabhabini Das’s travelogue, published in 1885, is a hat tip to the pioneers of modern-day feminism




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The cheat sheet for creativity

Taking a break on Mondays may not only drive away the blues but cultivate creativity




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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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Closing the loop on sustainability

As new regulations make it imperative to walk the talk on energy efficiency and eco friendliness, a bunch of cool companies design change all the way from planning to production




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Crafting joy: Wood and the art of making

A first person account of how a hobby became a small business during the pandemic




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Around the world in savoury cakes

From cauliflower cakes, sushi cakes to prawn cakes, international and regional cuisines have a range of delicious salty bakes




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‘How to Kidnap the Rich’: An ugly side up thriller

Rahul Raina’s debut novel, set in the bylanes of Delhi, tells a fast-paced tale about the underbelly of the education industry