A first bus full of migrants arrived at a Slovenian border crossing with Croatia on Saturday, the Slovenian police said, after Hungary shut its border with Croatia late on Friday, diverting them t...
After years of intense lobbying with several countries, including India, in an effort to sell its high-speed rail technology, China has finally bagged its first ever overseas bullet train project...
First the peacocks left. Now, the foreign tourists are leaving too. What the writer finds instead is an ancient city of dusty charms and the Taj’s dazzling perfection
In preparation for the Music Season, musicians head to P.S. Sivaswami Salai, which has many mridangam repair shops
Many of the most popular Hindi film songs began life as ‘Puja numbers’, composed for the city’s vibrant October season,
Sustaining Parsiana’s high-quality journalism is quite a task given the declining numbers of people interested in the Parsi way of life
“In a few months, the part-time library at Kandanchavadi will be shifted to a new building and more books will be added to its racks”
Remembering Ravindra Jain, and the India he made music for
Around 200 inmates in jails across Sri Lanka were on fast seeking their immediate release.
It remains to be seen how India, despite its business potential, copes with cultural policing, muzzling of free speech, and book bans
With the provision of six percolation pits and water from the bathrooms being recycled, not a drop of water is wasted at this apartment in Kottur. This project, initiated by the vice-president of...
Two TASMAC outlets at Canal Bank Road, Luz, seem to be a source of unending trouble for motorists and commuters taking the MRTS. One of the outlets (No: 915) does not have a bar facility...
Finally, here’s an authentic attempt to bring India’s intellectual history to a wider readership
The Boys and Girls Club of Soundarapandian Angadi Police Station is putting Thapattam to a novel use
This Navarathri, are you in the mood to do some extra good? Then head to Mother Theresa complex of the Women’s Development Corporation. You can help M. S. Poonguzhali from Tanjore who makes the fa...
…says Japanese best-selling writer Banana Yoshimoto of the loneliness in today’s Japan, and tells that she hopes her books will give young people something that will make them keep living
If de-silted and deepened, the lake would help raise the groundwater level in Nanganallur and Adambakkam, say residents
An extract from the translation by Prabha Sridevan of Vaasanthi’s Trishanku
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday blamed the Delhi Police — which is under the control of the Central government — over the recent spurt in incidence of rape of minors in the capital. Two...
Residents complain of lack of coordination between Southern Railway and Pallavapuram Municipality
How folk myths helped people make sense of their loves and fears.
A workbook for higher learning offers insights into the central idea of developing intercultural communication.
Renowned film critic Maithili Rao’s new book, Smita Patil – A Brief Incandescence, is finally out. The writer speaks about the phenomenon that was Smita
Mark Tully, this year’s chair of the DSC Prize jury, speaks about the year’s stunning entries, which made his job harder but infinitely more rewarding
Saamana, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, has a history of political influence and reach. And that makes it too loud to ignore.