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The unbearable lightness of a free fall
July 22, 2023, 9:33 AM IST
It was around 7. 30am on July 1. A group of skydivers, along with their instructors, were flying onboard a Cheyenne 400 LS aircraft, 42,431 feet from sea level in the skies above Whiteville, West…
July 22, 2023, 9:33 AM IST
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‘LKS is important for not only Keralites in America but also for Kerala’
June 10, 2023, 7:33 AM IST
‘Extravaganza is a matter of perception’ Reacting to the controversies, the event’s ‘diamond’ sponsor, and the president of Federation of Kerala Associations in North America (Fokana) Babu Stephen said those who call the event an…
June 10, 2023, 7:33 AM IST
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The Saga Of Sherin Shahana
May 27, 2023, 7:39 AM IST
A young woman from Kambalakkad in Wayanad, who has been confined to a wheelchair as a paraplegic since the age of 21 after a fall from a roof terrace, has yet again proved that sheer…
May 27, 2023, 7:39 AM IST
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Crowns Of Light, Hand-Crafted & Tailor Made
April 8, 2023, 7:35 AM IST
The maiden Kerala Puraskarangal (Kerala Awards) – six Kerala Sree, three Kerala Prabha, and one Kerala Jyothimodelled on the centre’s Padma Awards, were distributed by governor Arif Mohammed Khan at a function presided over by…
April 8, 2023, 7:35 AM IST
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What The Best Men Do, She Can Do Better
March 18, 2023, 7:14 AM IST
It was in June 2014 and INS Mumbai, a Delhi-Class guided-missile Destroyer of the Indian Navy was in the outer Arabian Sea with around 30 officers who were undergoing the gunnery specialisation course at INS…
March 18, 2023, 7:14 AM IST
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In tense Dnipro, awaiting the next Russian rocket
February 25, 2023, 6:45 AM IST
When Russia’s Ukraine invasion began in the early morning of February 24, 2022, Dnipro—one of the largest industrial cities in the east European country–was among the primary targets. Adarsh AP, a Thiruvananthapuram native and a…
February 25, 2023, 6:45 AM IST
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‘Writers should find [new] ways… to speak up against Hindutva’
February 18, 2023, 7:26 AM IST
The novels and stories of Perumal Murugan, who once announced his own death as a writer after being hounded by right-wing and caste outfits and resumed writing after judicial intervention, are inscribed by radical politics…
February 18, 2023, 7:26 AM IST
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‘For six hours we were kings and queens’
December 17, 2022, 8:18 AM IST
It was a December night in 2019 in the coastal village of Chellanam. Alphonsa Francis (58) and her son Silosh George (34)—who have a rich family tradition of Chavittu Nadakam—were getting ready to leave to…
December 17, 2022, 8:18 AM IST
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Rickshaw Odyssey
September 24, 2022, 7:36 AM IST
110 adventure tourists who set off on an epic 2,700km autorickshaw ride from Kochi to Jaisalmer are almost near the finishing line. They explain what it was like They have covered over 2,300km in less…
September 24, 2022, 7:36 AM IST
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Tsunami, fratricide & now this…
July 30, 2022, 8:20 AM IST
A Sri Lankan resident talks about surviving months of turmoil and uncertainty in a country deep in crisis Arshad Jamaldeen, a banker in Colombo, Sri Lanka, always brought gifts for his children, wife, and elderly…
July 30, 2022, 8:20 AM IST
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Rough reds & burnt browns
July 23, 2022, 10:05 AM IST
Mohammed Nadeer deals with the mundane but his unique use of colours and imagery lends them an arresting immediacy An artist’s identity is often defined by his works. But Mohammed Nadeer, a young painter…
July 23, 2022, 10:05 AM IST
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Earth tones
June 18, 2022, 10:01 AM IST
Kalamezhuthu, the ritual painting of deities made using coloured powders, is done in temples and sacred groves on auspicious days across Kerala. A ninefeet-long and five-feet-wide ritual painting of the fierce Goddess Bhadrakali was made…
June 18, 2022, 10:01 AM IST
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Resistance as theatre
March 19, 2022, 8:27 AM IST
‘Performance’ can be a powerful tool even in a hostage drama, as the director of ‘Pada’ explains More than 25 years have passed since four tribal rights activists–Ajayan Mannur, Vilayodi Sivankutty, Kallara Babu and Kanhangad…
March 19, 2022, 8:27 AM IST
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‘Volunteers are the skeleton & life of Spic Macay’
March 5, 2022, 12:04 PM IST
Spic Macay’s founder Kiran Seth explains why youths need to get exposed to their intangible cultural heritage For the past 45 years, Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (Spic Macay),…
March 5, 2022, 12:04 PM IST
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