Response to comments on the Aakash Op-Ed
The Hinduby Akshat Rathi3d ago
This is a blog post from >Op-Ed in The Hindu on the Indian government’s plans to hand out $35 tablets to poor students. It attracted a number of comments and emails.
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top 96%‘Eyes’ series review: Manu Ashokan’s show pans in on stalking, sans the romanticising
The Hinduby Shilpa Nair Anand3d ago
At the outset, the Malayalam show, Eyes, streaming on SonyLIV, looks like another police procedural, another crime-driven series of events.
German Bakery, sanitised
The Hinduby Amruta Byatnal3d ago
This is a blog post from (Or have I told you about this place before?) The first time I went to German Bakery was for my first date. I was 17 and the whole bohemian thing was catching up.
Former DMK Minister E.V. Velu, son E.V. Kumaran seek anticipatory bail in lake bed mining case
The Hinduby Mohamed Imranullah S3d ago
Former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Minister E.V. Velu, 76, and his son E.V. Kumaran, 48, have filed anticipatory bail petitions before the Madras High Court in a case registered against them...
Navaratri notes: How Syama Sastri’s iconic swarajatis are an intimate dialogue with the goddess
The Hinduby Amritha Murali3d ago
Syama Sastri belonged to a family of hereditary archakas at the Kamakshi Temple in Kanchipuram. During a period of political turmoil, his ancestors left Kanchipuram, carrying with them the golden...
Music in Mehrangarh
The Hinduby Amitava Sanyal3d ago
mihir ) in which the festival is staged. The presence is imbued with a sense of history too. Though the fort’s foundation was laid by sun-king Rao Jodha in the middle of the 15 century, most of its...
Two Bills to be considered in nine-day Keralam Assembly session starting October 12
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau3d ago
The second session of the 16th Keralam Legislative Assembly, to be held from October 12 to October 29, will consider a number of Bills, Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said on Friday.
Assam student who called home about drunken men in train coach found dead near tracks in Andhra’s Srikakulam
The Hinduby K Srinivasa Rao3d ago
A 21-year-old student from Guwahati who had called her family from a train to say she felt unsafe among drunken men in her coach was found dead beside the railway tracks in Andhra Pradesh’s...
Woven into Madras
The Hinduby Arundhati Menon3d ago
Madras, nalla Madras ,” was one of my favourite songs when I moved to Chennai way back in 1967. A Bengali raised in Delhi, I arrived into this city with my family, harbouring a lot of reservations.
Two SC men fall at BC villagers’ feet after row over burial of 90-year-old in Erode cemetery
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau3d ago
Allegations of caste discrimination have surfaced in Perumbali village in Madathupalayam panchayat near Perundurai in Erode district, after two members of a Scheduled Caste (SC) community...
Supreme Court refuses plea to ‘review’ order to quash FIRs against NEET-UG protestors
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau3d ago
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 9, 2026) refused to review its September 1 direction to quash FIRs against students and youth who participated in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak protests and were...
What is a Calicut lobster curry doing in Charlotte, North Carolina? Let's ask chef Vamshi Krishna Adi
The Hinduby Anagha Maareesha3d ago
“Indian diners tell me they finally have a place they are proud to bring their families and business clients to,” says Chef Vamshi Krishna Adi about his new fine-dining restaurant in the financial...
The cost of being absent: students caught between health and attendance
The Hinduby Zain Younis3d ago
On September 21, 2026, students of King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, protested over the death of Divyanshi Yadav, a 2025-batch B.Sc. Nursing student who died of dengue.
Puducherry bypoll result: AINRC retains Thattanchavady seat with huge margin
The Hinduby Rajesh B Nair3d ago
The ruling All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) candidate, backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Ashok Anand, has won the Thattanchavady...
Kevin Rudd warns U.S., China of potential AI security crisis, calls for urgent cooperation
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese3d ago
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Thursday (October 8, 2026) warned that the United States and China could find themselves responding to a major artificial intelligence (AI)-related...
Understanding Gandhi’s re-emergence in India’s oppositional politics
The Hinduby Atul Mishra3d ago
Mahatma Gandhi is back at the centre of India’s oppositional politics and public imagination. On the evening of 8 October, MPs from the INDIA bloc, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi...
Justice Nagu recuses from hearing Punjab appeal against HC order for CBI probe into corruption allegations
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau3d ago
Supreme Court judge, Justice Sheel Nagu, on Friday (October 9, 2026) recused himself from hearing an appeal filed by the State of Punjab against a State High Court order for a Central Bureau of...
Rohit Barker is betting big on house and Latin music with his new club in the heart of Bengaluru
The Hinduby Anagha Maareesha3d ago
Who better to get the pulse of the city just right, than RJ and DJ Rohit Barker. With three decades of music programming under his belt, multiple cocktail bars and the country’s longest running...
CMRL-Exalogic case: CPI(M) accuses UDF of aiding ‘BJP-controlled ED’, withholding facts to ‘mislead’ Kerala HC
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau3d ago
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] on Friday blamed the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Keralam for “aiding the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-controlled Enforcement...
Study highlights regional variations in coral bleaching across India
The Hinduby Shilpa Elizabeth3d ago
A new study examining the effects of the fourth global coral bleaching event on India’s coral reefs in 2024 shows how reefs in different parts of India are responding to warming in different ways.