From baton relay to leap frog: Good Shepherd Chennai invites past pupils for its alumni sports meet

[ad_1] Sports Day at Good Shepherd Convent It is time to don your house colours again with the first-ever Good Shepherd School Alumni Sports Meet 2023. The event invites all past students to indulge in a bit of nostalgia and participate in sports activities that they used to do during school days. This includes march […]

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How theatre enables empowerment

[ad_1] As the contemporary theatre scene in Kerala continues to evolve, learn and adapt, applied theatre is increasingly being used as a tool to speak for a community or for educational and therapeutic purposes. Theatre persons and collectives have been working with inmates of shelter homes, residents of coastal areas, students, teachers, mentally- and physically-challenged […]

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Mannan Amroliwala’s Whatsapp community, Putting Scenes, connects Bengalureans to offbeat events

[ad_1] Mannan Amroliwala | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mannan Amroliwala is among the tens of thousands of migrants who reach Bengaluru to realise their startup dreams. He moved to the city two years ago. For about a year, Mannan worked in a crypto company. Then, he quit it to work on his idea for an […]

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Unveiling Paradiso: Behind a fridge door is the best bar in the world

[ad_1] Nestled discreetly behind a pastrami shop in Barcelona’s El Born neighbourhood, Paradiso has claimed the title of the world’s finest bar, according to the World’s 50 Best Bars ranking. A groundbreaking achievement, this honour marks the first time an establishment beyond the traditional powerhouses of New York and London has secured the top position. […]

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Gedee Car Museum’s new section is an ode to Indian cars such as the Ambassador and Padmini

[ad_1] The Indian car section of Gedee Car Museum | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M It took one whole hour to get the Palani-bound bus road-ready in the 1940s. Before the driver turned the ignition on, an assistant would add wood chips into a wood gasifier fitted behind. “When these burned inside the furnace, it resulted […]

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An exhibition on climate change featuring stories from PARI at Chennai’s DakshinaChitra

[ad_1] From a story on flooding at Semmanjeri in 2020 | Photo Credit: M Palani Kumar Climate change is not just about rising oceanic temperatures and melting icebergs. “It is a lot more complex than that,” says Chennai-based artist and cultural producer Krishnapriya CP. She talks about a certain “precarity” that exists in the lives […]

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Chennai | Exploring the length of Marina beach’s shore for six kilometres on foot

[ad_1] At daybreak on the Marina, a series of 15 men line the shore, their eyes searching the waves. In the beginning, it seems like calm, quiet contemplation — like they are seeing the horizon for the first time and marvelling at all the sea has to offer. Suddenly, among them, T Jambulingam swoops down […]

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For Onam 2023, Mahabali comes visiting Kerala astride a hornbill in Sabari Venu’s animated art work

[ad_1] Image of Mahabali, visualised by designer Sabari Venu, in 2023 | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT This time round, designer Sabari Venu has imagined a fiesty Mahabali coming to Kerala on a Great Pied Hornbill. Hair flying in the air, the mundu-clad, bearded Mahabali is clearly enjoying his ride in Sabari’s illustration, which has been […]

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Hyderabad gets India’s first solar roof cycling track

[ad_1] Hyderabad gets India’s first solar roof cycling track | Video Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Cycling in a big city can be a real challenge with the pollution, uncontrollable traffic and the risk of being knocked down by passing cars Now, Hyderabad is leading the way with a first-of-its-kind sustainable solar roof cycling track near the […]

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Pulikkali to be held in Thrissur as part of Onam revelry on September 1

[ad_1] Pulikkali performers in Thrissur | Photo Credit: NAJEEB KK Suresh Kumar OG of S S Pulikkali, an organisation that manages tiger dances, and his team are preparing for September 1. They would perform the pulikkali, an annual event held as part of Onam revelry in Thrissur. On the fourth day of Onam celebrations, as […]

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