A show that celebrates and honours nature enthusiasts

A show that celebrates and honours nature enthusiasts

Jadav Payeng | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The inaugural episode of Sony BBC Earth’s Earth Champions on November 6 will feature Jadav Payeng, also known as the Forest Man of India. Hailing from Assam, Payeng, a Padma Shri awardee, has transformed the barren lands into a thriving man-made forest. Payeng has reclaimed an island in […]

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Members of Perur Lake Forum document bird population at  an urban wetland for six years

Members of Perur Lake Forum document bird population at an urban wetland for six years

Great Egret | Photo Credit: G Parameswaran  Historians often describe Coimbatore as a beautiful woman adorned with a garland of navaratnams represented by the lakes of the River Noyyal. The river begins its 167-kilometre journey from Kooduthurai near Aalandurai and joins the Cauvery near Karur, filling up over 30 tanks along the way. One such […]

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Watch | How Westlife had Mumbai singing along

Watch | How Westlife had Mumbai singing along

Watch | How Westlife had Mumbai singing along Irish boyband Westlife performed in Mumbai on November 24, 2023, as part of “The Wild Dreams Tour”. Fans thronged the Mahalaxmi Racecourse on a Friday evening and sang along to their favourite tracks. Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan also won hearts through their […]

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Coimbatore’s Board Games Hub is a place for fun, frolic, and food

Coimbatore’s Board Games Hub is a place for fun, frolic, and food

On a Wednesday afternoon, Board Games Hub at Saibaba Colony, is near-vacant. Its founder, Prakash Nagalingam, and his staff are engrossed in a game as we enter. One of the best things about running a board games cafe is that your work entails playing board games on a midweek day. Going by the empty tables, […]

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Sandeep Reddy Vanga interview on ‘Animal’: Ranbir Kapoor is a great performer, will not let the audience relax for a second

Sandeep Reddy Vanga interview on ‘Animal’: Ranbir Kapoor is a great performer, will not let the audience relax for a second

Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the writer-director of Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna and Bobby Deol, is aware of the frenzied reactions the film’s trailer has generated, but hasn’t had the time to read them. “Ranbir, my brother (co-producer Pranay Vanga) and Bhushan Kumar (producer) called and told me about the feedback and I […]

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‘Sweet Home’ K-drama review: Humanity hunts for answers in this gory horror-thriller

‘Sweet Home’ K-drama review: Humanity hunts for answers in this gory horror-thriller

Early on in Sweet Home, after a monster wreaks havoc and leaves the residents of the very grandly-named Green Home Mansion apartment rattled, one of them is quick with his questions to another resident—a firefighter. “What is the government doing? We’re paying so much tax and they can’t even take care of one monster?,” he […]

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Sleep and dine alongside wild animals at Jamala Wildlife Lodge in Canberra

Sleep and dine alongside wild animals at Jamala Wildlife Lodge in Canberra

The lodge has three categories of rooms  A tiger sits outside my bathroom. Separating us is a three-centimetre, double-laminated glass window. His gaze follows me as I gingerly tread across the bathroom floor. I brush my teeth, wash my face; our eyes trained on each other all the while. But soon he gets bored. Perhaps my grooming session isn’t […]

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The hills come alive with Echoes of Earth 2023

The hills come alive with Echoes of Earth 2023

“The last time I read about the Western Ghats, I was in class VI,” laughs Roshan Netalkar, the organiser of Echoes of Earth — an annual music festival revolving around sustainability and responsibility. Its sixth edition, titled Ensemble of the Wild, focuses on the biodiversity of the Western Ghats. Echoes was conceptualised even as Roshan […]

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