Column | The wife who ‘quiet-quit’ after 60 years

Column | The wife who ‘quiet-quit’ after 60 years

A long time ago, a situation most unusual arose. It was the beginning of autumn. On a smoky afternoon, an elderly gentleman arrived at Phuphee’s house. As soon as he saw her, he started weeping. Phuphee lit two cigarettes and asked him to tell her what misfortune had befallen him. ‘My dear sister, my wife […]

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Trans rappers Kinari and Shehzor drop beats and truth bombs

Trans rappers Kinari and Shehzor drop beats and truth bombs

For decades now, art and media have been wrestling with the representation of communities on the margins of our societies. But the pendulum has mostly swung between perfectly saintly and perfectly sinful characterisations; both extremely vexing. Over the past five years, the queer subject has begun to become a little more complicated, with queer people […]

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Kovalam near Chennai hosts India’s first night surf event

Kovalam near Chennai hosts India’s first night surf event

A surfer in action at Kovalam | Photo Credit: special arrangement Kovalam’s Pearl beach basks in a resplendent glow. Not of the rising sun this time, but of large floodlights erected on the shore, that put the ocean and its rippling frothy waves under the spotlight. At India’s first-ever experimental night surfing event, Kovalam’s surfing […]

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