Across the country, the festival is celebrated with traditions that blend East and West: petha and local liquors in cake, Jishu Pujo and song krittans.

Even before the crack of dawn, Chennaiites wake up to the musical notes of birds, the winter wind so chilly that it demands a woolen armour to brave the streets ...

Mandaveli Raja Street Residents’ Welfare Association is gearing up to host its signature Pongal festival featuring a variety of cultural activities that celebrate Tamil heritage and community spirit.

Drama director and actor Sarath Dikkumbura keeps coming up with great ideas for dramas. This time, he has done an adaptation of the play ‘Marriage’ written by Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol. He has ...

Determining a carbon footprint is easier said than done, and it’s not clear how much weight we should put on it. One way to gain a quantifiable understanding of the impacts of our actions, for good ...

Every grain of rice sprinkled in the making of a kolam is like a prayer or a wish. Ruben Prakash knows that once Deepavali ends, the intricate patterns formed by the thousands of colourful grains will ...

In a move aimed at restoring livelihoods of Kolam tribal people in Adilabad district, the Green India Challenge (GIC), a nationwide environmental movement, has launched a pilot bamboo plantation ...

Mohd Bakri Talib creates kolam for Deepavali celebrations at shopping centres, offices and other business premises. (Mohd Bakri Talib pics) When it comes to creating kolam – the traditional art form ...

Dying Light: The Beast offers some incredible vistas to enjoy between bouts of hacking off zombie limbs. Sometimes, you want to enjoy them without a blood-soaked baseball bat in the way. This How-To ...

Looking back at my high school glamour shots (read: self-timer photos in my backyard) is a borderline jump scare. This was before I figured out how to style knee-high boots for my personal style, so I ...

With sweaty temps here, finding cute ways to put your hair up is more than a style choice — it’s a necessity. As someone with long, thick dark hair, wearing my hair down is essentially impossible ...

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