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What is 'Sengol', a sceptre to be installed in new Parliament

'Sengol', a historical sceptre from Tamil Nadu, which was given by the British to first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to represent the transfer of power and was kept in a museum in Allahabad will......

'Nari shakti', festivals, spirituality themes of this year's states' tableaux

"Nari shakti" and women empowerment dominated the theme of tableaux of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Tripura at the Republic Day parade here on Thursday. IMAGE: Kerala presents......

'I feel sick the day I am not painting'

'That secularism in India is at risk is alarming for someone like me. I'm born secular,' Anjolie Ela Menon, the well-known painter, tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There......

How the Mughals changed India

'It was the Mughals who first established standard units of measurement and maintained offices of meticulous record keepers and auditors, departing from the more haphazard methods of earlier......

Pakistan tends to resemble a suicide bomber

'The only effective defence against a suicide attack is 'pre-emptive' destruction of the attacker,' argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). In 1855, as troops of the East India Company massed for an......

Chennai witnessing one of the worst droughts in over 70 years

Lush agricultural lands have turned parch as groundwater levels deplete to new lows, and wells and water reservoirs go dry.While the administration points to deficient rainfall as a reason, experts......

Cash crisis: Not the first time it's happened

India has gone through this exercise twice, and here's what happened then. WAR ON BIG NOTES First demonetisation, January 12, 1946 IMAGE: Issued in June 1938, this Rs 1,000 note had a portrait......

Yash Birla on business, life and spirituality

The arching driveway of Birla House is lined with jackfruit, gulmohar and mango trees. There's a full garage at the bend, but it is dark in there and you can't make out the badges on the grilles......

Future plays Holii in premium segment

Kishore Biyani has entered the non-mass segment for the first time. But retail presence is the task ahead before he can join in the festivities.Kishore Biyani's Future Group is no stranger to......

She became an entrepreneur by accident

Ten years ago, Srividya Rabindranath was just another woman working for a private company. But today she is a successful entrepreneur and a member of the Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust that......

Revealed: Why Arvind Swamy Quit Films

'Life should never be unidimensional.''While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.' IMAGE: Arvind Swamy as MGR, the legendary Tamil movie star and later......

Like Shruti Haasan's royal look?

Photographer G Venket Ram brought celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma's paintings to life for his 2020 calendar. Eleven personalities, including actors and dancers, turned models for the lensman, and......

Rajnikanth is stable, says wife, hospital

Superstar Rajnikanth, who was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in Chennai last night for recurrent respiratory infection and gastro-intestinal problems, is 'stable', hospital......

Girl power, Tamil style!

Kalaignar TV's Tamil programme Azhagiya Tamizh Magal offers a platform for women to discuss topics that are prevalent in society. It helps them to face problems by finding solutions for them. The......

Anand checkmates Bulgaria

Indian Grandmaster and World2 Viswanathan Anand started 2004 with a convincing victoryat the Corus chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. It was followed by a high profile visit to......

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