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4 days ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
“It is a new worldview that we are trying to reflect on,” says Mercy Kappen, Executive Director of Visthar, which will be organising the 17th edition of Bhoomi Habba – The Earth Festival, on June 7.
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1 week ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
A tepid drizzle falls on the Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion (JVM) in Mysuru, leaving behind silvery dribblets on piles of rubble, scaffolding and blue construction sheets covering vast sections of the lemon-hued edifice, currently under restoration. As soon as one enters the mansion, what strikes almost immediately is the many years of neglect writ large across it.
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1 week ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
It was while reading historian and writer Janaki Nair’s book, The Promise of the Metropolis: Bangalore’s Twentieth Century, that Nikhita Thomas first encountered an interesting expression: kineticization, “a phenomenon in the 80s and early 90s where there was an increased presence of women in the public sphere due to the popularity of the Kinetic Honda.” But the Bengaluru-based writer and teacher, an assistant professor at St. Joseph’s University, did not just stumble upon Nair’s term...
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Preeti Zachariah
11 hours ago Why Turkey Has Chosen To Side With Pakistan Over India Sources close to the Turkish government claimed that Turkish cargo planes carried military supplies to Pakistan, although this was denied by Turkish … 5 hours ago India's Kerala state on high alert as vessel with hazardous chemical cargo sinks Authorities fear that some of the harmful substances the ship was carrying may have leaked into the sea, posing a risk to local residents and marine … 1 hour ago 'Need To Find Peaceful...
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2 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
Jayanthi Kallam, the Executive Director of the Avian and Reptile Rehabilitation Centre (ARRC) in Horamavu, remembers the person who called the centre to complain about crow attacks in their neighbourhood.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
Abhisheka Krishnagopal still thinks about Ila, the Indian grey mongoose who used to sleep on her bed, forelimbs around Abhisheka’s neck. “She would wake up early in the morning and start calling me to play with her,” recalls the Bengaluru-based artist, ecologist, and educator, who has recently released a book about this unique relationship, titled Ila: My Wild Mongoose Friend. “I would be sleepy, so she would put her claws inside my nostrils and ears and ensure I got up.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
Like many people, Mala Kumar did not enjoy how history was taught at school, which led to her alienation from the subject for decades. “History was never on my mind, really,” says the Bengaluru-based journalist and writer, who has authored over 40 books for children. It was only later in her life that she came to realise that what we are today is a lot because of what happened in the past, something she hopes that the children who read her latest book, The Missing Rocks of Hampi, will appreciate.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
We all know that Bengaluru was once known as the city of a thousand lakes, but did you also know that it was also once watered by many rivers?
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1 month ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
It feels appropriate that the place where Arunima Tenzin Tara’s debut novel is set is named Tolstoy House: the visceral misery of the family that resides in a building at the junction of Tolstoy Marg and Barakhamba Road in New Delhi, makes one recall the opening line of the Russian writer’s classic, Anna Karenina. This family is undoubtedly unhappy in a unique way, perhaps inevitable when “washing dead bodies used to be a family activity”.
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1 month ago | 
thehindu.com | Preeti Zachariah
Back in 1976, Jayant Kaikini did not get the research assistant’s job he had applied for at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The Kannada writer and lyricist began his recent talk at the same institute, titled My Literary Journey, with the story of how he missed the job. He filled in the application and took the written test needed to get the job, but in a hurry. The reason for this haste? A film written and directed by P.
