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Mallik Thatipalli
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‘The Living Air’: A birder’s long tryst with birds show how they help overcome human fallibilities
‘The Living Air’ is as much about birding in general as it is about birding in Hyderabad. The author evokes the city in silent and subtle ways.
Mallik Thatipalli
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‘We want to help people to discover new books’: Hyderabad gets a new independent bookshop
‘I did not want to live in a city where they were no bookstores. . .and that led to me starting Luna.’
Mallik Thatipalli
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‘Thrice marginalised’: Writer Nazia Akhtar on Urdu women writers of Hyderabad
An interview with Nazia Akhtar, the author of ‘Bibi’s Room: Hyderabadi Women and Twentieth-Century Urdu Prose.’
Mallik Thatipalli
Trending
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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Ahead of Modi’s birthday, Gujarat dam delayed water release – despite heavy rain and official alerts
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India at Asian Games, September 24 schedule: Shooters and rowers in contention for medals on Sunday
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Listen: Why a hammer is an essential part of a tabla player’s toolkit
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Asian Games 2022: With its largest contingent, India aim for biggest medal tally in Hangzhou
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This children’s library in Hyderabad almost closed down during the pandemic. What revived it?
How The Book Shelf founder Haripriya Bathula fought to keep her library alive through the pandemic.
Mallik Thatipalli
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Low costs, moderate hopes: How Hyderabad’s last independent bookstore is trying to survive Covid-19
Owner Lakshmi Myneni says the bookshop has survived other shocks and will ride out this one.
Mallik Thatipalli
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The Art of Solitude: A traditional Telugu version of Ludo is helping bring a semblance of normalcy
Conversation and laughter over games of ashta chamma will be the memories of this anxious time after it has passed.
Mallik Thatipalli
Video
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‘It was my wife until Rafael Nadal showed up’: Roger Federer on his favourite doubles partner
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Eco India, Episode 239: Ecosystems are under threat from growing human activity. Can we fix this?
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MotoGP Bharat 2023: Rider has narrow escape as bike skids, catches fire during race in Greater Noida
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Watch: Several areas in Nagpur, Maharashtra flooded after heavy rain, rescue operations underway
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Watch: Singer Justin Timberlake and his NSYNC bandmates get together to recreate old photograph
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PUBG and Warcraft can’t teach the life lessons that these traditional Indian board games did
A store in Hyderabad is trying to re-popularise South Indian games such as puli-joodam, basavanna-ata, daadi and others.
Mallik Thatipalli
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The story of textiles in independent India is closely linked to the life of one Hyderabadi woman
A new book documents the achievements of Suraiya Hasan Bose, who is single-handedly responsible for the revival of many forgotten weaves.
Mallik Thatipalli
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Why a tiny Hyderabad store with tattered old books has been attracting scholars for decades
Ahmed Bafanna founded Haziq and Mohi to make sure that the books bequeathed to him go to the right people. Now his relatives are continuing his legacy.
Mallik Thatipalli
The Reel
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Watch: Marathi series ‘Shantit Kranti’ gets a second season
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‘Kumari Srimathi’ trailer: In Nithya Menen-led Telugu show, a woman stakes claim to her inheritance
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‘The Great Indian Family’ review: Well-meaning but simplistic
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‘Sultan Of Delhi’ trailer: Tahir Raj Bhasin leads series about ambition in 1960s India
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Reel vs real: When undercover agents act against India’s enemies abroad
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In Hyderabad, a Loo Café is challenging the poor perception of Indian public toilets
The city’s first luxury public washroom comes with free-to-use toilets, an ATM, an attached cafe, and a premium on cleanliness.
Mallik Thatipalli
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Trash talk: An illustrator wants Indians to live waste-free and heal the world
Shubhashree Sangameshwaran’s debut book illustrates the benefits of adopting the zero-waste lifestyle.
Mallik Thatipalli