Cultural Traditions
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What is the Ministry of Culture doing?: Former Kalakshetra director Leela Samson slams campus misuse
The management and senior staff are turning a blind eye to commercial activities on the Chennai-based arts and cultural academy.
Scroll Staff
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Priya Varrier’s viral song ‘Manikya Malaraya Poovi’ gets Kerala’s Muslim folk poetry wider attention
The song featuring a winking Priya Varrier is a Mapila Pattu, a genre of poetry traditionally associated with the Muslims of North Kerala.
TA Ameerudheen
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Santhal tribes in Jharkhand are reviving an old, low-cost tradition to get safe drinking water
Keeping water pots in a garsadi, a raised platform, have helped prevent contamination.
Shahnawaz Alam
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‘Did Ram say kick out the poor?’ The discontent of the displaced in new Ayodhya
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Rajasthan verdict in 30 charts: Poll was closer than results showed, Congress held on to vote share
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An Indian artist who helped decolonise Christian art has been relegated to the margins in death
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Why the Congress defeat in Chhattisgarh is far worse than the loss in Rajasthan
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‘This is the worst nightmare for Narayan Murthy’: Comedian’s riff on several long weekends in 2024
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How Karbala has influenced writers and poets in South Asia for centuries
There is history and then there is the memory of history.
Suleman Akhtar
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‘Powerlooms may anger the goddess’: The story of a unique weaver’s village in Kerala
Each home in Kuthampully is part showroom, part manufacturing unit and part office.
Chitra Ajith
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Harvard scholar says the idea of India dates to a much earlier time than the British or the Mughals
It wasn’t just a cluster of regional identities, and it wasn't ethnic or racial, says Diana L Eck, as she talks about her latest book, 'India: A Sacred Geography'.
Mridula Chari
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‘Ikigai finally finding purpose’: Comedian Gaurav Kapoor on how books have become home decor
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Watch: Chennai residents rescued in boats, choppers distribute food supplies, city remains flooded
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Watch: Robot dog dances to the beats of African drums and marimbas at AI Expo event in South Africa
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‘I’m jealous’: Actor Salman Khan on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s house being smaller than his
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Watch: Kathak dancers give unique spin to viral dance challenges, flaunting their intricate footwork