Name Game
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Why former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai decided against renaming Madras state as Tamizh Naadu
Annadurai wanted to avoid the retroflex consonant ‘zha’ to make it easier for people who did not speak Tamil.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Delhi: Hindu Sena blackens signboard on Babur Road, wants it to be renamed after a ‘great Indian’
Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta said they did not want the road to be named after ‘a foreign invader’.
Scroll Staff
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The Dilli debate: Why should a city be known by only one name anyway?
A BJP MP’s attempts to erase the names Dehli and Delhi reflect a monolithic, majoritarian view of history.
Rizwan Ahmad
Trending
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Three days before Balakot strike, Arnab Goswami said ‘something big will happen’ on WhatsApp chat
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Watch: Impersonating Navika Kumar, comic Saloni Gaur pokes fun at Arnab Goswami, Nidhi Razdan
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Coronavirus: Norway raises concern over Pfizer vaccine as 29 elderly people die after receiving shot
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Watch: Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy dances with contagious energy
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‘Want to protect the privacy of our child’: Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli send hampers to paparazzi
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What’s in a name? From ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ to ‘Finding Fanny’, Bollywood movies offer an answer
As the government continues to rename cities and towns, some films offer insight into how a place’s name shapes its residents and fortunes.
Damini Kulkarni
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Calling millennials ‘snowflakes’ isn’t just inaccurate but also bad news for mental health awareness
Deriding a generation as weak and sensitive is nasty, patently false and actively harms progress on tackling mental health.
Shelly Haslam-Ormerod, The Conversation
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Scientists have found new spider species in Sri Lanka – and named them after Enid Blyton characters
Nine new species of ‘goblin spiders’ have been named after goblin characters from Enid Blyton’s children books.
Shreya Dasgupta
Video
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Video: Here’s Alex, the first Antarctic penguin born in Mexico
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Watch: Impersonating Navika Kumar, comic Saloni Gaur pokes fun at Arnab Goswami, Nidhi Razdan
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Watch: Weather reporter continues his forecast while sliding downhill on snow
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Watch: Man drives car onto a runway at Bangkok airport in Thailand
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Watch: Emergency services rescue and feed stranded animals after severe snowfall in Spain
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Kerala High Court names child after parents fail to agree on the matter
The five-year-old boy, now named Johan Sachin, needed a birth certificate to be eligible for school admissions.
Scroll Staff
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Ramji reduction: Highlighting Ambedkar's middle name shows how superficially BJP engages with him
Ambedkar’s ideology stood in opposition to Hindutva. To suppress that using the accident of his middle name is a dangerous sleight of hand.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Rajasthan High Court sets aside state order to rename Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra after Atal Vajpayee
The bench suggested naming institutions after freedom fighters to avoid such controversies.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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British TV series ‘The Serpent’ revisits Charles Sobhraj’s deadly crime spree in Thailand
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‘I Care A Lot’ trailer: Rosamund Pike plays a con artist in black comedy
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‘Aapkey Kamrey Mein Koi Rehta Hai’ trailer: Horror comedy stars Swara Bhaskar, Sumeet Vyas
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‘Cherry’ trailer: Tom Holland plays a troubled soldier in coming-of-age movie by the Russo brothers
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‘Tribhanga’ review: A dance between imperfect mothers and difficult daughters
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Centre has no plans to remove ‘Muslim’ and ‘Hindu’ from AMU, BHU names, clarifies Prakash Javadekar
The suggestion was made to ensure that the secular nature of the universities is clear, an official had said.
Scroll Staff
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Doctors body fights for freedom on prescriptions, tells government to focus on price
The government is considering rules to make doctors write only generic names of drugs in prescriptions.
Priyanka Vora
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BJP legislator alleges harassment at airports because of his Gaikwad surname
The Maharashtra MP has apprised Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha of the matter.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Brisbane Test, Day 3: All the big numbers from the brilliant Washington-Thakur partnership
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Watch: Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur lead India’s fightback on day three of Brisbane Test
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Steel running through their veins: Reactions to India’s Gabba fightback led by Washington, Thakur
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ISL, FC Goa vs ATK Mohun Bagan preview: Teams aim to keep pace with Mumbai at top of the table
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ISL, Jamshedpur vs NorthEast United preview: Coyle’s men seek revival against struggling Highlanders