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    Dalai Lama at 90: The monk who became the world’s conscience through compassion

    Reji Varghese
    3 July 2025 6:30 AM IST

    The 14th Dalai Lama, who turns 90 on July 6, remains an ambassador for peace in a fractured world, reminding us that empathy, not power, may be our final shared language

    Dalai Lama at 90: The monk who became the world’s conscience through compassion
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    How Tamil films fared in first half of 2025? No mood for mediocrity, say audiences
    Films

    Tamil films 2025 first half report card: Good content first, superstars next

    3 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Sonam Kalra
    Features

    Sonam Kalra interview: ‘Art must be used for something greater than oneself’

    2 July 2025 7:03 AM IST
    Nanavati case
    Films

    How Hindi cinema rewrites the KM Nanavati case for contemporary India

    30 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why Pride Month is not about protest anymore

    Time to reclaim Pride Month as revelry overtakes protest as main agenda

    29 Jun 2025 5:34 PM IST
    Pattachitra

    Pattachitra artists in Odisha’s Raghurajpur strive to keep 4th-century art alive

    29 Jun 2025 12:14 PM IST
    Capital Christie-Agatha Christie

    How Agatha Christie made London a perfect backdrop for murder and mystery

    27 Jun 2025 10:39 AM IST
    JCB prize for literature

    How the JCB Prize For Literature lost its way and shut down quietly

    26 Jun 2025 8:09 AM IST
    Emergency

    7 must-read books that reveal what really happened during the Emergency

    25 Jun 2025 3:16 PM IST
    Assam-Majuli-mask

    How Majuli, Assam’s river island, struggles to keep its monasteries, mask art alive

    25 Jun 2025 9:29 AM IST
    Elio

    How Pixar’s Elio turns childhood loneliness into an intergalactic adventure

    22 Jun 2025 7:30 AM IST
    Aerial Yoga in Chennai - International Yoga Day 2025

    International Yoga Day | Aerial Yoga in Chennai: Kids to adults fly to fitness

    21 Jun 2025 11:32 AM IST
    Jaws

    Jaws at 50: How Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster shark film changed Hollywood

    20 Jun 2025 7:05 AM IST
    Srinath Raghavan

    Srinath Raghavan maps the making and unmaking of India under Indira Gandhi

    19 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Sholay

    Sholay at 50: How Ramesh Sippy’s film captured India’s angst and anxieties

    Amborish Roychoudhury
    18 Jun 2025 8:01 AM IST

    Released during Emergency, the harmless crookedness of Sholay’s heroes, Jai and Veeru, was refreshing to the angry and frustrated populace in the...

    Sitaare Zameen Par

    RS Prasanna on Aamir Khan and how directing Sitaare Zameen Par changed him

    18 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Sidhu Moose Wala-The Killing Call

    The Killing Call: BBC documentary unravels why Sidhu Moose Wala was killed

    17 Jun 2025 7:17 AM IST
    Frederick Forsyth

    How Frederick Forsyth, a war correspondent, became the thriller legend

    15 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Nayakan-South Indian cinema

    From Nayakan to Thug Life, how gangster drama in South cinema has evolved through decades

    14 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Boeing 787 Dreamliner

    How Boeing 787 Dreamliner became a game-changer for long-haul flights

    13 Jun 2025 6:01 PM IST
    Second Chance-Subhadra Mahajan

    Second Chance: Subhadra Mahajan’s moving film tackles the trauma of heartbreak, abortion

    13 Jun 2025 7:06 AM IST
    Frederick Forsyth

    10 bestselling, cold-blooded political thrillers by Frederick Forsyth you must read

    10 Jun 2025 4:32 PM IST
    Bakra Eid

    Bakra Eid: How sacrifice of animals is not cruelty, but an act of piety in Islam

    7 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Vijay Mallya

    How Vijay Mallya brought down Kingfisher Airlines by trying to kill Air Deccan

    6 Jun 2025 6:43 PM IST
    Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan in a still from Mani Ratnam

    'Thug Life' review: OG gangster's comeback fails to create an impact

    5 Jun 2025 4:20 PM IST
    butterfly

    India’s bees and butterflies are vanishing, and taking our future with them

    5 Jun 2025 6:55 AM IST
    Em dash: A stylish punctuation mark you’re wrong to accuse of being AI-generated

    Em dash: A stylish punctuation mark you’re wrong to accuse of being AI-generated

    1 Jun 2025 1:02 PM IST
    Benyamin

    The Second Book of Prophets review: Benyamin reimagines Jesus as an angry young man

    1 Jun 2025 6:39 AM IST
    Radhika Apte

    Sister Midnight review: Radhika Apte’s phenomenal descent into marital madness

    31 May 2025 12:37 PM IST
    Tai Chi China Martial art

    Tai Chi gains ground in Chennai as a path to health and calm

    31 May 2025 10:53 AM IST
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