[ad_1] Flooded area at Sai layout in Bengaluru following heavy overnight rains on May 19. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Urban flooding has become a persistent and growing challenge in Indian cities, with Bengaluru experiencing increasingly frequent and disruptive flood events. In 2024, Bengaluru faced severe floods with over 2,000 homes submerged citywide. Bruhat Bengaluru…
[ad_1] Kurt Vonnegut | Photo Credit: AP The semicolon is dying; sadly, there are no signs of grief anywhere. Perhaps because nobody really knows what to do with the punctuation mark that is a full stop on top and a comma below. It is neither; it is both. A grammarianâs Schrodingerâs cat, existing in two…
[ad_1] Many years ago, on a crisp spring afternoon, I was sitting with Phuphee peeling alle (bottle gourd). Whenever she cooked alle, in any form, she would never fail to mention Gandhiji and how it was his favourite syun (dish). When Phuphee wasnât present, other family members would often laugh about it, poking fun at…
[ad_1] File picture of Indiaâs Rohit Sharma and Pakistanâs Babar Azam with the Asia Cup trophy | Photo Credit: Reuters Donât mix sport and politics, says Pakistan cricketer Mohammed Rizwan. It is the kind of statement made by those who understand neither politics nor sport. History has shown that sport is often politics by other…
[ad_1] Standing: Paul MacCartney and John Lennon. Seating: Ringo Starr and George Harrison. | Photo Credit: Getty Images ABOUT 500 WORDS The Beatles won a Grammy this year. It is 55 years since the group broke up and 45 years since John Lennon was shot dead. George Harrison died in 2001, and here we are celebrating Now…
[ad_1] Robin Uthappa (left) and Jarrod Kimber Itâs that time of the year again, when the Indian Premier League (IPL) dominates sports pages in India across a couple of months. When it comes to sports broadcasting â and increasingly, podcasting â fans are divided into two groups. One group, old-school, likes former players sharing anecdotes…
[ad_1] A few months after my little boy turned three, we went to stay with Phuphee for a few weeks. He loved playing in her garden and we would go on all sorts of adventures in the apple orchard that sprawled behind the house. It was a wonderful time, or so it seemed until he…
[ad_1] When the Constitution of India was first published, over 75 years ago, it included many artworks. Amongst them was one showing Kubera, Ravanaâs brother and the king of wealth and yakshas (nature spirits), fleeing from Lanka. It is often mistaken for Hanuman burning Lanka, but there are no flames of a burning city or a monkeyâs…
[ad_1] This year, the OED has borrowed from Malaysia, Norway, Japan, and the Philippines. | Photo Credit: Getty Images At a dinner once, I sat next to a person who turned to me with, âCan I have some more juice please?â when he meant gravy. Ignoring for the moment the kind of circles I move…
[ad_1] What is a VVIP? They are nothing but a humble person who, by erecting a high security cocoon, glides through life with minimal friction | Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images It was reported the other day that a 66-year-old former vice chancellor was arrested for impersonating a VVIP. Being a VVIP myself, the news made…
