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A swell guy: Wknd interviews India's champion surfer, Ramesh Budihal

India, Aug. 29 -- It started out rough. Mahabalipuram's waves had not yet settled into the rhythm Ramesh Budihal, 24, was hoping for. Then he found his opening curl and manoeuvred his way through it,... Read More


Through heartache and grief, running has been my loyal friend: A Wknd chat with ultra runner Ashwini Ganapathi

India, Aug. 15 -- On the move for 45 hours and 43 minutes, on no sleep at all, making her way across 173 km of mountain trails and rugged climbs... As 39-year-old Ashwini Ganapathi navigated the Deep... Read More


Oui Transfer: An archive turns playful in Puducherry

India, Aug. 9 -- It looks like someone has hurriedly left their office. On a wooden desk in a lamplit recess, an animated computer screen stands mid-scroll. Books, a set of keys and tasteful knick-kn... Read More


Search history: Inside the quest to uncover hidden hero stones

India, Aug. 3 -- What does it take to unearth a hero stone? Amid growing efforts to document these tiny memorials, particularly across Tamil Nadu, archaeologists, scholars and volunteers are undertaki... Read More


Final reckoning: Around the world in ancient crypts

India, Aug. 1 -- Bodies buried close together, above bare rock. Elders interred upright in tree trunks. Families occupying entire "cities of the dead" erected in caves. the history of how we have hono... Read More


Tracking south India's hero stones: What does it take to find the tiny, hidden memorials?

India, Aug. 1 -- What does it take to find a hero stone? Amid increased efforts to document these tiny memorials, particularly across Tamil Nadu, archaeologists, scholars and volunteers are undertaki... Read More


Rock anthems: Check out the tiny tales told by south India's ancient 'hero stones'

India, Aug. 1 -- How do we honour our dead? Around the world, and through history, the answers have varied. The earliest signs we know of involve fragments of petals found at gravesites in a cave in ... Read More


Diary of a peacekeeper

India, July 20 -- In a sense, it is a war that never ended. Hostilities have raged between North Korea and South Korea since 1950. India played a role as peacekeeper, in the early years. This forgotte... Read More


Diary of a peacekeeper: An art show traces India's forgotten role in a Korean war

India, July 19 -- In a sense, it is a war that never ended. Hostilities have raged between North Korea and South Korea since 1950. India played a role as peacekeeper, in the early years. This forgott... Read More


Hot plate: The climate crisis is changing how food tastes

India, July 6 -- The crunch of the apple, the tang of the grape and the sweetness of onion may be among the flavours set to change amid the climate crisis. Some cheeses are also losing their flavour, ... Read More