For all its ills, social media can also be an entry point for anyone interested in Chicago history and the city’s varied eccentricities. This became apparent when the writer and photographer Cristen ...

Chennai: With preparations for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections gaining momentum, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has allotted election symbols to two high-profile political parties, ...

Since childhood, Karthika has spent her life in the tea fields of Ella, picking leaves to meet her daily quota. For 18 kilograms, she earns just $4.36 a day. Even after last year’s government pay ...

Dulquer Salmaan is making waves again across Indian cinema with his latest offering, Kaantha. The recent crime period film has blended the mystery and politics of cinema and presented them to viewers ...

Funerary stele inscribed with “ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ” (“fish of the living”), an early Christian symbol. National Roman Museum. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The humble fish, or ...

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IT'S THE SEASON for taking stock of the century so far. A couple of weeks ago, the cinephile world stumbled upon the list of 100 best films of the 21st century, and as any list-making activity is wont ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ah, USB; where would we be without it? Introduced in the late 1990s as a one-size-fits-all replacement for the handful of ports and ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has defended his government’s decision to replace the rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letter ‘Ru’ (from ‘Rubaai’, meaning rupee) in the state budget logo ...