Attukal Pongala
Attukal Pongala
Kerala's capital is in a thrall. The city is bedecked for the world's largest annual gathering of women, to ...
R K Nair
R.K. Nair
radhakrishnan.nair@thehindu.co.in
A veteran journalist who enjoys looking at the quirky side of life
The marine imbroglio
The marine imbroglio
The vexatious trial of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen is threatening to ...
Salute Sandhya!
Salute Sandhya!
Sometimes the most unlikely people become heroes. A feisty housewife who stood up to a band of militant ...
The politics of child marriage
The politics of child marriage
India's stand at the UN Human Rights Council was viewed with apprehension by the intelligentsia in Kerala.
'Spirit'ual Kerala
'Spirit'ual Kerala
As the Onam festival draws near, the queues outside Bevco liquor vends in Kerala are growing longer and ...
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The Hindu did a commendable job of offering its op-ed page space to half a dozen writers from as many ...
Of Palins and Quayles
Of Palins and Quayles
A TV interview with a woman candidate of Australia's One Nation Party, in which she mistook Islam for a ...
An Arabian nightmare
An Arabian nightmare
The 23rd anniversary of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait has just passed. On the intervening night of August 1 and 2, ...
Hartal greetings!
Hartal greetings!
Thiruvananthapuram district has been shut down. This is the sixth shutdown in as many months. Some right-wing ...
Primitive blame game
Primitive blame game
The latest controversy gives rise to a nagging suspicion: Were the utterances of the Kerala Chief Minister and ...
'Spirit'ual Kerala
'Spirit'ual Kerala
As the Onam festival draws near, the queues outside Bevco liquor vends in Kerala are growing longer and ...
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The Hindu did a commendable job of offering its op-ed page space to half a dozen writers from as many ...
Of Palins and Quayles
Of Palins and Quayles
A TV interview with a woman candidate of Australia's One Nation Party, in which she mistook Islam for a ...
Other
Packing batteries with more punch
Indian researchers are working on cells that can store more energy, last longer
Life Science: Healing broken bones
To fix a broken bone, doctors often harvest another bone from the patient’s body or from someone else. It ...
Superconductors from IISc
Superconductors from IIScScientists at IISc Bangalore have invented a device with a nanocrystal structure ...
Foldable hospitals
Engineering and construction giant L&T has won a licence from the Council of Scientific & Industrial ...
Big Story | Understanding bearish and bullish reversal chart patterns
Will a stock continue its current trend or will it reverse? We tell you how you can read chart patterns to ...
Index Outlook | Sensex, Nifty 50 likely to extend the fall
Sensex and Nifty 50 saw selling interest on Friday and slumped; selling pressure could continue
Should you subscribe to IPO of IRFC?
Investors with a long-term horizon can consider this offer
How to read the new mutual fund risk-o-meter
Most AMCs have been sending out cryptic e-mails. We tell you how to read between the lines
Comfort comes home in mains and sides
In these isolated times when people yearn for a slice of the familiar, amateur and professional chefs are ...
Turning dust to gold
With strokes of quirky humour, Partha Pratim Deb uses pulp, terracotta, glass and discarded cloth to create ...
Quiz on seats of power
Given the events in Washington DC on January 6, this week’s quiz is all about buildings that house or housed ...
Bad habits that refuse to part
While good writing wars against the cliché, television gives it a natural home
Ad spends migrate online, but are brands digital-ready?
Digital is becoming dominant media, but are companies and their ad agencies transforming fast enough to make a ...
A business that stops to smell the roses
Slow Network, promoted by journalist-lyricist Neelesh Misra, pushes rural products and experiences
Greetings season
How marketers can use the traditional exchange of festive wishes meaningfully
The heart of the matter
For Fortune, a brand celebrating its 20th anniversary, it was a rude shock to become the butt of social media ...
Is GST about ease of doing business?
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Channapatna sees a revival
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Clustering around Koppal
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
Say cheese, says the organised dairy sector
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...