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Wake up babe, a new generation just dropped! The era of Gen Beta begins TODAY

2025 through 2039 marks the Gen Beta baby boom: What kind of world will they inherit from us?
Published on Jan 02, 2025 06:46 PM IST

Rhythm, Rasa, and Reverence: Why classical dance captures India’s soul

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New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Bharatnatyam artist Rama Vaidyanathan performs at the 23rd edition of Lalit Arpan Festival, at Stein Auditorium, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta)
Published on Dec 31, 2024 04:51 PM IST

You don’t say...: A look at taboo words from around the world

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A still from The Golden Compass (2007). Among the Yakut people of Russia, the bear is so feared that the word for it is not spoken, but is replaced by the term “Our lord” or “Good father”. The bear is symbolic of great strength, though. And so Medvedev, literally “honey-eater”, is a fairly common surname.
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 04:41 PM IST

Terms of Trade | The indignity of pursuing self-interest

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Medical professionals and activists hold candles as they take part in a midnight protest to condemn the rape and murder of a young medic, in Kolkata on August 14, 2024 (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
Published on Dec 31, 2024 04:44 PM IST

Goa: Killing the golden goose

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Locals not vested in the casino trade have been protesting and seeking to move the offshore casinos to another location but the government has been buckling under pressure from those vested since 2007.
Published on Dec 31, 2024 04:49 PM IST