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Culture
Millennials are choosier about what they do and where they work than earlier generations. India’s growing number of digital nomads depend on the internet to work remotely, without a fixed home base, and travel the world.
From garments to biryani, these decades-old enterprises in Bengaluru’s historic market are getting a helping hand and technology push from younger members.
It isn’t easy heading a company and dealing with numerous responsibilities. Some founders have been using vipassana meditation techniques to remain calm and focused.
Actor Colin Firth's grandfather and Anglican missionary CB Firth spoke to his rural parishioners in Kannada and sought to help them with material and spiritual aid in the 1930s.
Meet Prabhakar R, who envisioned the ideal Indian fast food restaurant or Darshini way back in 1983 in Bengaluru. Scores of Darshini clones are there now.
More than a century ago, the city's first plague victim died. But the deadly epidemic is also the reason why Bengaluru got telephone lines & well-planned layouts.
Migration has created not just a booming software industry but has also repeatedly redefined the city's vibrant cafe culture since the 16th century
Bengaluru historians track local history through stories told by residents even as the city hosts an international oral history conference.
Wikipedia's free online libraries, Wikisources, have seen tremendous growth in regional language content creation in India.
Srinivas, who came up with 'votebank' and 'Sanskritization', continues to fascinate social scientists.
In boardrooms, five-star hotels, schools and hospitals, urban Indians are learning how to seize the present using meditative techniques that foster mindfulness.
Award-winning writer Ganesh Devy, who headed a nationwide documentation of Indian languages, talks about survival of Indian languages & how English is showing signs of exhaustion.
A purist whose work spanned six decades, Jayaraman had legions of fans, disciples and collaborators including violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
Politics
'Azadi' slogan is no longer about the Indian Independence Movement. Youngsters from across India are using it at anti-CAA protests to express a need for freedom in all its hues.
A new political outfit from Mumbai's East Indian community aims to recall contributions of freedom fighter Joseph 'Kaka' Baptista and bring him back to public memory.
Many smaller political parties in Maharashtra are headed by retired scientists, war veterans, humanists. There is also a deceased don's 'adopted' son hoping to make a difference.
Technology
Intimate photos posted by angry exes are becoming part of an expanding online body of dirty work.
Ethical hacking is a lucrative hobby for India's young developers. Now, Indian companies are offering bounties and allowing anyone to do penetrative testing of sites & apps.
Anti-porn lawyer Kamlesh Vaswani, whose petition led to the controversial website ban, has the support of conservative technologists and activists, and a revenge porn victim.
From curious newbies, vengeful writers to paid editors, Wikipedia India's pages face a host of threats every day.
For the first time in the history of India's internet campaigns, the net neutrality movement has changed the course of a debate without having to take to the streets.
Money can buy Facebook likes, Twitter followers and YouTube viewers. Now, digital agencies and editors reveal Indian clients are paying to have their Wikipedia pages airbrushed.
Srinivasan Ramani, the first Indian to be in the Internet Society's Hall of Fame, talks about bringing internet to India.
Hacktivism is back. The most recent protest is from hacker group Anonymous, which is trying to gather public support to censorship and blocking of websites by authorities.
Indian Ocean Tsunami
The tsunami carried away men and material. The fury may have lasted just a few minutes but the impact was much longer, characterised by the destruction it left behind.
B. Mala, a quick-thinking middle schooler from a poor family, rescued her neighbourhood playmates from the rushing tsunami waters.
Around 2,000 families displaced by floodwaters will get houses from the government. It has been a distressing time for these families who had to stay in flooded shelters.