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In the spotlight for six decades
Tamil writer Vaasanthi writes about the life and times of five-time Chief Minister MK KarunanidhiPics: The cover; Author VaasanthiBy Shevlin Sebastian Karunanidhi’s father Muthuvelar was playing the...
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Lessons in the drizzle
By Shevlin Sebastian It’s drizzlingBut it doesn’t matter.I am running, Around the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium At Kochi.The ground is wet,There are water patches around.So, I take careful steps.As I go...
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Long-term impact
Rooma Sarika runs the ‘Rooma Permanent Cosmetics’ clinic at Kochi. She talks about the many beneficial treatments By Shevlin Sebastian The doorbell rang at the flat in Mumbai. Priya Sharma opened the...
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A Rajasthani in Kerala
Kerala State Chief Secretary Vishwas Mehta, who was born in Rajasthan, talks about his three-decade stay in God’s Own Country Pics: Vishwas Mehta; with wife Preeti By Shevlin SebastianOn July 22, when...
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This land of ours
By Shevlin Sebastian The rice is boiling in the steel utensil. Shamila watches as the white grains go left and right, up and down, and in circles. “Just like our lives,” she thinks, as she stirs the...
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On the frontline
The Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) of the Indian government talks about their experiences of working during the pandemic Pics: Shamla PM and familyBy Shevlin Sebastian Shamla PM goes to the...
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Life is beautiful
Malayali entrepreneur Suresh Varma, and journalist Danny Geevarghese who have spent several years in Beijing says things are fine despite the India-China border clashes Photos: Suresh Varma and his...
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My childhood friend, a hero
By Shevlin SebastianPics: Pushpita Singh at Wimbledon; Anup Singh with his wife Madhu at a tennis tournament in FloridaOn Facebook, some weeks ago, Pushpita Singh, the sister of my childhood friend...
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Crossing Boundaries
(A short story on child sex abuse)By Shevlin SebastianIt was past midnight. Ten-year-old Roshan lay, his right cheek pressed against the pillow, between a cousin Tony and an uncle Satish at...
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All that jazz
Dance pioneer Astad Deboo, 73, passed away in the early hours of Thursday, December 10 at his home in Mumbai, after a brief illness.I had the good fortune to meet him while working in Mumbai. The...
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The passing
A poem about old ageBy Shevlin SebastianOne by one,People of my dad’s generationAre passing away.A call cameAt 9 a.m. on a SundayAn old family friend,Died, in his nineties.Cause of death: old ageHe was...
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Evaluation
By Shevlin Sebastian A memory came Of many years ago.I must have been in Class 7 or 8.I was lying in bed In the ancestral home at Changanacherry,Had come there from Kolkata for my summer vacation. In...
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Talking about dogs during the COVID times
Every day, at 6 p.m., I set out for a jog. In Mumbai and Delhi, during these COVID times, it may be unthinkable. But in Kochi, I can do so, as long as I stay away from the main roads. The view in the...
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The Brand New You
Entrepreneur Nilufer Sheriff talks about the popular Hair Fair cosmetology clinicsthat she runs in Thrissur, Kochi and Kozhikode. She also recounts the story of her lifePics: Nilufer Sheriff; Nilufer...
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The mysterious death of an Indian sailor; crew members report ghostly...
By Shevlin Sebastian On January 29, sailor Bhupendra, 24, was having lunch with his colleagues Devadasa Shivaraya and Cheekati Gurumurthy in the mess room of the tanker MT Sea Princess, as it sailed in...
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Face-to-face with death
By Shevlin SebastianMangalore native, Shazeer Majeed, a war surgeon talks about his work in Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, Iraq and JordanOn a sunny February morning, in the residential area of Shmeisani...
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The Malayali girl who worked for Joe Biden
Lubna Sebastian, 24, was the national director of students for Joe Biden during the latter’s 2020 presidential campaign. She speaks about her experiencesPhotos: Lubna Sebastian with President Joe...
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Some thoughts about running
By Shevlin SebastianA few months ago, I discovered an area to jog which was salubrious. A broad tiled path ran through a large forest on one side and a few houses on the other. The advantage of this...
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Fighting the loss of privacy
This book is a disturbing one. The author, Carissa Veliz, makes clear that you are under 24-hour surveillance by Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook. They study what you do, who are your...
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Where are you now?
By Shevlin SebastianIt was twilight. Walking near several trees, I could see them get darker. The cries of the birds were getting fainter. The sky was darkening. Another day was ending. Nature was...
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