‘Nine Rupees an Hour’ by Aparna Karthikeyan documents vanishing professions

Posted on   2:58 pm

Living in a metro, having a mirthful, mellow lifestyle, witnessing advancements with every day has made our lives amiable. Most often, we fail to look beyond the metro life. But when Aparna Karthikeyan, a Chennai-bred writer stepped out of her comfort zone while she was working with a leading newspaper, she saw life from a different frame of reference altogether.

In Antartica, tourists swim among penguins

Posted on   1:18 pm

This season nearly 80,000 visitors are expected, a 40 per cent increase compared to last year. Critics question this sort of tourism, as the emissions from world-crossing flights and soot or black carbon in the exhaust gases of cruise ships are part of what is putting the region under threat.

Former Japan PM Nakasone dies at 101

Posted on   12:34 pm

He poured his efforts into strengthening security ties with the US at a time of intensifying trade friction with the world’s biggest economy, building a first-name friendship with America’s then president Ronald Reagan.