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The 8th Wonder: How Chandru became Sumitra
“I am a victim of multiple disadvantages. As an uneducated transgender from a poor Dalit family, I am cursed in more ways than one. I have been teased, insulted, beaten …
At the quincentenary amid the rocks, a beauty
In the 500th year of the ascension of Krishnadevaraya to the throne of the Vijayanagar empire, the dancer-actor Shobana (left) performs at the Hampi Utsav, in Hampi on Thursday. Photograph: …
Cell without a number, lensman without a name
A television cameraman on his cellphone blithely watches the sun go down on the 500th anniversary celebrations of the coronation of Sri Krishnadevaraya at Hampi on Friday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo …
WARNING: this is not a film shoot or a trick shot
At the 500th anniversary celebrations of the coronation of Sri Krishnadevaraya at Hampi on Thursday, a lensman hits paydirt, capturing a micro-second of pure magic. Photograph: Mallikarjun Swamy/ Karnataka Photo …
The egrets have no regrets, or maybe they do
It isn’t just humans who have been affected by the flooding of the Tungabhadra. A congregration of egrets waits on the banks of the high level canal near Hampi for …
If only this had happened near Bangalore or Delhi
S.R. RAMAKRISHNA writes from Bangalore: One of India’s most shameful engineering failures went almost unnoticed because the site is located far from our media hubs, and perhaps also because it …
5 things Karnataka can learn from Kerala tourism
SHRINIDHI HANDE writes from Madras: During the past year, I have travelled a lot more than in my previous years. I visited Bidar, Hampi, Hoskote, Jog falls, Shimoga, Mysore, Talakad, …
Umbrellas, shoes, our democracy—and theirs
Fifty-eight years and six days after India became a Republic, her first-ever woman President Pratibha Patil visited Hampi, a UNESCO world heritage site that showcases the vicissitudes of the …
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