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After stepping down as president of BJP in Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai’s political path may now take an unexpected detour through the Rajya Sabha

Chess enters the high-octane world of esports, forcing India’s prodigies into a new kind of endgame

Between the ambition to govern better, and the fear of losing control

As Bengaluru continues to grow, so does the toll along its railway tracks—claimed by accident, despair, or simply the lack of a safer path

From ancient Roman coins to systematic investments, South Indiaís contract with gold remains unbroken

An emulsion of controversy and curdled modernity 

What a roadside altercation between an IAF officer and a delivery boy in Bengaluru reveals about language, power, and the stories we rush to tell

The case for Tamil in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register

How Karnataka’s caste census has ignited a political reckoning

Long sidelined, fibre is staging a quiet coup to dethrone protein as the undisputed king of the macros