Sahana Mira S
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 18, 2026
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How run clubs are getting the city moving (opens the original)
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On a weekend around 5:30 a.m., the Elliot’s Promenade is one of the most active neighbourhoods in the city, with clusters of people from different run clubs turning up for their mornings runs. If you think back a couple of years, you would not have seen as many run clubs as there are now in 2026. “From 18-year-olds to 40-year-olds, people across demographics attend our run club that is entirely free. There is a difference between running alone and running with people. When running with people, i
What is âwhimsymaxxingâ, the internetâs latest fad? (opens the original)
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If you have been chronically online this month, you may have come across the rhinestones and stick-on crystals that have been making their way onto peopleâs headphones, laptops, chargers, and so on. But this âbedazzlingâ has gone up a level now, with people sticking crystals all over their faces and bodies, and even decorating their disposable takeaway coffee mugs, face masks, and sunscreen tubes. An act of whimsy, the followers of the trend say. This word, âwhimsyâ, is an idea aimed a
A watercolour window into old Madras (opens the original)
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After a month of celebrating Madras through its landmarks, neighbourhoods, changing building and the coastline that has watched the city through it all, there is still something to be said about the Madras that lives on through the memories of its people. A renowned artist who designed the Tamil Nadu state emblem in 1949, R. Krishna Rao, a native of Madurai, shared a close bond with Madras. His son, Srichandar K., a resident of West Mambalam reminisces his late father’s works, especially one wat
Madras, a city that has always expanded its language to welcome words into its fold (opens the original)
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If you go down the rabbit hole of how words travel from one language to another, you just have to listen to this dialect of Tamil that is Madras bashai. It is built around loanwords as Chennai is formed not just of Tamil speakers; Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Kannada, Sanskrit, English, and Dutch have all found their way into the Madras bashai, a dialect shaped by the many communities that called Madras home. When Tamil absorbed the Urdu word ghaliz, it became galeej in the city’s lingo. Historian V. Sr
Beach: this third place in Chennai makes room for everyone (opens the original)
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When we talk about the spaces beyond home and work where social life happens, we are really talking about ‘third places’ where you can unwind after a long day, meet people habitually, build longer conversations, put the phone down, take a breather, and most importantly, just be. At a time when social isolation and the loneliness epidemic have become talking points, the idea of a third place feels relevant. For a Chennaiite, even as pedestrian plazas with mini-music concerts, parks, gyms, and caf
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