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The Four Levels of Speech in Indian Thought, And Why We Rarely Reach the Deepest

Something happens between the moment you know something and the moment you say it. The knowing arrives whole. The words come out broken. Indian philosophical tradition did not treat this as a failure of vocabulary. It treated it as a structural fact about the nature of speech itself, and it…

Times Life · Oct 25

A Dancing with the Stars first: How Olympic champion Amber Glenn, Paralympic gold medalist Ezra Frech are breaking a new barrier between two worlds of elite sport

Season thirty-five of Dancing with the Stars features Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn and Paralympic gold medalist Ezra Frech. This marks a historic first as both champions compete side by side on television. Glenn, a figure skater, enters the ballroom while her competitive career remains active. Frech, a track and…

The Economic Times · Sep 2

Latin America used a 30-year mine closure as an unexpected environmental reset; the result transformed the abandoned mining area, allowing vegetation and wildlife to reclaim areas once dominated by extraction

Serra Pelada is back in the gold mining conversation, more than three decades after Brazil shut down its legendary open-pit operation. The former gold mine in Pará once drew tens of thousands of miners and produced huge quantities of gold by hand. Now, renewed interest is raising a bigger question:…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

Paris 2024 Paralympics day 10: Cockroft strikes gold, athletics, basketball and more – as it happened

GB’s men’s wheelchair basketball team endured a heartbreaking loss to Team USA

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Faye Rogers completes journey as Olympic hopeful to Paralympic swimming champion

The 21-year-old edged out ParalympicsGB team-mate Callie-Ann Warrington to scoop the S10 100m butterfly crown in a British one-two.

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympics day five: GB gold rush continues, Japan beat USA in wheelchair rugby – as it happened

Ellie Challis and Louise Fiddes were among the golds for Great Britain, but Jonnie Peacock failed to claim a medal

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024

A guide to the 2024 Paris Paralympics: sports, venues and stars to watch

With eye-catching venues, inspiring athletes, thrilling sports and a historic curtain-raiser on the Champs-Élysées, the 2024 Paralympic Games promise to be every bit as spectacular as the recent Paris Olympics. Here’s a guide to the 11-day sporting extravaganza that opens Wednesday and runs through September 8.

France 24 · Aug 28, 2024

Why aren’t the Olympics and Paralympics combined into one Games? The reasoning goes beyond logistics

As the lights go out on an outstanding Olympic Games in Paris, with record-breaking media attention and excellent medal results for Team Canada, it’s important to remember the Games aren’t over — it’s just the halfway mark.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2024

Jonathan Broom-Edwards more resilient for Paralympics after reality TV stint

The 36-year-old pushed through the pain barrier on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2024

What should the future of para sport look like at the Commonwealth Games?

While Birmingham 2022 is celebrating the largest para sport program in history, there's still a large gap between wealthy and developing nations. What should true integration look like?

ABC News · Aug 5, 2022