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“आकाशात् पतितं तोयं यथा गच्छति सागरम्। सर्वदेवनमस्कारः केशवं प्रतिगच्छति॥” Every prayer, no matter where it is offered, ultimately rises toward the same divine source. Yet if you travel from a temple in Varanasi to one in Madurai, you will immediately sense that something feels different. The chants, the movement, the…

“मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम्। वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यंश्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये॥” Fast as the mind, strong as the wind, disciplined in the senses, supreme in wisdom. This ancient verse describes Hanuman in four lines, yet across India, those four qualities unfold in remarkably different ways. Travel from Varanasi to Madurai, from Hampi…

Raised beds don’t collapse on their own. Something causes the wood to bow, the soil to sour, and the tomatoes to stall out midseason. And in gardens across the South, that culprit often costs less than a fast-food lunch.

The News Minute turns 12 on February 21, and to commemorate, in this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna bring together the old and new team of TNM. The group goes over how TNM started – a one-room venture with an intern and one reporter, and traces…