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On the slogan wars between the BJP and Congress played out in 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the rise and fall of UPA in 2009.

The Hindu explains the history of EVMs in India, and why they were pitched as vanguards in the fight against organised booth capturing and voter rigging.

India's space programme began 60 years ago with the launch of a Nike Apache rocket from Thumba. Since then, ISRO has achieved many successes, including launching satellites for various applications and for deep-space science missions.

In Vachathi, June 20, 1992, a joint force of the forest, police and revenue departments descended on the Malayali tribal village in an ostensible “crackdown on sandalwood logging”. This raid left a trail of gendered violence, with the rape of 18 tribal girls and the pillage of a village. After…

India made history by becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. ISRO achieved this feat with a cost-effective mission, utilising a longer flight path and less powerful propulsion systems. Five pivotal moments in India’s space history, along with their associated costs, include Aryabhata (launched at no cost),…

Former Indian hockey captain V Baskaran has cycled, jogged and driven through all of Mount Road and Royapettah. At this breakfast interview with him, we quiz him on sport, food and life. His answers leave us with a skip in our step and a renewed sense of optimism for tomorrow

Kasturi Buildings, an iconic landmark in Chennai, was built in 1939. Its architect was H. Fellowes Prynne, A.R.I.B.A. and engineer N.R. Srinivasan oversaw construction. The building is shaped like a T, with a statue of Munro at its foot. It houses a duplex Rotary press machine and a 20,000 sq.…

Kamakshi Patti, a 96-yr-old passionate civil activist, has been a resident of Besant Nagar since 1980. She ran from pillar to post to renovate and safeguard the Schmidt Memorial in 2012 and co-founded SPARK, a civic forum, in 2013. She recalls the days when Adyar was less developed, with few…

Writer sivasankari reminisces on Mount Road and her childhood and teenage