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Even the learned and the pious </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/madurai-has-lost-its-most-sought-after-historian-profr-venkatraman-a-tribute-in-remembrance-of-the-man-who-enriched-the-lives-of-generations-of-students-researchers-experts-and-people-seeking-knowledge/article22967050.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 17:13 IST Published: March 7, 2018 17:13 IST"> The professor who made us all love history </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/madurai-has-lost-its-most-sought-after-historian-profr-venkatraman-a-tribute-in-remembrance-of-the-man-who-enriched-the-lives-of-generations-of-students-researchers-experts-and-people-seeking-knowledge/article22967050.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Madurai has lost its most sought-after historian, Prof.R Venkatraman. A tribute in remembrance of the man who enriched the lives of generations of students, researchers, experts and people seeking knowledge </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/shyni-rajkumar-on-opening-womens-bullet-club-in-kochi/article22960928.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 13:27 IST Published: March 7, 2018 17:00 IST"> Female bikers go full throttle </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/shyni-rajkumar-on-opening-womens-bullet-club-in-kochi/article22960928.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Shyni Rajkumar, founder of the first women’s Bullet club of Kerala, on the opening of its Kochi chapter </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/womens-day-meet-the-fisherwomen-from-nochi-kuppam/article22965613.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 16:24 IST Published: March 7, 2018 16:24 IST"> A woman’s guide to surviving at sea </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/womens-day-meet-the-fisherwomen-from-nochi-kuppam/article22965613.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> It may be the men who bring in the catch, but the fishing community cannot thrive without its rock-solid women. On Women’s Day, we meet one of them </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/21st-century-was-this-years-theme-for-lakshmi-schools-annual-event-poetry-under-the-stars-and-it-saw-an-active-participation-of-both-students-and-teachers/article22962947.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 14:50 IST Published: March 7, 2018 14:50 IST"> A sip of poetry under the dark sky </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/21st-century-was-this-years-theme-for-lakshmi-schools-annual-event-poetry-under-the-stars-and-it-saw-an-active-participation-of-both-students-and-teachers/article22962947.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> “21st Century” was this year’s theme for Lakshmi School’s annual event ‘Poetry under the stars’ and it saw an active participation of both students and teachers. </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/women-to-drive/article22957460.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 11:55 IST Published: March 7, 2018 11:00 IST"> Women take the wheel </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/women-to-drive/article22957460.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> “Patriarchy rests on denying women mobility,” says Meenu Vadera, founder of the Azad Foundation, a not-for-profit that trains women to be </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/mud-pots-liberation/article22954120.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 01:34 IST Published: March 7, 2018 01:34 IST"> Mud pot’s liberation </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/mud-pots-liberation/article22954120.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> In the Vaishnava tradition, Saranagati is shown to be not only easier than karma, jnana and bhakti, but also more efficacious. The reason is that </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-ballad-of-the-khan-sahib/article22946523.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 10, 2018 11:33 IST Published: March 6, 2018 16:11 IST"> The ballad of the Khan Sahib </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-ballad-of-the-khan-sahib/article22946523.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> One explanation for Kamal Haasan launching his political party in Madurai was that his hero was Maruthanayagam Pillai, soldier, rebel and valiant son </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/motovloggers-can-do-much-for-chennais-omr/article22946377.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 18:29 IST Published: March 6, 2018 16:07 IST"> Motovloggers can do much for Chennai’s OMR </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/motovloggers-can-do-much-for-chennais-omr/article22946377.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Young software professionals combine a love for motoring and vlogging to present what is good, bad and ugly about the IT Corridor </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/the-casteless-collective-when-equal-voices-sing-for-equality/article22946201.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 6, 2018 15:59 IST Published: March 6, 2018 15:58 IST"> The Casteless Collective: When equal voices sing for equality </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/the-casteless-collective-when-equal-voices-sing-for-equality/article22946201.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> The Casteless Collective symbolises diversity in more ways than one — through its music, instruments and its members themselves </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/job-search-with-a-difference/article22943216.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 6, 2018 13:27 IST Published: March 6, 2018 13:27 IST"> Job search with a difference </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/job-search-with-a-difference/article22943216.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> This Chennai-based jobs and collaboration platform takes the resume — and data-guzzling smartphones — out of the equation </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/essence-of-karma-yoga/article22937637.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 7, 2018 15:51 IST Published: March 6, 2018 01:00 IST"> Essence of karma yoga </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/essence-of-karma-yoga/article22937637.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> The concept of renunciation or sanyasa is repeatedly stressed in the Gita with reference to the life and acts of every individual as a lot of </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/vivid-colours-of-holi/article22929528.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 5, 2018 12:06 IST Published: March 5, 2018 12:06 IST"> Vivid colours of Holi </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/vivid-colours-of-holi/article22929528.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Some myth, some mystery, two tales that define the spirit of the festival </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/hill-of-fire/article22926089.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 4, 2018 23:52 IST Published: March 4, 2018 23:52 IST"> Hill of fire </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/hill-of-fire/article22926089.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Goddess Parvati once playfully closed the eyes of Lord Siva, when the Divine Couple were in Kailasa. As a result the world was plunged into darkness. </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/fairlawn-hotel-gave-off-the-scent-of-antiquity-a-bit-damp-and-wholly-old-calcutta/article22917532.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 13:47 IST Published: March 3, 2018 17:02 IST"> Fairlawn Hotel gave off the scent of antiquity — a bit damp, and wholly old Calcutta </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/fairlawn-hotel-gave-off-the-scent-of-antiquity-a-bit-damp-and-wholly-old-calcutta/article22917532.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> A tribute to Calcutta’s Fairlawn Hotel </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/when-reality-trumps-kafkas-fiction/article22917760.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 14:45 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:37 IST"> When reality trumps Kafka’s fiction </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/when-reality-trumps-kafkas-fiction/article22917760.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> India can make even the most surreal happening look benignly like a part of everyday life </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/meet-keralas-plantation-queens/article22917494.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 13:36 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:30 IST"> Meet Kerala’s plantation queens </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/meet-keralas-plantation-queens/article22917494.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Three women in an alpha-male industry and how they came up trumps </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/there-are-no-locks-on-any-of-the-doors-in-this-shantiniketan-house/article22907721.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 2, 2018 15:47 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:27 IST"> There are no locks on any of the doors in this Shantiniketan house </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/there-are-no-locks-on-any-of-the-doors-in-this-shantiniketan-house/article22907721.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Bidyut and Lipi say they are very transparent people who don’t like to hide anything </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/yes-the-supreme-court-has-been-floundering-indira-jaising/article22907531.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 23:16 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:25 IST"> Yes, the Supreme Court has been floundering, says Indira Jaising </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/yes-the-supreme-court-has-been-floundering-indira-jaising/article22907531.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> From constitution of Benches to women’s rights cases, the formidable lawyer says the apex court can improve </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/bihars-sujani-embroidery-has-a-gi-tag-but-why-does-no-one-know-about-it/article22917781.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 14:48 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:22 IST"> Bihar’s Sujani embroidery has a GI tag. But why does no one know about it? </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/bihars-sujani-embroidery-has-a-gi-tag-but-why-does-no-one-know-about-it/article22917781.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Considered a ‘cousin’ of Madhubani Mithila, but perhaps closer to Bengal’s Kantha work </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/the-kind-of-data-we-mine-will-determine-the-kind-of-city-we-live-in/article22907115.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 16:58 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:10 IST"> The kind of data we mine will determine the kind of city we live in </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/the-kind-of-data-we-mine-will-determine-the-kind-of-city-we-live-in/article22907115.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> The more diversified a neighbourhood, in terms of its uses, its composition and its physical expressions, the more efficient it is in terms of economic and cultural dynamism </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/park-mansions-the-house-with-the-slatted-windows/article22906321.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 2, 2018 13:40 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:07 IST"> Park Mansions: The house with the slatted windows </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/park-mansions-the-house-with-the-slatted-windows/article22906321.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Like many things in Calcutta at the turn of the 20th century, Park Mansions was built by Armenian merchant Thaddeus Mesrope Thaddeus </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/the-sunday-crossword-no-2985/article22917501.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 13:37 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:02 IST"> The Sunday Crossword No. 2985 </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/the-sunday-crossword-no-2985/article22917501.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Across1 Artillery in middle of sustained signal (6)4 Vehicle fuel not properly guarded (7)9 Small cake, favourite one with number around end of buffet </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/easy-like-sunday-morning/article22917429.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 13:15 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:01 IST"> Easy like Sunday morning </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/easy-like-sunday-morning/article22917429.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> March forth and show your resistance! </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/how-old/article22917475.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 13:32 IST Published: March 3, 2018 16:00 IST"> How old? </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/how-old/article22917475.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Both vulnerable, South deals </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-over-300-year-old-former-residence-of-the-cochin-maharaj-chittoor-kottaram-opens-after-specialised-restoration/article22917800.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 14:49 IST Published: March 3, 2018 14:48 IST"> A Lady Hamlyn touch </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-over-300-year-old-former-residence-of-the-cochin-maharaj-chittoor-kottaram-opens-after-specialised-restoration/article22917800.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> The over 300-year-old former residence of the Cochin Maharaja, Chittoor Kottaram, opens after specialised restoration </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="33_1x_OtherStoryCard mobile-padding"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 hover-icon"> <div class="Other-StoryCard"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/visit-badri-at-young-age/article22911482.ece" class="Other-StoryCard-heading" title="Updated: March 3, 2018 16:57 IST Published: March 2, 2018 22:19 IST"> Visit Badri at young age </a> </h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180310082855/http://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/visit-badri-at-young-age/article22911482.ece" class="light-gray-color Other-StoryCard-text hidden-xs"> Thirumangai Azhvar points out the importance of worshipping the Lord of Badrikasahram when one is young, said P.T. Seshadri, in a discourse. 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