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Sep

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The Hindu South India Property Expo on Oct. 11-12

Representative picture. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto NRI investments in Indian real estate are shifting towards luxury homes, sustainable and smart properties, and rental-yield projects, driven by both financial goals and a desire to stay connected with their roots.Reflecting this growing interest, South India’s property market will take centre stage in Singapore, as The Hindu hosts the South India Property Expo – Singapore 2025 at Marina Bay Sands on October 11 and 12. The event is designed to connect South Indian developers with the vibrant NRI community in Singapore, bringing projects from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Puducherry under one…

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06

Sep

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Humboldt Forum | Loot, loss, and learning in Berlin

When the Humboldt Forum opened in 2021, it was met with excitement and quite a lot of controversy. The latter because the newest addition to Berlin’s already impressive ensemble of museums is a testament to colonial acquisitions — with over 20,000 objects in their vast collection taken (more often than not, forcibly) during a time of European expansion. Think Nataraja bronzes from the Chola era, delicate Ming-era porcelain, an intricately beaded Mandu Yenu throne from Cameroon, and ivory tools from Namibia. A Nataraja statue from South India on display at the Humboldt Forum | Photo Credit: Getty Images Over the last…

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06

Sep

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The many textures of Rimzim Dadu

She’s known today for her steel-wire saris but Rimzim Dadu started her career with models stomping out in mini dresses and lace-up men’s shoes. That said, she created her own textiles from day one. And while her debut at couture week is only a few years old, everybody agrees that couture is what she has been doing all along.The contradictions that are Rimzim Dadu have made her one of India’s most interesting designers. As American novelist Susan Sontag wrote, ‘To name something as interesting implies challenging old orders of praise,’ and Dadu is a tiny, unassuming powerhouse whose work, straddling…

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05

Sep

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Acoustic systems at home: from design to placement, what really matters

What really is ‘good sound’? Is it crystal-clear music, with no technical glitches? Is it the perfect filler to conversations with your loved ones? Or is it perhaps the aesthetic appeal of the speakers? For Harry Jones, sound experience engineer at audio-tech brand Sonos, it’s all of them, and maybe even more. “Even good battery life contributes to a good sound experience. For example, on a beach, if the battery [of the speaker] runs out, a bad sound experience is actually no music at all,” he laughs.In a chat with The Hindu, Jones talks all things sound — what really constitutes…

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05

Sep

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Swipe now, pay forever | Credit card debt in India is no longer a silent crisis

On the ‘Credit Cards India’ subreddit, a user writes, “Lost my job, ₹80k in credit card debt, no income. What are my options?” Another says, “Drowning in credit card debt (ICICI, Axis, HDFC, Federal) — no income, no support. Please help.” A third asks, “Struggling with EMIs. Is foreclosure a good idea?” These are just a few of the hundreds of desperate posts that expose the harsh reality behind India’s growing financial aspirations.Living on creditCredit card debt is no longer a silent crisis. Last year alone, defaults in India surged 28%, touching ₹6,742 crore. This sharp rise reflects not just…

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04

Sep

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Onam recap: Celebrities share their fondest Onam memories

Even for those who are not prone to nostalgia, Onam opens a floodgate of memories. Of a time when flowers for the pookkalam did not come out of plastic bags, sadya was a community affair that families and neighbours got together to make, festivities brought entire cities and villages alive and how people came together in a shared sense of co-existence.Celebrated personalities from various fields share their special Onam memories with MetroPlus.Vinayak SasikumarLyricist Vinayak Sasikumar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In childhood, Onam meant sadya and I relish the sadya from my hometown, Thiruvananthapuram. Parippu, sambar, vada curry, which is…

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04

Sep

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“We have brought over two million girls back into school”: Safeena Husain on her Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning organisation Educate Girls

Safeena Husain, 54, was with a group of teenagers celebrating a learning milestone in a small village outside Udaipur, Rajasthan, when she asked one of them why her education had been interrupted. The girl had passed her Class X with Pragati, a second chance programme offered by Husain’s award-winning non-profit Educate Girls. Pragati was designed for older girls who are ineligible for formal schooling. “I’m 18,” she told Husain. “I left education 10 years ago when I was married.”Husain just won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award (the first for an Indian organisation) for her nearly two decade old labour of…

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03

Sep

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Joonus Sait & Sons celebrates 120 years as Chennai’s iconic winterwear and rainwear store

The irony is impossible to miss. Outside, the Chennai sun blazes with its usual fury. Inside Joonus Sait & Sons, neat stacks of woollen sweaters, cardigans, and thermal wear line the shelves. For 120 years, the store has been an unlikely fixture in Madras — a place where generations of families have come, not for the weather outside their doors, but for the journeys beyond them.“The store was started by my grandfather’s grandfather Hajee Abbas Yunus Sait, who was called Joonus Sait because the Anglo-Indian name for Yunus is Joonus. He was doing business in Bellari, Karnataka in the 1900s,…

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03

Sep

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Bangladesh, Pakistan among Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2025 winners 

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the year 2025 was announced on Tuesday (September 2). While India, which has won the award only six times till date, didn’t even make the final shortlist of 15 countries (19 studio projects were shortlisted from 369 submitted this year), South Asia has scored big with Bangladesh and Pakistan among the seven winners of this edition. The other awardees include Palestine, China, Egypt and two winners from Iran. The winning projects will share the $1 million award, one of the largest in architecture. The award ceremony will be held on September 15 in…

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02

Sep

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In Indore, Atelier V’s daring new cocktail menu flirts with ingredients, techniques and stories

First, we get in line for poha. Served with crunchy mixture and finely chopped onions, it is best eaten with freshly fried, deliciously sticky jalebis.  Then come the cocktails, paired with an intricate tasting menu and luxe setting at Indore’s Atelier V.  By midnight we head to the city’s celebrated Sarafa market, jostling between hungry crowds, to do icy jamun shots, eat sweet-savoury khopra potato pattice stuffed with coconut, and kulhad pizza. (Which is exactly what it sounds like.)  We pause eating only to admire the ‘Gold Man,’ who is weighed down with glittering jewellery, and gape at Joshi’s famous flying dahi…

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