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The head on the temple | Column by Devdutt Pattanaik 

The head on the temple | Column by Devdutt Pattanaik 

On the top of many Hindu temples, one finds the image of a head looking down on the people below — his eyes protruding from its sockets, his mouth...

16.08.2025 5

The Hindu

Devdutt Pattanaik

Column | Stephen Colbert’s last stand

Column | Stephen Colbert’s last stand

A couple of weeks ago, viewers of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert were surprised by the host returning from vacation with a wispy...

02.08.2025 5

The Hindu

Aditya Mani Jha

Saba Mahjoor’s column | Losing perfection

I grew up in an environment where perfection was expected — all the time, and in all aspects of my life. You had to wake up at a certain time, get...

26.07.2025 2

The Hindu

Saba Mahjoor

Column | Power of micro-dramas

In February this year, Kuku FM launched Kuku TV, a new vertical dedicated to micro-dramas — short-form TV shows with episodes lasting just a couple...

05.07.2025 2

The Hindu

Aditya Mani Jha

Column | For grief’s sake

I had never really known grief, not the real kind anyway. I had known heartbreaks and disappointments, but most of my life I had somehow managed to...

26.06.2025 5

The Hindu

Saba Mahjoor