K Balakumar

Wrote a #longform piece on @sanjaysub, about his music and what sets him apart from the current crop of Carnatic musicians swarajyamag.com/culture/sanjay…

Greater Chennai Corporation’s Singara Chennai dream has sunk into stench. Even after more than ₹1,000 crore was spent to clean public toilets and another Rs 1243 crore to be spent this year, they remain stinky, dirty and in a ramshackle state. In order to clean, maintain and…

Queen’s Gambit: How Divya Deshmukh Conquered The Chess World (swarajyamag.com/sports/queens-…) From Nagpur to top of the world, Divya is still evolving. She’s working on her endgames, studying sports psychology, and pursuing distance education. Her goal is to become Women’s World…

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After following-on, Durham responded with 262 for no loss.

Congratulations to Bodhana Sivanandhan for getting her first WGM norm at the age of 9 years, youngest ever to do so!.

The entire D stock ecosystem, including embedded journos, coming down on yesterday's Gangaikandacholapuram event shows that it is hitting at the political narrative that the Ds have built over the yrs.

That was very well done by Divya Deshmukh. World Cup win which also means she becomes the latest GM from India. More victories means more robustness for the sport in the country. A youngster pulling it off adds an extra veneer of appeal.

In the 17 matches that Jadeja and Stokes have played together, Jadeja has 400 more runs and 21 more wickets.

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Anything that pisses off Eng players has to be good. #ThumbRule

Two fighting warriors, who saved the Test with their batting, wanting to get their hundreds was not silly. A sore English team wanting to walk off and bowling Brooks' donkey-drops was the really silly one. Cry baby team that.

Tejaswin Shankar sets a new NR in the men's decathlon with a total of 7826 points at the Wiesława Czapiewskiego Memoriał in Poland. Tejaswin broke his old record of 7666 points set at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

So many things have changed in cricket over time. But surly, whingeing Eng hasn't.

"If you wanted a hundred you should've gotten it earlier" Well, if you wanted a draw you should've shaken hands earlier.

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Anna Kalinskaya’s dog ran on court after her win over Clara Tauson in Washington. Proud puppy. 🥹🐶

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When Aadi Mornings Fell Silent: Mourning Loss Of Tamil Nadu's Temple Songs As the crackling speakers fall silent during Aadi, we lose more than music, we bid farewell to a community’s shared memory, and unique warmth of collective devotion. @kbalakumar swarajyamag.com/culture/when-a…

As a self-avowed rationalist, he has not bothered with the fact that today is deemed to be a not so auspicious day (பிரதமை). The Dravidian rationalists, otoh, aren't so steadfast. Some choose to schedule their medical tests on auspicious amavasai day.

Wrote about the quiet but remarkable achievements of Dr Namperumalswamy, who passed away today. He gave light. Not just to eyes, but to the very idea of how medicine should be practised. swarajyamag.com/science/dr-p-n…