India Reclaims Chess

The headline seems incredibly misleading. Why would India, the birthplace of Chess, need to reclaim the sport? Before I answer, I want to talk about Nagalakshmi, a housewife from Chennai who finds herself at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary. Dressed in a modest sari, wearing a bindi on her forehead staring shyly

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The significance of Onam

The most important festival in the Hindu Malayali calendar is here for the 2024 edition – Happy Onam to everyone! Onam is an annual harvest and Hindu cultural festival. While it was once celebrated across the country, today it is a festival mostly celebrated by the state of Kerala. It is the official festival of

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