Bhagavathi Sampath K J

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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

As FIFA fever grips the world, the streets of coastal villages in Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, particularly the eight villages that form the Thoothoor zone, are brimming with excitement. Heated debates over favourite teams and players are common, while life-size cut-outs of football stars line the roads.

Reporting: @shan_nivethitha
Production: @SelvanKJ
Editing: @thamodharran

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[B. Kolappan @kolappan]

In the fishing hamlets of Kanniyakumari district, football is not merely a game—it is a way of life. Along the Arabian Sea coast, from Neerodi and Vallavilai to Thoothoor, Chinnathurai, Poothurai and Eraviputhenthurai, the sport is woven into the fabric of everyday life.

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[Bhagavathi Sampath K J @SelvanKJ]

Gajasamharamoorthi (the Slayer of the Elephant Demon) is one of the fiercest and most dynamic forms of Shiva, depicting him vanquishing the elephant demon, Gajasura. This form symbolizes the triumph of divine power over arrogance and evil.

The image of Gajasamharamoorthi became especially popular in Pallava and Chola art, where Shiva is portrayed in a vigorous dance, draped in the flayed hide of the slain elephant demon.

The sculpture shown here is from the Thanjavur Art Gallery.

The most important shrine dedicated to Gajasamharamoorthi is located at Vazhuvur in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu.

The temple houses a magnificent eight-armed bronze image of Shiva in this form and is one of the revered Ashta Veeratta Sthalams (the Eight Heroic Abodes), the eight sacred temples that commemorate Shiva's heroic deeds.

[Apoliteia @jungerslop]

Ernst Jünger on Africa and the World before Technology.

“Technology has spoiled everything, including War.”

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

I think this one was fine.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

In Kodambakkam, one man has turned his home into a fascinating museum of clocks and antiques. Meet Robert Kennedy, a passionate collector whose collection includes hundreds of wall clocks, pendulum clocks, skeleton clocks, pocket watches, ship clocks, carriage clocks and other rare timepieces. But the collection doesn't stop there. Antique lanterns, Petromax lamps and vintage artefacts from a bygone era also fill his home, each carrying a unique story from the past. In this special feature, Robert Kennedy takes @SelvanKJ through his incredible collection, shares how his passion began, showcases some of his prized possessions and reveals his plans for preserving this extraordinary legacy.

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[Hesse Philosophy @HermannHessed]

Ingmar Bergman on existential dread said,

"When you feel perpetually unmotivated, you start questioning your existence in an unhealthy way; everything becomes a pseudo intellectual question you have no interest in responding whatsoever. This whole process becomes your very skin and it does not merely affect you; it actually defines you. So, you see yourself as a shadowy figure unworthy of developing interest, unworthy of wondering about the world - profoundly unworthy in every sense and deeply absent in your very presence.”

[Harsh @Kahaniistaan]

Prof Nivedita Menon in one of her lectures posed a question before us- what if the ‘dancing girl’ from harappan civilisation was not a dancer but a warrior? We were reading Stuart Hall and constructivism. I remember the entire class was baffled. No one had heard
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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

A stand-up comedy audience interaction has snowballed into one of India's most talked-about controversies. Comedian Pranit More is facing legal scrutiny after viral clips from his Gurugram show triggered outrage online and prompted action from authorities.

The controversy began when audience member Himanshu Jangra shared details of a date on which he spent ₹370 on a plate of biryani and made remarks suggesting he was owed something in return. The comments were widely criticised for allegedly promoting sexual coercion and non-consensual behaviour.

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Producer: @SelvanKJ

[Bhagavathi Sampath K J @SelvanKJ]

Indian shooting legend and coach Jaspal Rana dies at 49
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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

In a pioneering initiative, top-performing students from government schools in Cuddalore district are getting the opportunity to learn scuba diving for the first time through a camp organised and fully sponsored by the District Administration.

Reporter: Prasad S
Voiceover: Bhagavathi Sampath KJ @SelvanKJ
Video: Sampathkumar S, S.S. Kumar
Editing: Naveenkumar V

[West Coast Platonist @Tool_Being]

“Even if humankind is technologized and armed to the extreme, anticipating a global situation in which the very distinction between ‘war and peace’ belongs to those things abandoned— even then the human being lives poetically on this earth…”

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

Exactly, Mr. Baudrillard.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Renowned Tamil film director Bharathiraja passed away in Chennai on Wednesday (June 10, 2026). The ace director, who had been ailing for some time, was 84.

Reporter: Kolappan B @kolappan

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[Bhagavathi Sampath K J @SelvanKJ]

Renowned Tamil film director Bharathiraja passed away. The ace director, who had been ailing for some time, was 84.

Bharathiraja, ace film director, passes away https://t.co/Zf2FUVzkGL via @YouTube

[Guilherme Gomes Santos @guilherme94jose]

"Nietzsche destroyed me.”

- Heidegger

[Ronald Christ @RonaldCHRIST12]

"The very fact that something is determined as a limitation implies that the limitation is already transcended."

G. W. F. Hegel, Science of Logic

[Zito @_Zeets]

Umberto Eco on reading

[Jacobus @jacqmusik]

Heidegger on Hölderlin and the essence of poetry: