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Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: the Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” – the Marginalian Arts
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Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: the Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” – the Marginalian

When Beethoven was arrested as a tramp while wandering disheveled along the Danube in 1822, so lost in creative rapture that he forgot time and self, he was composing what would become his answer to a lifetime of suffering: the choral finale of his Ninth Symphony, setting to...

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Malati Murmu: a Tribal Homemaker Who Started a Free School in Purulia Everyday Heroes
The Better India 17 hours ago

Malati Murmu: a Tribal Homemaker Who Started a Free School in Purulia

When schools shut during the pandemic, Malati Murmu watched children in her remote tribal village slip further from...

Kolkata’s Bipin Ganatra Has Been a Voluntary Firefighter for Five Decades Everyday Heroes
The Better India 19 hours ago

Kolkata’s Bipin Ganatra Has Been a Voluntary Firefighter for Five Decades

When Bipin Ganatra was twelve, his brother suffered burns from a kitchen accident and died after a month in intensive...

The Coffee Shop That Gave Away Its Recipe Business
Guardian 1 day ago

The Coffee Shop That Gave Away Its Recipe

A small-town Minnesota coffee shop created a raspberry danish latte that went viral—then did something unexpected....

‘King of the Birds’ Set to Return to England’s Skies Environment
Positive News 1 day ago

‘King of the Birds’ Set to Return to England’s Skies

Golden eagles, absent from England for over 150 years after Victorian-era persecution, may soon return to the...

The Verdant Refuge of India's Sacred Groves Environment
Reasons To Be Cheerful 1 day ago

The Verdant Refuge of India's Sacred Groves

Across Rajasthan's arid landscape, ancient forests survive not through government protection but through something...

Unique Honeybees Found Only in Southern California Can Fend Off Deadly Varroa Mites Environment
Good News Network 2 days ago

Unique Honeybees Found Only in Southern California Can Fend Off Deadly Varroa Mites

For years, commercial honeybee colonies have been collapsing under the assault of deadly varroa mites, but a hybrid...