Kiru Naidoo

Kiru Naidoo is a cultural historian and an occasional columnist.

The price of peace in Phoenix

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As the township of Phoenix celebrates its 50th anniversary, Bongani Mthembu and community leaders call for unity and healing to bridge the historical divides between ...

In praise of fulsome beauty

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Kiru reflects on how different cultures and historical periods have appreciated a range of body types, drawing on examples from temple art to Renaissance paintings. ...

Gentle John Kisten departs

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The Chatsworth community and those well beyond were enriched by one of such greatness that we can scarcely believe he walked among us.

Play it again Sam

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Kiru Naidoo embraces the quiet joys of ageing, less anxiety, deeper perspective, and the freedom to be himself.

More than a gas crisis

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The powerful wage war. Sita fries vada. Kiru Naidoo connects the dots between a Gulf crisis, a Bombay kitchen and a Chatsworth cooking fire. Ordinary people pay ...

Fresh lime soda makes peace

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Kiru Naidoo refuses to pay R30 for withered dhania, driving from shop to shop in search of a decent bunch at a fair price. His desperation unfolds against a planned ...

‘Say no to any kind of behaviour that divides people’

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In the spirit of Youth Month and ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, the POST asked some fathers to pen letters to their sons – and byextension to the sons of the community ...

LETTER: A ‘green’ conscience to celebrate Diwali

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When the rest of the world is moving in a positive direction, Hindus should not been seen to be pulling the other way.

Opinion: Are you 'cumin' to dinner?

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You could say that I would make a dream husband. Very low maintenance. I iron and stitch, and eat pretty much anything - Kiru Naidoo.

Opinion - Scents of superstition

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Spiritualists back in the day commanded crowds of punters with a handful of cloves. Rows of rough wooden benches lined the narrow cemented pathway. At the end, Trance ...

Try garlic for flavour, health and ‘virya’

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You will always get two kisses from me. Even if you eat garlic. Especially if you eat garlic.

Muck, nostalgia through lens

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Battered, bruised and brutalised by colonialism, indenture, racism, unfettered capitalism and apartheid.

South Africans must fight scourge of racism

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Shivambu, Malema, Moodley, Mbuyazi and their fellow travellers must not be allowed to get away with criminal conduct.

We must celebrate our unsung heroes

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Let's put an end to this social media ranting about unsung heroes, writes Kiru Naidoo.

How I unearthed my heritage

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Ahead of Heritage Day on Sunday, KIRU NAIDOO recalls how his search for his grandfather?s indenture records sparked a fascination with history, SATISH DHUPELIA writes ...