Six girl tribal children at a Nilgiris village, who would have otherwise discontinued their studies and been married off by their parents, were encouraged by their teacher to finish Class 12. One of these girls participated in the Vijay TV Super Singer competition. Samudra Pandian, the teacher,...
The fire in Perungudi dumping yard that started on April 27 and raged for five days literally brought to light the state of garbage collection and disposal in the city. The waterbody in the dumping yard that turned pink due to the leeching of toxic pollutants has remained pink nearly three...
Before Independence, tor the British, sedition meant Indians working against the colonial government while in Tamil Nadu now the real meaning of sedition is democratic criticism of the government. The Tamil Nadu government has not baulked at charging critics of the administration with sedition,...
Monisha, a techie mom in the US, uses the Montessori method but in Tamil medium to train her two-year-old girl child. Monisha, who grew up in Nagercoil and now works in Microsoft, is keen that her child gets the best of modern learning in her mother tongue. Monisha has written two books...
Driving around Chennai for a few hours and inquiring with residents shows that Chennai Corporation seems to have given up on the practice of patching roads and performing small road repairs. Either the roads were in bad condition due to rains or natural degradation. Pits dug by various agencies...
Tanuja is a champion swimmer. The 15-year-old girl has aced district- and state-level competitions but she is not qualified to go to the nationals. She is Tamil but from Sri Lanka. As a refugee, she is disqualified from normal life and aspirations since she doesn’t have citizenship. Jayakumar...
Divya, Priya and Dharshini, three children from Avadi Narikuravar colony, met chief minister M K Stalin recently and asked that the government arrange basic facilities in their settlement. Stalin assured them of help. Two days after the students met Stalin, officials visited the settlement and...
The Amma Canteen that were started in 2013 to provide food to the poor at highly subsidized prices are supporting middle class folk facing a squeeze. It’s common to find people who earn Rs 30,000 a month as well as daily wage earners at the canteen. At Rs 1 idly, Rs 5 sambar rice and Rs 3 for...
Writer, activist and politician, Salma is a thoughtful chronicler of the position of women in society, man-woman relationships, as well as the Muslim community and its mores. In an interview to inmathi.com, Salma talks about the hijab controversy. In its ruling on the Karnataka government order...
Facebook has been routinely censoring, deleting posts from members regarding the Eelam War, Mullivaikal killings, photos of LTTE leader Prabhakaran, what the Tigers did during the war, as well as Tamil nationalist ideas. This happens not just in India but all over the world where Tamils live...
