A headmaster of a corporation school in Madurai has revived a century old school that was heading towards closure due to lack of students. His novel initiatives included painting the school with various themes, community awareness and keeping the students and parents posted about school...
"It is unlikely you would get through the first group. You should switch to the third group." This is what Aadhiyan’s mother told him when he went to Class 12. Now Additional Civil Judge at Tiruppur District, 26-years-old Aadhiyan says he has come this far because he chose to change his life,...
Painted in bright colours, the school at Narasingamkootam in Kadaladi taluk of Ramanathapuram district presents a contrast to the typical government school. Established in 1975, it offers facilities on a par with any private school. And, the school provides nutritious supplementary meal in...
“I got married when I was 13 and married off my daughter when she was 17. My granddaughter is doing her degree and she will decide when to get married. Why should the government now revise the marriageable age for girls?” asks Muthamizh, an elderly woman. The central government has decided to...
One tweet by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic affairs has led to debates and controversies around Tablighi Jamaat across the world. The tweet doesn't stop with the statement on the ban on the Tablighi Jamaat but said that the Jamaat is a gateway of terrorism. To understand Tablighi, we have...
Tamil Nadu was one of the pioneering states to implement beggar rehabilitation programmes. Among the flagship programmes of the DMK government in the 70s was the beggar rehabilitation programme. What is the status of such programmes in Tamil Nadu now? During an assembly session in July 2019,...
In November, a rash of cases of sexual harassment and violence were reported from schools. Some students committed suicide. A teacher in Karur committed suicide allegedly because he was scared of students leveling sexual assault charges against him. Sexual assault on a minor especially at...
Pandarampatti villagers take out processions for weddings and temple festivals. This time they took a green carpet in a procession on the streets of the village. It was a proud moment and they wanted to celebrate the new carpet being put in the classrooms of their village primary school. Seven...
Statistics show that the number of areas that get flooded in Chennai during rains has increased several times over the years. This shows that the problem is only mounting. Can floods be prevented? Are there solutions? Water expert and retired professor at Madras Institute of Development...
World Health Organization has declared COVID19 variant Omicron (B.1.1.529) as a variant of concern. The independent group of experts under the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) periodically evaluates COVID19 to find specific mutations and combinations of mutations....
