A century is a long time in politics. The communal GO which provided representation for all communities in government jobs was issued exactly a hundred years ago and it had a big impact on politics and society. This GO enabled the empowerment of non-Brahmins in...
The writer of the book, Thalaivi, upon which the Kangana-starrer is based is now all praise for the makers of the film. Having criticized them earlier for taking too many dramatic licenses, Ajayan Bala says he has been intimately involved in the story discussions...
Among those who sit in the front row of the Tamil Nadu Assembly are four DMK ministers who crossed over from the AIADMK. HR & CE minister PK Sekar Babu is one. A former loyalist of former chief minister Jayalalithaa who presided over his wedding, Sekar Babu...
Dalit leader John Pandian may not be anyone’s idea of a pious Hindu partaking in rituals. Though a Christian by faith, he took his dip in Tamirabarani at the ongoing pushkaram that drew to a close on Tuesday. He says he has heard about the astrological significance...
Noted singer Chinmayi Sripada says she will file a complaint against well-known Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu for alleged sexual harassment while they were in Switzerland a few years ago in connection with a Tamil music event. In an exclusive interview to inmathi.com,...
The Me too Movement which is moving across continents has finally hit Kollywood too with singer Chinmayi Sripada hitting out at lyricist Vairamuthu, charging him with harassing her and threatening to end her career. Vairamuthu, has indirectly referred to the...
It is true that Malayalis refer to Tamils as Pandis and Annachis. But that’s not derogatory, says Vanamamalai, secretary of Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Writers Association. Vanamamalai says he is the right person to make that judgment. Originally from Tirunelveli, he...
Though a recent phenomenon, organised Vinayaka Chathurthi celebrations have become a part of the Hindu religious calendar across Tamil Nadu, especially in Chennai. What used to be largely a festival conducted in homes, today many neighbourhoods have big Ganeshas...
With crude oil prices on an upward trend, it appears petrol and diesel prices are set to go up unless the Centre changes its tax policy. So far the Union government has indicated it has no intention of doing that. To provide relief to its residents, the Andhra...
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The BJP will go all out to prevent the release of the Rajiv case convicts, applying the law of the land as upheld by the Supreme Court, says a top BJP source. It appears that the release of Perarivalan is nowhere near in sight, given the determination of the Union...
S Vijay Kumar, a chartered ship broker and cost accountant based in Singapore, has taken the unlikely avatar of an Indian Jones, tracking down idols stolen from ancient temples of Tamil Nadu. His upcoming book, Idol Thief, focuses on the case of Subhash Kapoor, the...
With the controversy of her singing of Christian songs in Carnatic music still raging, Nithyasree Mahadevan became the target of more trolling by right wingers on social media when a song she had sung early last year in praise of slain LTTE leader V Prabhakaran was...
The Tamil Nadu government has rejected DMK's request to allow Karunanidhi's body to be buried at the Anna Memorial on Beach Road. Instead, the government said it is ready to allocate two acres of land near Gandhi and Rajaji Memorial on Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel...
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Family members of DMK President M Karunanidhi, including his sons M K Alagiri and M K Stalin, and daughter Kanimozhi, met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami at his residence in Chennai on August 7, 2018. Other senior leaders, including T R Baalu,...
M Karunanidhi, towering leader of Tamil Nadu, died at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai Tuesday evening. He had been ill for over a week and had been hospitalized. For most part of his recent bout of illness, his vital organs stayed healthy but the hospital put out a...
British multinational Vedanta Resources' Sterlite Copper smelter emitted between 2 and 21 tonnes (average 7.8 tonnes) of cancer-causing arsenic into Thoothukudi's environment every day while in operation, according to an arsenic mass balance made using Sterlite's...
Sixty-five-year-old Aruna Sairam may seem like an unlikely draw for the youth. But this year's Sangitha Kalanidhi is known for the ease in which she can handle various genres and cross boundaries, making the music form appealing to millennials too. [iframe...
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to oppose the centre’s move to scrap the University Grants Commission (UGC) and establish a Higher Education Commission of India that would be dedicated solely to improving the quality of higher education. This was decided at a...
Makkal Adhikaram has been much in the news recently. Dubbed as an extremist organization by authorities, its activists have been associated with many agitations that caught public attention in the state including the Tuticorin protests. Kaliyappan, treasurer of...
The High Court ruling awarding extra marks to students who wrote NEET in Tamil will throw the medical admission process out of gear if implemented. The counseling process is underway and students have already been admitted as per a merit list that the HC has...
The Tamil Nadu Assembly passed the Lok Ayukta that is purported to investigate charges of corruption against the chief minister, ministers, MLAs as well as government officials. The bill was tabled by fisheries minister D Jayakumar. Under the 1988 Prevention of...
