Just as Subramaniya Bharathi’s Triplicane house was nationalized, the house in T Nagar in which Bharathidasan lived should also be nationalized, say Tamil enthusiasts while observing his death anniversary on April 21. The house at 10, Raman Street still remains as it was when Bharathidasan...
The Union budget unveiled a drone shakti initiative to support startups manufacturing drones. A drone policy was put in place late last year. A Digital Sky initiative is seeking to create a digital space to regulate and integrate permissions and flying of all aircraft – commercial, military and...
The Tamil Nadu government has set up a panel consisting of educationists and subject matter experts to suggest a new education policy for the state. Tamil should be the language of learning, and each school student should be able to attend the school closest to their homes. These should be the...
A brand audit of plastic pollution by Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) shows that Aavin contributed 7.0% of all plastic pollution in Tamil Nadu and came second among brands that pollute with plastic. Unilever came first at 8.3%. Unbranded plastic came first at over 25% together....
The Tamil Nadu budget had said that a panel of experts and educationists will be constituted to formulate a state education policy that takes into account Tamil Nadu’s historical traditions, current situation, and future expectations. With the state government fiercely opposing the national new...
Karthik Kumar is a pioneer in Tamil standup comedy. Among the earliest to lampoon and satirize stereotypes, identities and sacred cows standing alone on a stage, Karthik Kumar strongly defends Chris Rock's artistic freedom. In an interview to inmathi.com, he says Tamil comedy has come of age,...
Intervening to promote healthy debate and public discourse, Tamil Nadu finance minister P Thiyagarajan, PTR, has promised a "respectful response" to a critique of the budget by inmathi.com. The article talked about how budgetary allocations for some crucial social welfare sectors were either...
From this year, admission to central universities such as the one in Tiruvarur will be made only on the basis of the Cucet written test that will be conducted in 13 languages including Tamil. In the past, the test question paper was only in English. Inmathi.com had recently pointed out that...
The urban sector received considerable attention in the Tamil Nadu budget presented by finance minister Palanivel Thiyagarajan on March 18. Among the major announcements finance minister Palanivel Thiyagarajan made in the 2022-23 budget was Rs 500 crore for Singara Chennai 2.0. The money would...
For Periyar, newspapers, magazines and public speaking were the vehicles of communication of his ideas.
