Sai Teja is no yogi but he did surrender to the unknown power behind the universe and found that the power is indeed there to help him complete a journey just as Paramahamsa Yogananda described in The Autobiography of a Yogi. Here’s how Sai Teja did it. He set off on a cross country cycling...
Chennai has a long and eventful history of floods. There has been hardly any monsoon that has not left Chennai flooded. The face of the Chief Minister may change but the flood scenes remain constant during the monsoon havoc. Renowned Tamil author Jayakanthan captured one such Chennai flood in...
Radhika Santvanam which means "Placating Radhika" caused quite a stir when it was published. Romantic and sensual, the poems' sexual frankness was a bit too much for the times. So much was the pressure that the British government ended up banning the book in 1910. English man Charles Philip...
With minarets and domes, mosques across the country reflect the distinct Indo-Islamic architectural features. But there is a string of mosques along Tamil Nadu’s coast which reflect Tamil or Dravidian style of architecture. Most of these mosques on the coast were constructed between 1200 and...
Bigg Boss fame Kamal Haasan is infected with COVID19 and under self-isolation in a hospital. A fully vaccinated Haasan getting infected has shocked his fans. The actor has duly warned the public that the pandemic is far from over. Meanwhile, the state has relaxed most of the restrictions and...
Poor prospects in upcoming state polls may have driven Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to repeal farm laws. Here's what a cross-section of farmers in the state say about the decision. “This is a victory for farmers who protested on a sustained basis. If we struggle for just demands with...
Valliyappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai or VOC was an important figure in the freedom struggle in Tamil Nadu. He had the guts to challenge the British monopoly in maritime trade by starting the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company. The venture earned him the title ‘Kappalottiya Tamizhan’ but he...
Following the massive floods of 1976, the first vice-chancellor of Anna University and former chief engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD), P Sivalingam, submitted a report to the government on how to stop flooding of the city. The report has never been made public even 45 years after...
KP Suresh Babu, a senior section engineer at ICF, had started helping people facing flooding in November of 2015. Chennai was seeing sustained heavy rains. He and his friends would cook food and distribute among people whose belongings were under water. Little did he know that worse was to...
Ever wondered why the MRP rate printed on the shiny box of fireworks is somewhere over the roof but the trader is ready to give it away at throwaway prices? The MRP may show even Rs 5,000 but you can still get it at half the listed price or even cheaper. In short, that MRP rate is not meant for...
