The Chidambaram Thillai Natarajar or sabhanayakar temple, though one of the five ancient pancha bhoota (five primordial elements) temples of Saivism in Tamil Nadu, is no stranger to controversies. The government of Tamil Nadu or the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE), which...
Indian Railways will turn 200 years old in another thirty years and it has progressed from Steam Locomotives and Semaphore signals to WAP7 Locomotives and Electronic Interlocking System. The initial investigation in the Bahanaga accident in Odisha’s Balasore district is said to reveal a faulty...
Former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) R. Gandhi said the small-scale sector and others would not find it difficult to keep a higher number of 500 rupee notes after the withdrawal of 2000 rupee notes, as the country was moving towards extensive digital money transactions. For...
Why did the Indian shipping industry, particularly steam navigation, not flourish during the British reign in the country? This question is worth deeper analysis. That is what J. B. Prasanth More, the Puducherry-born, Paris-based academic, has attempted in his latest book, Indian Steamship...
Despite the ongoing fracas with Jawahar Nesan leaving the education panel set up by the state government to draw up an alternative education policy, the committee is set to submit its report by September. The policy has been tasked to be a contrarian to the national new education policy and...
The Tamil Nadu budget-2023-24 presented by Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on March 20, 2023 has evoked mixed reactions in the State.In a panel discussion on the budget, anchored by G. Ananthakrishnan, a senior journalist, on behalf of inmathi.com, Prof. R. Gandhi, former deputy...
P Sivakami, 65, is a Dalit-feminist writer, former IAS officer and also the leader of her own political party Samuga Samathuva Padai. One of the first Dalit women writers in Tamil, she is an author of six novels and over 60 short stories. Interviewed by G Ananthakrishnan, a senior journalist,...
The Tamil Nadu government is set to present its Budget for the year 2023-2024 on March 20 amid expectations that it will keep electoral promises made by the DMK such as aid for women, and that it will announce a return to the Old Pension Scheme, despite constraints. The state, like many others,...
Human beings serve society by engaging in economic production and distribution or by providing services, among other things. After decades of work, say, at age 60, one feels so tired as to withdraw from the services. Then it is for society to take care of his/her economic needs in old age. That...
Dr. J.B. Prashant More, a Puducherry-born and Paris-based historian, is already a familiar face to the readers of inmathi.com as he has, in earlier interviews, spoken about various subjects including the Muslims emergence in South India, freedom struggle leader Subhas Chandra Bose’s death or...
