Food in itself and of itself is medicine. So goes an old Tamil adage. Familiar with the medicinal properties of greens, our forefathers made them a part of their daily diet. Modern doctors too insist on taking greens regularly as they play a major role in maintaining health. So, let’s look at...
Author Lalitha Ram, in his biography on Palani Subramaniya Pillai titled Dhruva Natchathiram, unveils the fascinating background to the style that the mridangist represents. In a quick yet comprehensive sweep, Dhruva Natchathiram looks at the historical, musical and personal aspects of what...
At a recent interaction on Inmathi’s YouTube channel, French journalist Francois Gautier and former BBC Tamil Editor T Manivannan discussed with G Ananthakrishnan the fallout of the Narendra Modi government’s ban on the BBC documentary, India: The Modi Question. “I think it was a mistake to...
In an interview given to inmathi.com, tax consultants N Sundar and Arun Karunanidhi say that the new tax regime has more advantages rather than disadvantages. They are talking about the individual income tax proposals made in the Budget 2023-24 submitted in Parliament on February 1. The buzz...
Prof Venkatesh Athreya, an economist and adjunct professor at Asian College of Journalism, has termed the union government’s Budget 2023 presented on February 1 as a non-budget. In an interview given to inmathi.com, he called the budget an exercise in which only big corporations, the affluent...
Is potato good for health or not? Some vouch for the potato’s health benefits such as being able to prevent cancer. But others say the tuber is anything but healthy. So, which is it? Potato, one of the world’s important food crops, is a perennial plant belonging to the family known as...
Educationist Dr Balaji Sampath in an interview with inmathi.com as part of its ‘Vaerkaanal’ (Finding Roots) programme, sheds light on why Tamil Nadu primary school students have fared poorly in learning and arithmetic in the survey of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER). Sampath is the...
Mridangist Palani Subramaniya Pillai came from a family of stalwarts. His father Palani Muthiah Pillai was seeped in the Pudukottai style of mridangam that had by then blossomed into a distinct school. Muthiah Pillai was an exponent of its thavil-inspired laya, depth in rhythm, according to...
Born in Puducherry, historian Dr J B Prashant More developed an interest in the life of iconic Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, who stayed incognito in Puducherry from 1908 to 1918. More has written books on the life history of the poet in French, English and Tamil. More speaks to Dr Badri...
The Book Fair in January is an important event in the cultural calendar of Chennai. The 46th edition of the Chennai Book Fair took off at YMCA Grounds, Nandanam on January 6 and will go on till January 22. This time, the first edition of an international book fair is also being hosted in...
