Mainstream news media is a business so any claim that it is mission-driven is misleading, says T Manivannan, senior journalist and former BBC Tamil editor. Speaking to inmathi.com as part of the “Can we trust the news media?” series, Manivannan however said the growth of social media was not...
While this year’s IIT JEE results indicate that Tamil Nadu may be tuning in to the national trend of plugging into entrance examinations, this trend may not always have positive consequences, warns Balaji Sampath, founder and secretary of AID India and AhaGuru. Speaking to inmathi.com, Dr....
With Covid cases once again registering a comeback, we invited two doctors to take stock of what we have experienced over the last few years and provide us Covid insights. Dr J Amalorpavanathan, a doctor with a distinguished record in public health intervention including in setting up the organ...
With full fledged regime change now a reality in Sri Lanka, inmathi.com spoke to Rajan Hoole and Kopalasingham Sritharan about what is currently happening and what it means for Lankan Tamils. Hoole and Sritharan, two academics who have been among the fearless and consistent truth tellers in a...
This year marks the birth centenary of writer P.V. Akilandam, aka Akilan, who was the first Tamil writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1975 for his novel Chithirapavai, Akilan was born June 27 in 1922 in Karur, his mother’s hometown. His father was from Perungalur of Pudukottai...
We are facing Covid again. It's upon us now. As cases continue to rise and protocols come into effect, physician Dr J Amalorpavanathan explains the situation. In an interview to inmathi.com, Dr Amal, as he is known by many, said the learning from the past is that total lockdowns don’t really...
By organizing an education and career guidance programme for under-privileged high school students, the Puducherry Sunday Market Roadside vendors have won plaudits for their unique initiative. The vendors at the Sunday Market are largely small operators with meagre resources. But it is their...
Art thief Subhash Kapoor's case, in the fall of 2011, sheds light on how many Indian artefacts on display in museums across the world, including idols from temples in Tamil Nadu, were stolen. Some of the most well known of such stolen idols include those in museums in Australia, the US, the UK...
Dr Sumanth Raman -- dentist, social media influencer and TV debate veteran -- says much of the established news media in Tamil Nadu is a “propaganda wing” of the DMK just as the media in New Delhi, especially television channels, function as the propaganda wing of the BJP there. “The media in...
Arappor Iyakkam convenor Jayaram Venkatesan has been campaigning against corruption fleshing out prima facie evidence of wrongdoing by officials and ministers. Arappor’s spurs were in the Anna Hazare movement but in the last five years has set a record of memorable campaigns that have kept...
