Playing the mridangam remains largely a male vocation even today, but even before Independence, Thirukkornam T S Ranganayaki Ammal gained fame as an acclaimed mridangam artiste. When M S Subbulakshmi performed on the stage replacing her mother Madurai Shanmugavadivu at the Mysore palace for the...
According to the new syllabus for pre-kg, LKG and UKG, the classroom hours will start at 9:30am and end 4pm. This means children from two to five years old will spend nearly six and half hours in class every day. These hours include 45 minutes of lunch break, from 12:15 pm to 1pm, and two hours...
Even as the controversy over the entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple is raging, it may be worth recalling that some 35 years ago a woman became an adheenam – the head of a Saivite mutt – in Tamil Nadu. No eyebrows were raised and no questions were asked. In 1983, Sayimatha...
Records show that in early 20th century and before, Carnatic music was used for songs for various religions including Christianity and Islam. Mu Abraham Pandithar and Mastan Sahib have been recognized as key composers. While Abraham Pandithar's Karunamrutha Sagaram is well known, a book of...
Choosing a research topic wasn't tough for this PhD candidate from the Iruka tribe. Born in a poor family working in a brick-kiln, Sakthivel got his PhD from Annamalai University for his study of brick-kiln workers of Villupuram district. He hails from Salaiyampalayam village of Koliyanur union...
Nallur Sa Saravanan, president of Saiva Siddhanta Perumandram and the head of the Department of Saiva Siddhantam in the University of Madras, has come under threat from militant Hindutva groups for his views on Saivite philosophy. This Saiva Siddhanta Maha Samajam (Saiva Siddhanta Perumandram)...
It is hard to imagine to imagine an unlikelier background for a young woman lawyer: born into a poor family, once forced to stop schooling to take up a tailoring job to support her family, now a proud standard bearer for her family, her village, and others like her. But Priya, from Aroor in...
The supplementary examination held in the months of September and October for 10th and 12th standards in Tamilnadu has been cancelled from the academic year 2019-20, Directorate of State Examination has announced. Starting next year, the September-supplementary-examination, being conducted...
A statue of the late Kalaignar Karunanidhi is being made ready for installing at the DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam. But what about reinstalling his statue again, at the Anna Salai – General Patters road junction, where it stood once, is the question raised now. A Karunanidhi statue was...
Chennapuri Annadana Samajam has been engaged for more than a century in feeding, clothing, and housing poor, orphaned children forsaken by the society. This Samajam (Society) has the proud privilege of being visited by Swami Vivekananda. The great saint, while on a visit to Chennai, spoke to...
